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 

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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

RESTARTS ARE NOT RESETS

 

TIME DOES NOT GO BACK

people do not go back either

paradoxes go back

regrets live in the past

memories are paint by numbers drawings

by visionary artists

and 

a few masters

who appear

to disappear

in personal spaces

drawing

look-alikes to 

previously known people

not angels

or culprits

just others

many others 

who were

and

who will

manifest

in lives

loves

and 

thoughts

whimsical

arbitrary

or

impulsive

like a snail

with a task

or

a  clock

that runs fifty nine seconds a minute slow

deceiving mortals

ahmet cafer celebiler

January 17, 2026

INTEREST IS ALWAYS PERSONAL

 

NATIONS AND COFFERS MEASURED IN PERCENTAGES

there is no compassionate interest

or empathic interest

but financial

national

and 

sexual interest

all

ruling the poor and the wealthy

in differing percentages

of possibilities

and

probabilities

and

chance encounters

with serendipity

or worse

a 

fluke

fluke = surprising bit of luck; a tape worm with suckers and hooks

ahmet cafer celebiler

January 10, 2026