Today's entry comes from the late Turkish poet Edip Cansever (1928-1986). It is called "The Rooster and the Stairs." Cansever's early career was spent selling antiques at the Covered Baazar in Istanbul. Apparently, he discovered he was better at poems. Though he is not as recognized as Nazim Hikmet, Cansever is highly regarded in the Turkish literate community for his body of work.
"The Rooster and the Stairs"
Upstairs is upstairs and
down is donstairs a bit
The rooster and the stairs are
right in the middle
Dazzling rooster! He gathers colors on the stairs,
A kid is more of a kid on the red of a white
A ten-fathom thread calls out my mother
I stick my head right into the bucket
As much fish as I think can fish
This poem was translated by Talat Sait Halman and Brian Swann
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edip_Cansever
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