GÜZIN ORALKAN

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POET OF THE MONTH

APRIL 2020

GÜZIN ORALKAN

Hear Us

my soul of flower garden

resisting pains

am i my old self

or someone else

after all the happenings

they even made me believe

that i am not myself

or is living hopefully

in universal unity

by removing borders

a bright dream

that will never be realized

lots of people pass away

the earth stays in place with all its majesty

hear us

the irregular order

that with its deaf smile

inwardly kills our lives

that with all alone night falls march hurriedly

the irregular order

hear us

TRANSLATED BY BAKI YIĞIT

The Offended Reflection

your insatiable face

spontaneously peels

when touching it

embraced by pain

wrapped in offense

when your image is reflected

in the mirror

TRANSLATED BY BAKI YIĞIT

The Burry Past

i looked back time after time

on that deep burial

the silent traces

of the burry past

having been a cat's paw

of the crestfallen times

two back and one front

as if knitting the ssalonian style

starting a new row

crushed and scratched

between the devil and the deep sea

a voice from the buried desires

good morning

solstice

day-transcript

then

tell the icebergs that

here is the brazenfaced darkness

where is that love-kindling brightness

to turn the dreams

TRANSLATED BY BAKI YIĞIT

Where Have They Remained

our sleazy lives

gliding softly

through the foamy clouds

have remained registered

on the film strip whose end is burnt

where have

the first hopes of our youth

our honey drop lines that we trained

and the hopeful young minds

that fearlessly thought about the universe

and transformed into ancestors

in their starry dreams

smiling jovially

singing the song of freedom

remained

TRANSLATED BY BAKI YIĞIT

The Shore Of Love

the small arrows of betrayal

twinkling in your sun-dried eyes

the first wind of love has stopped now

god knows who put it into words

you left without saying goodbye

the wounds are open

dead nettles and lemons are useless

what actually kills me is

the mediocrity in your voice

the autumn winks like diamonds

on the shore of that love

without lip,

TRANSLATED BY BAKI YIĞIT

GÜZIN ORALKAN

GÜZIN ORALKAN was born in Malatya, Turkey. 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 Literati, 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 collection of poems entitled The Offended Reflection has been published by Yasakmeyve Publishing. Her two collections of poems are ready to be published.