Weekly Poems

We Would Be Annihilated (10/18/15) Your kindness comes after sorrow, every time, every moment. Otherwise, no one could withstand this suffering. Make me drunk constantly with the wine that gives no hangover. I don’t want any other wine.   We are the reed bed; He is the fire. We are waiting More...

You Are Still Alive (10/11/15)

Posted on October 11, 2015
You Are Still Alive (10/11/15) You are satisfied, but I haven’t had enough of this drink. I am annihilated, but you are still alive. The millstone turns and cries quietly As long as water flows through the canal. Ergin, Rubailer, V. 1, Page 432 More...
Conversation with the Beloved (10/4/15) O torch for night passengers! O chain for crazy lovers! O direction of prayer for everyone! O my Caravan Master!   You are a brigand and, at the same time, a guide, A moon and, at the same time, Jupiter. You are on this side More...

On the Journey to Love (9/27/15)

Posted on September 27, 2015
On the Journey to Love (9/27/15) O One who has become an admonition to my eyes! The eyes of all the ones who came before or will come after Have never seen a Love like this. Many times I’ve become stone, many times pearl. I’ve become a believer, then a More...
Don’t Ask For Reason (9/20/15) At night, I turned around the city like wind, running like water How can sleep overcome the one who walks around the city in darkness? The mind is the one who wants to have everything in order. Don’t ask for reason or manners from the drunk. More...

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