The Offended Reflection
your insatiable face
spontaneously peels
when it
embraced by pain
wrapped in offense
when your image is reflected
in the mirror
Translated By Baki Yiğit
A Magic
My solitude is a slight pain
Which ooze out the burning window-frames
A heart can hear the other one
Happiness came and passed by.
Can an exhausted fire become active
Just like rubbed feelings.
Love is a magic
Let it bring up the universe
Let your love grow up freely…
How many springs conceive
Flowers of spring
How many crimson sunsets
Golden yellow new moons left in the cache
Love is a magic
Let it bring up the universe freely
Before mountain flowers smile upon me.
Izmir
Translated By Baki Yiğit
Wondering
how do we know
what this stagnation
is pregnant with
how and when
our hopes
will be broken
will our clogged ears
and our unseeing eyes open
one day
Translated By Baki Yiğit
GÜZİN ORALKAN: Güzin Oralkan was born in Malatya. She graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Pharmacy. She is a founding member and President of Aegean Culture Foundation. She is General Secretary of KIBATEK Association. She is a member of the Association of Language, the Association of Litterateurs, and PEN International. She has served as a member of the Organizing Committee for Izmir Short Story Days for many years. She has been participating in the organizing committees of various national and international art events for a long period of time. Her poems have been published both in domestic and foreign literary magazines, shared books, and anthologies, and have been translated into foreign languages. Some lyrics that she wrote have been composed by famous composers and taken place in TRT (Turkish Radio and Television Corporation) repertoire. TRT’s archive series “Music Bundle” CD Volume 1 includes her work. Her poetry collection The Offended Reflection has been published by Yasakmeyve Publisher. Her two poetry books are ready for publishing.
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