LOOSELY HELD EMOTIONS

 

MYSTERY OF LOVE

love of land

love of art

love of another

love of self

illusions all

if not

delusions

love of sports

beginning

and ending

with watching

games

on fields and screens

or chest beating

and 

opponent sleighting

chess and monopoly

are not sports

as such

though

they qualify

for owning wins

keeping winners

and

discarding losses

and losers

on a very personal scale

with just enough emotion

to hold at arms length

and

to reach

when needed

if needed

at a whim

ahmet cafer celebiler

28 october, 2025

TAKVİYE

 

PAYANDA

destek 

savaşta

aşda

aşkda

işde

inşaat

ve

politikada olur

eş zamanlı

ve sonra yapılanı payandadır

takviyedir

amerikanın batısında

geçmişde

yerlı halk kırımındaki

yedinci süvari alayı

güncel 

kıyımlarda

beşinci kol 

geçerli

nedense

üç ve dördü gizliyerek

takviyeli pilav nohutludur

takviyeli aşk sa meşk değil

payanda gerektirir

pranga kullanılır

bazen de bukağı ile birlikte

kurum takviyesi

bilgelik

ister

hem iş 

hem kişi

hem ortam

tanınıp

takviye

yöntemleri 

araştırılır

din

dil

ırk

ayrıştırmadan

iklim değişiklikleri

ön görülerek

ahmet cafer çelebiler

27 Ekimö 2025

CONSEQUENCES AND ACCOUNTABILITY

 

FREEDOM FROM THE FUTURE

many

an unexceptable word in academic circles

like wally

in perception tests

like

responsibility

in cultural realities

as far away

as billions of stars

in unknowable galaxies

direct actions 

unaware

heedless

thinking wishfull

or wistfull

in hazy

meaningless dreams

of day and nights

a lifetime

of 

a life

of sorts

of

futures indiscernible

even

with 

arcane methods

rediscovered again

for yesterday

but not

for tomorrow

ahmet cafer celebiler

Ocober 19, 2025

DEFINING MY KEEPER

 

HOW TO PINPOINT THE CARE GIVER

care givers

gate keepers

food dolers

useless information providers

arrogant enquirers

human crutches

wardens

know rules

their rules

in ruled advice books

of parents

and

instructions

in manuals

made by their ilk

written

as a dull chore

not consulting

not considering

not knowing

subjects

objects

instruments

serfs

citizens

or

slaves

all the same

according to the book

live ones

and the lifeless

their patients

spouses

parents

progeny

mostly unvisible

assumed

ripe and

dangling from branches

of  a leafless tree

in a  desert

or a swamp

ahmet cafer celebiler

October 8, 2025

MENTAL IRONING

 

IRONING IS NOT STROKING

light music

any music

strokes

and

massages

with slow movements sideways

fast ones

down

down

and up

tranquil

brains

and

hearts massaged

with hands untrained

or ironed

with talk unnecessary

flattens 

slows

agitating

ripples

unrife