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Six months after its release, it surpassed the giants of literature to claim the #1 spot in the "Most Visited" Poetry category on Turkey's largest marketplace. This is the absolute triumph of independent, raw craft.
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A few lines from Ink and Ember.
Grey Lives
I am sorry for those who have lost their minds; in this world, failing to think enough leads to a great deal of foolishness. As people lose their colorful lives, they surrender to their grey ones.
I am disgusted by those who say this is simply our nature, by those who believe that change will bring chaos.
I wish you would drown in your grey lives without dragging our color down with you.
While I curse your grey lives, while I cannot bear your turning this world's color to grey, I return once more into myself.
In Love With My Future
I am in the place no good memory can find me.
I pass, treading over the narrow corners of my soul.
I do not look back; I am in love with my future.
I bade farewell to my false histories.
I struck the waves of the seas.
I could not be torn down; I tore down.
My heart carried on without breaking even a sliver.
I Am Not a God
Sometimes you want to love,
you want life to bind you to it.
In the pit of despair you choose a poisoned heart.
Perhaps your heart, once like a romantic rose,
meets the curse of Medusa.
I did not become this way without reason.
I, too, used to love once.
But I no longer want to.
I am not a god.
I cannot love everyone.
I cannot love anyone.
“A wonderful book, very different from any poetry I've read before. I recommend it to anyone who wants to read.”
“Unexpectedly sharp and surprisingly beautiful for a young poet. Proof of how a young soul passes through the chain of moods in our country.”
“A poetic journey where words slowly seep inward like embers. Plain yet powerful. I hadn't read poems this moving in a long time.”
“Such a performance from a poet this young is remarkable. Wonderful verses, a must-read.”
“Heartfelt, young, and strong in its narrative. I wish you continued success.”
“A magnificent book. I eagerly await the new works to come from this pen.”
“Poems of astonishing beauty scattered among the mysterious ones that first seemed odd. As you go on, the pages are woven like a kilim. I wouldn't be surprised if you were a philosopher. Magnificent.”