Two Poems by Arslan Bayır

DOWNPOUR 
It rains at night
All the troubles and the rains
The safety shoes on my feet
Fill the rooms with the smell of rain
The chirp sounds everywhere
The night loses its scream,
The light fingers of the darkness rain
Gently flows into the mornings
It beats the window
It rains at night
Waves of the wind
Sliding towards the villages
Spreads her hair
As water pours from tinned clouds
Willow branches bend into streams.
It washes and splits your hair
The earth absorbs water with its roots
The trees bud from the top
The light of lightning shines
Your eyes look like two lighters
That illuminates the darkness.
The sea swells and approaches the beach
It strikes the waves of the gulf
Over the beaches
The night shower
It rains cats and dogs
It takes away every thought
Just like rivers.
It becomes an ointment
For the one in need
Like the bosom of the earth
That is open to hope.
It rains at night
In the night shower
Clouds shake their heads,
The stars come down one by one
To share the joy of the earth
With those lonely friends.
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FIRE EYES
When you fall in love
With the sea
You can’t let it go anymore
It was all made of fire tears
Covering its face like velvet
It wanted to hide what was to be said
What should have been discussed
Just like the vanishing of a dividing cloud
Disappears in the sea of time
Otherwise, it will be difficult to live.
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- Arslan Bayır
Türkiye- Baygenç kitap
alanyaguncel@gmail.com

Arslan Bayır, was born in 1958 in Bayır village, Alanya District of Antalya. He completed primary school in the village, secondary and high school education in Alanya, and education institute in Denizli. He completed the undergraduate program of Anadolu University Turkish Department in 1999. He published 35 books in the field of poetry, story, research and children's literature. 25th in Turkey. It received 8 international awards. His articles, poems and stories were published in magazines and newspapers in 42 countries. Owner of Baygeç Publishing and Gündem Sanat magazine. 26 awards from Turkey, 10 international awards.