Either come

Involve in the time being

Or

Take this back from my back

And leave me timeless…

Coşkun Karabulut, a seasoned poet and writer from Turkey, shares his poetry

Coşkun Karabulut was born in Sarıkamısh, Turkey. He graduated from Hacettepe University, Department of Sociology. He lives in Fethiye. He published 20 books of poetry and essays. His poems were translated into Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan languages ​​and published as a book.

Marina of Fethiye

LEAVE ME TIMELESS

Was it too hard to share

As you’ve left me carrying ages on my back

And looking at me recklessly now

I cannot afford this without you

Either come

Involve in the time being

Or

Take this back from my back

And leave me timeless.

…

I’m tired

***

ALWAYS WITH YOU

I watched the sea with you yesterday

Without you noticing

Sea has never been this blue

Waves have never been this tender before

I loved the sea

Without you knowing

Today I was there again

I feasted my eyes on the sea

All I was seeing was you, though

Waves were bringing you in a row

Without the sea knowing.

You’ve never been this close to me before

Neither for this length of a time

Have I watched the sea

I loved you

I stared at the horizon while leaning on you

Without the sea noticing.

Thus, I deceived the waves

Deceived the sea

Being true to you

Who never loved me!

***

Fethiye bay

THIS LOVE WILL ALSO END SOME DAY

I know, this love will also end some day

Just like any other love does

Life will lose its magic

Everything will be back to its origin

The World will be in its order again

While wise dealers return from exile

One by one

However

The sun will rise without me

The wind will blow without me

The world will revolve on its own

In a way that everyone has known

Even so

Is it that trivial

Me blending all love affairs

Myself and the world

Turning them into your pretty face

And squeezing every cloud

In a pair of eyes

Throwing glances

Tasting like rain

Is it that trivial, my beloved

I know, this love will also end some day

And I will walk away by myself

Like any other poet does

***

LINE

Everyone has an attitude in life

In their own line

Their life flows away

Laughing is a line

Crying is a curved one

Love is an up-going

Hatred is a down-going line

How nice a line

Walking delicately is

Meeting your beloved

Is a crossing line

Reading, analyzing are fine lines

Carelessness

Is yet another line

Living is a bunch of lines

Death is a line above it all

***

FIG SEEDS

As they were the pettiest things in the world

I wonder why they are also underestimated

Fig seeds

Although I know many people

Whose worlds are

Pettier

Than a fig seed

***

LOVE

Love happens

When one disregards gravity

And tries to fly

Then

His head is broken

And heart falls into pieces

***

LOVE SOUP

I felt like it many times

Sitting in the time’s diner

Having a bowl of

Love soup

I felt sick many times

When I found a bug in it

And I was left with a fork

Every time

***

COST

You taught me how to fly

And the ropes

Taking my wings away in return

Where are you going?

***

A CHANGE

I came to this world crying and am leaving it everyone crying behind

Strange to say

Next time

I’ll come laughing

And you’ll burst into laughter

As I leave.

***

NIGHTS

I’m walking

Struggling

Covered in dust

Through the night desert

Where everyone passes galloping

This is why I’m late to mornings

You should be grateful that I even make it

Translated by: Esra ILGAT

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Published under International Cooperation with "Sindh Courier"