EMEL KOŞAR

 

 

Shadow Gradient

 

to Miss Latife

 

the moan which has shelter

in the patterns of the wallpaper,

was kneaded in the mud of life

thou gild’s the even

crocus, you burn the sun

as if having the mountain get closer to the mountain

as if tearing the horizon

gave breeze to my visions dry rose colored sky

i lifted the veil which is on the bygone era

 

Translated By Yasemin Kurtuluş

 

GÖLGE DÜŞÜMÜ

 

Latife Hanım’a

 

duvar kâğıdının desenlerine sığınmış

hayatın çamurunda yoğrulmuş inilti

sen aydınlatırsın geceyi

çiğdem, yakarsın güneşi

dağı dağa yanaştırırcasına

ufku yırtarcasına

yel verdi imgelerime gül kurusu gökyüzü

kaldırdım mazinin üstündeki örtüyü

 

Cherry Blossom

 

to Miss Seyyan

 

uncovered frustration

blossom without fruit

shield which kissed by fire

which smelled by the wind

April, which getting darker as you wait

i got ashes over me

by the falling night

i got ashes over me

by the rivers

raven which brings me the light

sorrow has been rested

mimosa, which wounds

have wounded, deferred spring

past is a wound in my hearth

grant to me a fire

your words are apocalypse

 

Translated By Yasemin Kurtuluş

 

KİRAZ ÇİÇEĞİ

 

Seyyan Hanım’a

 

örtük hüsran

meyvesiz çiçek

ateşin öptüğü

rüzgârın kokladığı kalkan

bekledikçe koyulaşan nisan

küllendim

çöken geceyle

küllendim

nehirlerce

bana ışığı getiren kuzgun

dinlendirilmiş keder

yaraların yaralandığı

mimoza, ertelenmiş bahar

mazi kalbimde bir yaradır

bana bir ateş bahşet sözlerin kıyamet

 

EMEL KOŞAR

 

Dr. EMEL KOŞAR was born in Eskişehir. In 2003, she graduated from Turkish Language and Literature Department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. She is currently a faculty member at Turkish Language and Literature Department of Faculty of the Arts and Sciences of Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts. She has published her poetry and essays on Turkish literature in various literary magazines. She published her research and review books, scientific and literary works she edited, and 8 poetry collections.