Poems by ERKAN KARAKİRAZ

person


gaps
opening in his mind
effacing any tender feeling
from his face

rootless
       directionless
             keyless
                  ill-tempered

in the depths
so many torn ends-of-the-day
on the surface
exitless beings
            embracing flames
he kisses the fire
        makes love to the fire

the person buries his own mysteries




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steps


broken lines
            on the needle pine
            shaken by the wind
the tendency to grass
of the cat
with a stomach ache
paw prints on ash
an established communication gap mechanism

yet
all there is
to life
        cums
               on the shore beyond

a long
wounding
slope
    life’s steps

soundproof
interior unseen
falls
         into existence--a dry p sound alone
                       softly touches the soul




Translated by Buğra Giritlioğlu

ERKAN KARAKİRAZ graduated from English Language & Education. He currently lives in İzmir. His poems and essays were published in various fanzines and literary magazines, such as CazKedisi, Gard, Roman Kahramanları, Sahne, Şiirden, Şiiri Özlüyorum, Ücra, Varlık, Yasakmeyve. He prepared and published the fanzines titled “Yerüstü” (Overground), “Şatokilitli” (The Castle Is Locked) and “Yer Üssü Alfa” (Ground Base Alpha). He still continues to publish “Yerüstü” as a book series, and the adventures of the fanzine “Yer Üssü Alfa”. He was on the editorial board of the literary magazine Kurşun Kalem (Pencil / Lead Pen) and literary book series Yerüstü. He is still on the editorial board of the literary magazine CazKedisi (JazzCat) which focuses on “poetry and poetry culture”. His first poetry collection “İçgeçit” (Innerpath) was published by Noktürn Publishing in April 2016 and the second one “Gürült.” (Nois.) was published by Kaos Çocuk Parkı Publishing in December 2018. He continues to write poems, critics, essays, plays and stories.

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