Author name: ŞENEL GÖKÇE

Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

FAREWELL

Staring at your absence, I am staying just like that just to spite the rising sun If only another sun would have risen inside my soul! Staring at your absence, my breathing stopped at your exhalation I forgot my life in your bosom! Now my hair is destitute for the caress of the winds Even

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

LILIAN

Ah! The accessible girl from remote villages Warm breezes used to blow through your spica hair You were born in far gone times Who stole your rag doll They deceived you with wildflowers in their hands The swallows live a short life; don’t you know that? Rockies would have witnessed, The coming and going seasons

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

MY RED DOLPHIN

Nothing in the world came between us Titles, objects, faces; nothing   When I make a self-criticism I always see the happy village there With stone walls and a very green backyard A hand with a big heart extended the dolphin Its color was red, and its mouth was smiling Its destiny is nothing but

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

ILLUSION

Jumping too early from there, You were out but with burnt hands and face You are not in it, not inside of it   Life Such a long word Very short one   Walking in a crowd What is stolen Does outrun   The room, Such a narrow word So spacious   Turning around, rearward

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Turkiye, WORLD’S POETS

BLEACHERS

If your intent would be to live If the ones resembling would leave you If your flower would die, Then you wish the vase too would become pale   Are you looking for a slogan?   You want it yet we don’t give it! We don’t owe you anything, we don’t sell anything! A sprinter

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Romania, WORLD’S POETS

GEOMETRY

At home, life unfolds in a circle, the wheel you know how it begins and how it ends in the same place, round- and where every step taken the one before you or took some rest one of your kin- in this world, life is a line, you don’t know where it leads, your eyes

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Romania, WORLD’S POETS

OF ALL…

You wish all the ladybugs in this world You wish all the butterflies in this world You wish all the blossoms in this world You wish everything all waters, all bridges, all crocus, all pigeons, all pyramids, all tears, You wish everything numbers, definitions, poems, years, meanings, songs, thoughts, roads, wishes –   If you

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