Compass of  Feelings

Directionless 

despite the twitching  arm

and a restless leg

knee joint oscillating 

with osteoporosis 

leaving the tendons to my care

and pity posing as 

compassion

for the self

and other creatures

exoskeletal

all in series geometrical

marching along a mortal path

in a life crepuscular 

or lifetimes illogical

denied by self

and by other selves

of myriads

believing themselves

but few other selves

after shedding

the hard part

soft care left alone

to survive 

at the bottom of a wave

or a continuum

without time.

Ahmet Celebiler

November 10, 2022

WHO IS WHO AND WHAT IS WHAT

    

EPISTEMOLOGICAL TIDBITS

 A philosopher tries to put a small number of major issues in context and passively solve them in his mind. He is passionate only in his mind which is very difficult to appease. The difficulty of defining issues of human life and thought which have been dominating human mind and life and understand all their earlier delineations while attempting to find original solutions is a never ending process for the philosopher.

 An intelletual has a wider range of thought and issues and believes he can and has solved them as fas as they impinge on his life and thought. He does not feel the need to broadcast his views and prove or defend his conclusions. This whole process is not motivated by profit or desire for power and dominance, therefore he can be easily satisfied with what he knows and has done.

A politician is driven by a desire to acquire and hold power, dominance and recognition by any means he finds acceptable to his ethics and abilities. His understanding of life and humans is purely pragmatic, involvings means of manipulation which may not be truely altruistic or based on facts and knowledge.

ACC

          November 1, 2022

ALMOST THERE

       

        THRESHOLDS

 Remember the straw

                      the pain

                      the fear

                       and

                   .the silences

                    at the tip of your utterance 

                     the words 

                      for others to hear

                    which no other hears

                       the answer at the tip of.......

                  time and time again

                          and laughter

                     to recall

                         but not refresh

                     endure

                     patiently

                      till

                     the thresh holds 

                      undisturbed

                      and

                      the mystery

                       poised.

                       as ever

                       Ahmet Celebilerus  Minus Eighth

                        around Halloween, 2022

                   

             

GUESSES IN LINE

 

How Familiar Can a Familiar Become

Strangers and families

in a sociological study

series of events

and impediments

No astrologer or

medium, enchanting 

may guess

the next number

shape or letter

But many can vouch

for behavior observed 

         or an attitude 

on a pedestal

or pinnacle

Not a test of IQ, EQ or your Q

so

not a test at all

yet

a gamble 

or a  guess 

for a future impending

on a flat earth

which used to be round

ahmet cafer celebiler

October 18, 2022

THE GIRL ACROSS THE STREET

THE WOMAN IN MY KITCHEN

if she were

an exotic recipe

fusion 

and eclectic

a meteorological occlusion

or a passage geometric 

would i wish to change her?

could i dare to challenge her?

Or

would it be enough

of a feat

to keep her

just keep her 

in a steady state

ahmet

October 13, 2022

ROYALTY OR ARISTOCRACY OF MY PAST

 PREFERENCE

If I could travel back in time

would I wish 

to attend Queen Victoria

in a nightie

or

Namik Pasha 

at a pajama party

would either be

breathtaking 

or world shaking

as 

the younger me

in any attire

running 

on a path of memory 

not

not at all

emblazened with glory

ahmet 

October 13, 2022

FABLE No. 37 

A goose going at a steady rate

thought of ancestors

who had lived in state

of feathers galore 

and ponds in gardens

with grass all around

knowing well

that it will also become

an ancestor regal

in as short

or long

a time

as time goes for geese

and for humans 

no different 

for life is life 

and a lifetime is a lifetime

ahmet the last stanza in a lullaby

October 13, 2022