FRIENDSHIP KNOWS NO TIME
To my precious sister, İlknur Akşar Doğan


A page of the calendar has fallen, quietly passing by,
So many wishes were hidden, left in my heart from those who stayed.
Though days pass, and ...

MY BELOVED FRIEND, MAY YOUR PATH BE CLEAR AND BRIGHT

A page of the calendar softly drifts away,
So many wishes hidden in my heart, still there today…
Though time moves on, true friendships leave their trace,
And ge...

IMMORTALIZED LOVE

I no longer wander through the land of withered flowers… my beloved is gone,
I no longer ask within the forsaken rose garden… my darling is gone.
My soul is a flame, my hope — a bird with a broken ...

SPRIGHTLY
-My dear Choirmaster, my dear Mathematics Teacher;
To Prof. Dr. Yavuz Aksoy… In my respectful memory-

 

 

Kanun and oud became friends in duet,

Music players and singers are also joyful!..

 

...

YOU WILL COME TO THE WORLD

 

Do you know, my little one…!?

You will come to the world in a day or two,

 

Your mother and father have been waiting for you for a long time.

In order to meet you, your gran...

REASON AND FAITH

 

Don't make suffering your motto, always forget what passed,

Draw a line in the past, don't shadow the truths,

Make reason and faith your additive, sow your hope...

Remember! the motto ...

TURNED ONE YEAR OLD

- To my granddaughter Zehra-

 

 

My elegant, naive, meaningful little one, is completing her first year,
 

The creator spreads fragrances, gracefully presents her second year…
 

Ha...

SIR

 

The pain of separation saddened and made me sad Sir,

The intoxication of the fire of love made me blear-eyed Sir,

Your gaze towards the north pleased Sir,

Your smile at the martyrs made me happy Sir…...

WITH RESPECT

 

The pain of separation saddened and made me sad Sir,

The intoxication of the fire of love made me blear-eyed Sir,

Your gaze towards the north pleased Sir,

Your smile at the martyrs made me h...

BABY ISKENDER(Aleksandros) AND HIS MOTHER

You both look wonderful — you and your little one!
Who knows when I’ll get to see him… I wonder!

A healthy child, surely! His eyes sparkle and shine,
It’s clear even now ...

MY SISTER

-My sister; to Selcan Tatar-

 

A caring, affectionate, heartfelt comrade,

A honest, principled, uncompromising Friend,

 

It is hard to see such a sample in a corrupt market...!

 

Don't t...

CALL, ASK

 

Arguments have been happening in every family.

Perhaps others are engaged in a louder conflict... you never know...

Who knows...! Yours might even be the lightest,

Please do not upset yourself,...

LOVE AND LOVER

 

I questioned myself, "What business do I have with the people of love?

 

It turns out that my destiny in this world is to reach the real lover...


 

Jun 01, 2015 

İstanbul
...

BABY

-While traveling from Çanakkale to Ayvalık, on a bus…-

 

I am traveling to Ayvalık…

In the seat next to me; Kazakh-Turkish baby Azra,

Maşallah, Is it healthy?  It is healthy... Hey, what a baby, what ...

1ST MAY

Happy 1ST May

Happy Labor Day…

This is the place of honor for labor and solidarity…

 

It wish it was

Where is it?

A fertile threshing floor…

 

Where is it?

The squares where there is...

OUR WOMEN

- Happy Women's Day on March 8-

 

Together, with whom we share our lives

With whom we are passionate from heart to heart

Our souls who add life to our lives

 

To many healthy days...

 
...

I WANT

 

A clear, blue sky, cleansed of evil…

Why?

They are waiting for the night to watch the world…

 

I see the stars quite happily,

The world is hopeful tonight from the stars as it was yesterday....

TROUBLES

 

Troubles… troubles…

Troubles that steal me away from my happiness,

Troubles that eat and eat away at me to death…

 

What silence at night,

What noise in the morning…

Nothing, nothing li...

EMPTY and PLEASANT

 

Do you think that

I took the pen in my hand again for you!..

No..! that was in the past…

 

For you now,

I will not write poems,

I will not put them in verse,

I will not dra...

FROM THE LAND OF MARTYRS

From the land where mountains, rocks, and martyrs took on a body,
From Gallipoli, from Anafartalar, from Alcitepe,
From the world of angels, from Conkbayiri, from Kumkale,
I present my most...

LONGING

 

I am a child of a corner where dry climate and flowing natural water are in my lap,

A place full of greenery.

My character has been shaped by the effects of the harsh climate,

My temperament has ...

WAITING PEOPLE

-To all the victims and oppressed...-

 

Waiting people, their faces pale and hopeless,

Not knowing what they are waiting for, unhappy, exhausted..!

 

Nothing is visible, no trace of the u...

SEVGİLİ ÖĞRENCİM  
-Sevgili Abide Batmaz’a, Pazar, Rize-
 

Beni bende aramayacaksın bundan sonra,

Davanda bulacaksın ağabeyini ve sevgisini.

İnanç çizgini kuvvetle ihata ettiği an,

Bitecek her türlü ıstırab...

HER AND MY FLOWERS

 

Please, don't touch my flowers,

Don't let them wither, don’t let them die…

I will weave them into a crown for my lover’s hair on his happiest day.

I will weep for losing him, then knee...

OFFENDED

 

Every souvenir, every memory and every kind of sadness that I carry in my chest, left deep marks in my soul...
 

I am offended towards humanity because of the deep wounds that all of this has left in...

MY SLAVE

H/18

 

The heavy price of love is captivity… A trap, a trap,

You put a lasso around my heart, it's hard to reach you… It's so far,

 

 

06.Aralık.2024
Çanakkale
...

KINALI  KEKLİĞİM

 

Ne özler beni sahi, yürekten sevgilim,

Ne de döner evine kınalı kekliğim.

 

 

24.Ekim.2024
Çanakkale

 

 
...

To TURGAY YILDIZ

Actor… Critical political humor writer and presenter. He caught my attention because he made critical theater with measured and short expressions… I was watching and listening to him. I remember him w...

YAPAYALNIZ

 

Zihnimde bazen seninle, bazen sensiz, ama yapayalnız…!

Her yer varlık içinde sessiz, ama sensiz hepten manasız…!

 

 

12.Mart.2013

İstanbul-Yeşilköy,
 

Atatürk Havalimanı, Yeşilköy-İs...

YALNIZ

 

Yine tek, yine yalnız dönüş yolunda hasretim varlığına,
Olmadı..! yine bir türlü düşemedim senin gönül ağına.
 


 

12.Mart.2013
İstanbul-Yeşilköy,

 

Atatürk Havalimanı, Yeşilköy-İstanbul
...

SENSİZ


Sensiz… yalnız, yapayalnız…
İçim burkuldu ve ağladım…

 

Sonra dedim;
Keşke gözyaşlarım aksaydı yanaklarına,
Hissetseydi duygularımı ve dokunabilseydi
Narin parmaklarıyla gözyaşlarıma…

 


25.M...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
-To my granddaughter -Defne-

 

May the beauties in your heart always exist my one and only,

May the smiles on your face never end my pomegranate flower,

May your life be filled with enthusiasm...

WET EYES

 

Wet eyes,

I know you are a pair of wet eyes,

Your meaning is heavy and hidden in your tears

 

Keep your gaze away,

Don't turn this way, please…

 

It is hard for me to bear,

I can'...

SEN OLMADAN

 

Ve… hayalimde sonsuz sevginin doğurduğu umutlarımı,

Esen rüzgarın saçlarına takıp sana gönderebilir miyim?

 

Derde aşina olup,

Saf duygularımla

Ağlayabilirmiyim

Senin için damla daml...

KAMİL ÖZCAN

-Akrostiş-

 

Karmaşık duygular, kaygılı geceler,

Aradım söylemek için; -Tasa benim, saadet senin…

Mehtap, gece, sessizlik… geliyor her yerden sesin,

İsmin, cismin her şeyinle benimlesin,
...

AŞKIM

 

Aşkım, mehtapla matemim, yağmurla neşem,

Şakıyan bülbülüm, gönül köşkümün prensesi,

Kanayan yaramın deva ilacı,

Ilık bir bahar rüzgarıyla bekliyorum tatlı sesini,

Matem tutmayacağım,

Hayır ...

MERSİN PARKI’n da
 
Mersin de seni arıyorum…
Burası Mersin Parkı…
Burada, palmiyelerle çam ağaçları yan yana,

Seni arıyorum Mersin Parkı’n da…
 
Hava kapalı, rüzgar esiyor,
Çocuk parkı bomboş. 
 

Karşıda bi...

FORLORN

-To the lonely and those who feel itself lonely…-
 

On the day you are forgotten

The Northeast winds will blow for you,

They will crack your hands, feet and lips,

The south winds will swell the se...

GÜL TANEM

 

Bahtiyar etti Çanakkale’ye ilk gelişin gül tanem, 

Sevinç kattı gamzeli sıcacık gülücüğün kar  tanem,

Sermest etti aşkının bahar kokusu ruhuma merhem,

Mutlu etti, günbatısına gelişin gönlüme ...

EGE de SEN

 


Ege de tutkudur, hep farklıdır musiki aşkı, 
Kulağıma çalıyor romantik, eski bir şarkı..! 
Ah nideyim meşki, nideyim neşeyi ve zevki, 
Sesin nefesin olmadan... Sen yanımda olmadan...


Ege de r...

SOFRAM

 
Mütevazi hasret sofram,
İşte seninle birlikteyim...
Sen, ben ve bir de O..!
 
Kaşığın biri sende, biri bende sevgilim...
Sana ikram eden ben,
Bana hep sen…
 
Ne kadar da özlemişim soframı,  yer sofra...

SULEYMANIYE


 

A pleasant sound is heard from the minarets of Suleymaniye,

Five times pass, the day passes, the month passes…

In the same majestic dome,

The same enthusiasm in the voice of the muezzin…

...

MY POMEGRANATE FLOWER

 

You are the one who took my heart and soul hostage!..

You are the one who gave love and affection to my soul,

All but you are lies,

My; “Recherche Pomegranate Flower”

 

 

M...

BAHARIN YANIM OLSUN

 

Sağlıkla kavuş yavrulara!..

Yolun açık olsun…

Bekliyorum dört gözle geç kalma,

Baharın yanım olsun…

 

19.Şubat.2019
Lapseki
...

CONQUEST

 

History is flowing... the year is 1453, the month is May, the day is Tuesday...

Look, a little further away, Ulubatlı, who devoted himself to him faith ...!

 

This morning the sun will rise diff...

GÜLNİHAL, GÜLFİDAN 
-Gülşehir'e, Nevşehir'e, Kapadokya'ya ve hayali Hanımefendi'ye-

 


Peribacaları arasında dolaşıyor, bir türlü ele geçmiyorsun,

Kâh orada, kâh burada… Hayal meyal uzakta…

Bir görünüp bi...

CANSIN CANANSIN
 

Cansın, canansın… Ah,ne güzel seni gönülden özlemek

Asude bir hayat içinde, kuşkusuz hep seni sevmek

Nadide bir melek, sevgiyle, özenle verilmiş emek

Su gibi, suzan gibi… Bir çiçek, ipeksi ...

ALEV ALEV

 

 

Alev alev yanıp tutuşmuş gönlümün devası, şifası sensin…,

Leyla’nın Mecnun’u yaktığı kertede gönlüme su serpen sensin...

Efsunlu ruhunda bir gül, râyihalar yayan kokunda ben; bülbül…!

Varl...

ESRARLI GÖZLERİN

 

 

Gözlerinin esrarında kayboldum, bakışların derin bir deniz,
Özlemle doldu gönlüm, içimde bir sükûnet; derinlerde sensiz…
Zamana bırakma tut ellerimden, aç kalbini coşkuyla; eşsiz…
Duygula...

SALUTE

 

The love of the lover; reaching Him, with patience…

Let it be a word to the horizon of the horizon,

Once again and every time with love;

Salute to the infinite of the infinite…

The love of the ...

Couplet...

NICE QUALITIES
-To my precious sister İlknur and her beloved husband…-

 

I asked the rose, your color and pattern

It said; broadcloth...! Color and pattern are in it,

I asked the nightingale, its kindness, i...

IF I CROSS SNOWY MOUNTAINS

 

If you smell a flower, the smell of lavender comes to me,

If you pick a fruit from its branch, its flavor remains on my palate,

If you enter a rose garden, I live in tulip gardens...

BABA

-Sevgili Babam Mustafa Özcan'a… Rahmetle anıyorum-


 

Arama başka yerde baba, kalbine bak,  işte tam oradayım…
Sana kavuşmak için gece gündüz durmadan, hep gün saymaktayım,
Karlı dağları aşıp varayım, se...

MY CHILDREN

-with love to my grandchildren-

 

The steering wheel of my car is straining me

I can't turn it to the right...!

 

Insistently; It says towards Ayvalık... Insistently...!

 

I love Çanak...

MY FIRST SHINE
-To my precious İlknur sister and her beloved husband…-

 

I was enlightened with you, my one and only; your light is in my eyes,

The first shine, my first light, the sparkle of your beauty struck...

YOU

 

Burgundy, purple, pink are you,

Fuchsia, cyclamen, I guess you are…

Depth, finesse are you, enthusiasm, charm are you…

Courage, fortitude are you, steadfastness is you…

 

All shades of green ar...

MELEK, ME AND THE NARRATIVE - II
-To my dear Melek and the Narrow-

Behind Ortaköy Taraça, on the hill,
My heart would beat in the Menekşe Apartment.
I think Melek would sense my arrival!..
She would come out of Me...

VAST, EMOTIONAL

 

My vast, emotional, compassionate little child

I'm glad you were born, I'm glad you exist, my child...

 

Sometimes blear-eyed sometimes active,

But always loving, always heartfelt,

...

MELEK, ME AND THE NEPHEW - I
-To my dear Melek and the Nephew-

 

We used to walk together up the hill on Fıstıklı Köşk Street,

You, my nephew, are only four years old, a cute pup,

And I am a young, excited y...

MY DEAR LITTLE ONE
-to my dear little one –

 

As elegant and delicate as a dove,

Your compassion for nature and children,

You are unique, your precedent is never found in the universe.

Strong spirit perso...

YOU ARE WITH ME

 

You are with me…

You are in my being, in my heart…

 

You are by my side,

Your elegant hands are in my palms…

 

In my voice, in my breath…

You are in my mind, in my idea, in my...

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT YOU

 

Our throats are choking, we can't breathe,

It doesn't happen without you...!

 

Where did we turn our faces?

Where do we expect help?

 

Justice, truth, knowledge... ...

I WANT

-To my granddaughter Zehra…-

 

If I could know;

You, your voice, your mystery…if I could know,

 

If I could understand;

The innocence on your face…That deep expression,

The meaning in your ...

ALL SONGS, MELODIES AND TUNES THAT IN MY HEART TO HER

-…to my grandchild Defne…-

 

In the lakes where you soaring; “The delicate ballet of the swans” is watched…

In the valleys you pass through; meadows turn ...

-To my daughter…-


I recognized the mystery of colors in you,
Pink, purple, lemon blossom...
I recognized them all in you


I read with you; quality, qualification
I described with you; love, affection…
I sm...

- My poetry-loving colleague who reads and evaluates the poems I wrote and never withholds her support, To my precious sister İlknur Akşar Doğan and her beloved wife...-


With the grace of a swan, gliding calmly and ...

RAIN and SNOW

 

The warmest good news of spring,
My sweetest lover; Yağmur (Rain)

 

The cold and sweet trouble of winter days,
My sadness, my grief, my pessimistic inner world; snow…!

 

The weather is...

CHRYSANTHEM, THE FLOWER OF PATIENCE
-To my roommate, the honorable Air Colonel, when I had my tonsil
surgery at Ankara Gülhane Medical Academy Hospital, and his wife, who never left him alone...-

 

 

You wait ...

FROM LONGING TO UNION
-I wish happiness to my dear sisters İlknur and her husband Samet-

 

 

With the invitation from the grace of the heavens, the desire was destined,

Love, affection, longing... Look!.. th...

MY DEAR CAT, MAYA

 

My dear cat, my dear companion Maya…

Pass by but don’t touch the tea!..

Jump, hop… Eat, drink and play,

This delicacy, this kindness; what lineage?

 

 

Jan 08, 2023
Istanbul...

MOTHER AND KIDS
-To My Dear Grandchildren-

 

For a mother, it is a source of love;
The constant chirping of chicks…
While they flap their wings and wander around,
Their cuteness is very pleasing to her.

 

...

CHILDREN

 

 

Children; Free, safe, full of energy... They will be more and more excited!..

Children; will live by enjoying every drop of life,

Dear children; principled, honorable, full of life... They wil...

UNIVERSE… TIME, SPACE

 

Universe, time, space… Objects, sometimes at the speed of light,

Sometimes as slowly as a turtle-testudo advances…

However, within its own order; Sturdy!..

Ready to watch in the gat...

BOSPHORUS, PURPLE COLORS

 

I am in the Bosphorus… On the shore,..

Inside an Istanbul ferry, close to the window,

I am looking for the Redbud trees… Absentminded..

 

I know I am in season..! My eyes are ...

SATIRE
 

Her car is set up on her seat with its majestic oppressiveness,
She doesn't see anyone in her office, her cigarette in her mouth,
How much is the fancy skirt she's wearing now?
The only thing you know is;...

WISDOM, SCIENCE

-To Yıldız Technical University Science Days Congress…09-10_11.May.2022-

Where are you, hey Wisdom?! You should run to the rescue,
If you wait for Perception, It is not even in this love…!

Moral...

A PALMFUL OF FATE
By Kamil Özcan

 Fate plays with you in silence, softly — right inside your open palm,
It hides its truths like cunning whispers, veiled beneath a gentle calm.
When hope is gone, when least expecte...

CONQUEST

History is flowing... the year is 1453, the month is May, the day is Tuesday...

Look, a little further away, Ulubatlı, who devoted himself to him faith ...!



This morning the sun will rise different...