The sun is the hope of my nafs The dawn is setting ground for my journey
Long wings of my fate Arrives to my sickle before morning frost
Faith, my irredeemable gold My strong nanny holding my hand My blood, the one that makes me to hold on To that iron life My authentic illusion of happiness
My old tears are not asking anymore Why my chronic curses are Late to take effect
Stance of an oracle inside me Says “God is supreme”
While he is clinging to his magic ball Domino stones are resurrecting The down part of life is getting better Than upper part of it
I’m a painful butterfly Covered with slippery soil My landslide giving birth to me.
ELİF BURCU ÖZKAN
ELİF BURCU ÖZKAN (Bursa, TURKEY)
She earned a bachelor’s (2004) and a master’s degree (2008) in Latin Philology from Istanbul University. Since 2011 she has been a PHD candidate in same department. Since 2013-2014 academic year, she has been working as an Instructor at Bursa-Uludağ University, teaching Latin & Ancient Greek Grammar and Literature, and also Numismatics.
Her translation of the book by Seneca entitled “Dē Constantiā Sapientis” (On The Firmness of the Wise Person) from Latin into Turkish was published in 2017 (Doğu-Batı Publishing).
Her first poetry collection called “Larva” was published by Artshop Publishing (November 2019).
- Her poem called “Yangın (A Fire)” has been included with its English translated version in the “Anthology in Memory of the 30th Anniversary of Cemal Sureya’s Death” printed by Artshop Publishing (December 2019);
- Her poem called “Dizeler (Lines)” has been included with it’s English and Greek translated versions in the “A Trilingual Anthology of Turkish and Greek Poets& Artists” printed by Artshop Publishing (May 2020).
- Her poem called “Başka Tanrıların Kulları (The Subjects of Different Gods)” has been included with it’s English and Spanish translated versions in the “Benidorm İstanbul 2020 Collection of Turkish Poets” printed by Artshop Publishing (August 2020).
Her article called “The Notion of ‘Happiness’ in Indian Philosophies”, has been included in Gökkuşağı Journal (Aralık 2020, Volume 25).
Her 28 new poems were published in Turkish literary journals in last 8 months. She is editing her new poetry book and also a novel for press.
