Mesut Şenol: Two poems
FLYING ON THE WINGS OF A DESERT BREEZE
Tonight I feel different, so much so I am alien to my essence
Here and there I imagine seeing us walking with the desert’s breeze
So gentle, it is a melody to our ears and a nice touch of caress
From the deep down of our soul, we anticipate the right words
It is the surrounding of a magical starry night above us
Twilight fairies must be trailing the steps we are about to take
Imagining the things so extraordinary to happen in an instance
A suspense is so sweet and strange to experience being speechless
I am dazzled inside my thinking and feeling mechanisms
Making me a flying creature on the wing of a desert breeze
So surreal, but surprisingly it feels like a totally an earthly adventure
I may find my essence as I let everything be circling around a kiss
GOING DOWN THE HILL OF THE DREAMS
the color design of the dusty horizon
being reflected
from the yellow shield of the sunflowers
its satin dull gray edges are broken
the ears are prepared in the showy prairie
screams are not caged
while being dragged down barefooted
thoughts are in a close embrace with feelings
passengers being full without taking
the lunch boxes presented by time
the desperate who find out
their thirst by seeing the horse flushes
faraway places seem near, though the station
of mirages is vacant
while going down the hill, the indicators
get loose out of the heat of the dreams…
yet myself who functions in the straight mode
strange to say, I am put to it!
*Mesut Şenol graduated from the Political Science Faculty of Ankara University. Earned his Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Public Relations. He served as a mayor, district governor and Public Relations Department Head of the Prime Ministry. His nine poetry collections were published, and many of his poetry and literary translations appeared in many national and foreign literary publications and anthologies. Attended a number of national and international poetry and literary festivals in the country and abroad, and acting as an organizer for some of them. Received numerous literary awards in the country and abroad. A member of many literary organizations. He is currently sitting on the Executive Board of the Three Seas Writers and Translators Council. He is the Turkey Culture Delegate of the Liceo Poetico De Benidorm. He teaches at the Translation and Interpreting Studies Department of Yeditepe University, and Communications at the Communications Department of Bahçeşehir University.
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