Short Yar Poems

A man in a black patch is yar
And parrots make good mates by gar
With an optional hook
And a dastardly look
Any pirate is bound to go far

April 14, 2019...

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Bir incir cekirdegim 
Adim konmus  ham  iken
Uctum derken goklere
Denizin dipinde dost oldum
Inci doguran istiridyeye.

Bir cekirdek dogusunda inci
Selvi dallari tirmansa goklere  
Nehrin denize aktigi   iksir
Hasadin  halaya  vuruk hasred
Yar olur alir yitirir ofkemizi....

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Nasil anlatsam
Acilarimi dindirsem
Zaman akti
Olenler buyudu

Animsandi  gecmis
Kipirdamadi ruzgar
Ne acilar  gecmis
Yol tikanmis
Yar gecememis

Ne kalmis yarim garipten
Otagimda canim
Terkedilmis arzularim
Misaim
Kisragim ay dogsun yuzune
Bir gunlukte olsa 
Gel cadirima
Sazim calsin yureginde
Otagim  yurdun olsun...

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Yazaman kendimi  sana
Omrun hayatim  feslegenim
Cananin kardesim nefesim umidim

Yazamam acim buyuk
Ay dogmus  yansir yildizlar
Nefesi tutusur  hasatinda  ruyalar

Yazamam nefesim hayatim
Hasredim  sevdam  nefesim
Basak tarlasi  umidim

Yuruyelim  canan yazdikca kendimizi
Yureyelim gune canan evrenin  gizemine
Umid  yar  tane Yar sevda  merhem...

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Unuttum zamanin sensiz akisini 
Yudumladigim buruk tatli corbada
Gonderdigim ipek mendilim
Ay dogmus gun akti isigina
Bir girdaptir yasam gulum
Bozkirdan goge uzanan merdiven
Donan cayi basan sel yar dinlemez
Cektimde kurtardim balcigindan
Frigyanin kaybolmus hazinesini
Unutulmus kaynayan sulardan
Salinan yarim al endamli basma
Dans eder Porsugun sularinda...

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Lost my dog, the leash slipped out of my hand, and I fel-l
   Obviously I searched high and Lo                                    
   Somewhere out there my dog was in distres-s
   The search continued and I started to fre-t
   Does a  dog  usually return to its  yar-d?
   Only hoping now someone would  be a her-o
   Glad someone was, he was found;  I got back my do-g!...

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Misafirim sana
Cicek kokmus
Carsaflar sensiz
Hasret  duram duram
Gel bana yar. 

Kuralim gecenin atesini
Tutustursun bahcelerde 
Hasatin  atesi sevgi
Kukresin ay sevdaya hasret
Gel bana yar.

Titressin ne varsa
Yurusun hep bir agizdan
Erisin volkan
Denizin dipinde
Gel bana yar. 

Acilmamis bahcelere
Olum yurumesin
Su buyumesin
Dogdugum  koyume
Gel bana yar...

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 noth'n sounds more sweeter 
                 than
   the jamaican windz help'n
the salty wet slap 'gainst mine 
          cabin's porthole
                 her'z 
                 arrrr
 tresses flap'n 'gainst me face
             her vocalz
          just the slight
             mine hear

                 hey
               she be 
                 yar

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No, I did nay walk the cold harbour docks
Felt too tipsy and fell in the drink
Drank too much as the ticker in me tocks
Dead men tell no tales in the blink
Eyes patched over me hardy, yar, flows
The wine inta piss, my heart inta bliss
Rows the dead man telling no tales
Rows the dead man drinkin those ales
Three to tha wind laddies, heave ho
I'm nay walkin home, I can't go....

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Yildizlarin elimde ucar
Gozlenmis anilar gune durmus
Egirdesi gunum gerkefinde nakis
Bir yudum su karlarinda erimis yuregim

Nefesinde dogmus gun
Hasretine acamayan gulum
Kesmekesin binbir cumbusu 
Sarildigim yar kandiller

Yedi direkler cadirimda
Yakamozlar acmis lalelere
Eritirmi karlarin gunesi  sensizligi
Raksa sevgi  serefesi  minarelerin

Incirler tirmanmis mihrabin  duvarlarina
Dalgalarin kucaklar gerkefimi...

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It was a small poets' club in Sydney,
Where local bards were wont to meet.
We'd come to hear the famed poet
Who has that night agreed to speak.

He spoke of love and hope and kindness,
Of conversation, the end of war.
An old woman, bent with sadness
Stretched up to whisper "Babi Yar."

He's tall. The poets seemed to 
Be clustered around his feet.
Our eyes met; I mouthed "American"  
And Yevtushenko reached across and kissed my cheek...

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