INSTINCTIVE BELIEF INCREASING VULNERABILITY

 

BELIEF AND FAITH

in people

past and present

known 

related

or totally 

estranged

and mythological creatures

of any gender

sometimes

genderless

seldom compassionate

with behavior violent

without reason

impertinent 

and inpermament 

close by

and far far away

in time and space

victorious in causing misery

to too many 

ahmet cafer celebiler

March 12, 2026

ANOTHER FALSE APOCALYPSE

THE CURSE OF ISHTAR

I doubt religious and cultural dynamics in the Middle east can be underestimated. In fact, the reverse is possibly true. Too many writers, politicians, decision makers seem to have overestimated them for over one hundred years, especially in terms of their paradoxical nature. Islam is not the basis of Middle Eastern culture. The ME Culture is more involved with geography, economy, trade, sociology and the all pervasive scarcities of water, food, forage, wild and domesticated animals, art, compassion, empathy, humor for too many centuries and a mysterious foundation of undecipherable ethics, far away from that which was considered and studied by Classical Greek, Roman, Asian and European thinkers. Unfortunately, the populations in the region were not taught any philosophy, ethics and art by their rulers, the Ottomans and others before and after them and in between. Humanity, having the general ability, to think, imagine, invent and explore, managed to raise some thinkers, writers and artists in the region but they had no influence on their rulers and the general public both of which believed that ignorance was to their and their progeny’s and their culture’s and country’s advantage.

The region has been a staging ground for frequent military ventures for many millenia, related to beliefs, resources and especially Abrahamic religions which downplay each other and believe in revenge and/or their race’s and/or religion’s supreme status in the eyes of supreme beings of all types and physiques. Including clandestine organizations, especially American, british and French (joined recently by Russian and Chinese), the whole region becomes a cul de sac of paradoxical quagmire in shifting sands and mountains, strangely trying to feed the greedy appetites of all the beings leading nations and organizations, totally unaware of their mortality and the possibility of entropy.

DIFFERENTIATING BEGINNINGS FROM ENDINGS

 

THERE IS A HINT OF JANUS IN EVERY MONTH

offensive allegations

and

defensive arguments

may 

open and close

doors

with or without

keys

and key bearers

who are born with their keys

in their expressions

and marsupia

opening and closing

purse strings

coffers

denying surges 

sorties

at whim

and on orders 

Ahmet cafer Celebiler

February 21, 2026

TREES NEED WIND

 

BELIEFS NEED AGITATION

beliefs and winds

forsake 

when they do

unreasonably

unseasonably

leaving

human vanity

hope

trust

and skeleton leaves

hanging

hanging

over a senseless void

ahmet cafer celebiler

February 5, 2026

FUSION FOR HUNGRY PALATES

 

DREAMS OF FOOD AND OF LOVE-MAKING

pangs are essential

for

the romantic

or the hungry

for enjoyment

for 

future consumption

subjects of emotion

behaviour

and fusion

of food

and bodies

not together

adobo

does not use 

combava

gochujang

does not recognize

albanian pepper

so many lovely people

and

tasty food

survive

in ignorance

all 

or none

may be fused

in alternate

spans

and spaces

hearts

minds

and

plates

ahmet cafer celebiler

January 22, 2026

CHOSEN

 

NOT SELECTED

no statistics

or 

probabilities

guide

the woman

in picking

the One

on display

or

on a shelf

even with no

expiration date

etched

or carved

on face or hand or feet

or the pedestal

she has borrowed

from an ancient

greek temple

preferably ionian

hoping for a sound foundation

to anchor

against quakes

lava

and evil eyes and mouths

a choise

guided by

ancient wisdom

ancestral memory

or psychopathy

or

prayers

with beads

entrails

and

several omens

ahmet cafer celebiler

January 21, 2026

 

 

ANOTHER PRESENTATION OF RECENT POEM