Arzu Karadağ

 

 

(Turkey)

 

 

 

Raising of the sun

 

Ladies

Whose eyes are flowerbed,

Whose skirts are fair market

Whose joys are packed

The morning was for you.

 

It was for you, children

Whose sleep is shaken untimely,

Whose feet are corny,

Whose pockets are full of colorful dreams

Children, running the streets.

 

Workers

Who are the first to pres the buttons

Who are the last to close the doors

The shifting gardians of the machines

Early starters to the day,

The morning was for you.

 

It was for you,

Light sellers

Street sweepers

Grave diggers

 

It was your blood

in the vein of the world

 

You would be burried into every single night

with your hopes,

 

Mornings would blossom you.

 

 

 

Poet :Arzu Karadağ

 

2012 Yılmaz Güney poetry award

 

Translated by: Songül Aynal Kilimci

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BIO

 

Was born in 1979 in Pülümür Dersim. She graduated from the Uludağ University, Faculty of Economics, Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. She is working in the logistics sector; she is the editor and coordinator of Ses and İz publications.

 

She published her first poems in Usça and Dostça magazine that she pulled out with her friends in university (1998). Then her works took part in the literature and art magazine

 

 

Prizes:

Bir Baktım Yarın / Ali Rıza Ertan Şiir Ödülü [2011]
Güneşin Tutundukları / Yılmaz Güney Şiir Ödülü [2012]
Kemiksizdir Dili Zamanın / Kaygusuz Abdal Şiir Ödülü [2013]
Kar Yazın – Sanat Şiir Ödülü [2013]
Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Şiir Ödülü [2015]
 
Books:

Kalbim Tut Beni [2005]
Şehirlere Düştü Gökyüzüm [2007]
Taşlanan Rüya [2010]
Bir Baktım Yarın [2012]