Three Poems by Sezgi Kaya

Poetryzine Magazine presents three poems by Turkish poetess Sezgi Kaya

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THE HERITAGE CALLED LOVE

In hearts full of love,

The love felt by loved ones,

In an unparalleled eternity,

Is an indescribable and spiritual heritage,

In hearts full of love,

In the vast seas where love finds its embodiment,

That sublime feeling that grows in hearts even though it is not seen,

Is an indescribable and spiritual heritage,

In hearts full of love,

In your delicate soul where you feel the fifty shades of love,

Love in an unforgettable tale of dreams,

Is an indescribable and spiritual heritage.

LONGING FOR A MOTHER

The breath that fills my lungs today,

Reminds me of my mother,

Her compassionate gazes,

Believe me, they warm my heart,

My tearful eyes reflected in the mirror,

Always make me miss my mother,

My shaking hands and my aching wounded heart

Longing for my mother’s warmth,

My hair that is blown by the harsh winds today,

Waiting for my mother’s affection and caress

In this suffering world with endless sorrow and trouble,

Makes me long for a drop of mother’s love with a candle...

THE INK OF A PEN

You don’t know what can be said in the ink of a pen,

Sometimes you hear the humming sound of loneliness and sometimes of sorrow,

If your pen is not sharper than a sword,

One day you will cry with what leaks from your ink,

You don’t know what can be said in the ink of a pen,

Sometimes you heal a wounded bird with a broken wing,

If your pen is no remedy for people in trouble,

You will also be wounded with what leaks from your ink,

You don’t know what can be said in the ink of a pen,

You relight a lantern that has long gone out,

If poison flows from your pen instead of ink,

You will also sip the sherbet of death with what spills from your ink.

Sezgi Kaya is a Turkish poetess born in Ankara. She is studying Philosophy at university. Many of her literary works have been published in different literary media. Some of the literary magazines in which her poems are published are as follows:

*Minota Culture and Art Magazine

*Kalemlik Literature and Art Magazine

*Tahta Fikir Literature Magazine

*Posta Newspaper (National newspaper)

*İnsan Art Magazine

*Evrenkent Cultural Magazine

*Feraye Culture and Art Magazine

*Literary Magazine

*Asaf Literature Magazine

*Apeiron Philosophical Magazine

*Öz Erciş Newspaper

*CNPNews International Culture and Art Magazine

*Cultural Reverence International Culture and Art Magazine

*Künye Literature and Art Magazine

*Bubi Culture and Art Magazine

*Literature Notebook Culture Platform

*Literature House Art Platform