Deneme ve Düşünce, Şiir
Elvan Safyürek
“What’s your name?” “Call me El” The constant repetition had me memorising the cliche lines. What’s my name? Did I give my name its true worth? First arriving to this country, I was proud of my identity, “My name is Elvan” it was funny at first, the way they couldn’t pronounce it. “Alvin?” “ilvAn?” But then there was a pattern. 9 years since I have been gradually conforming to this foreign society. 9 years since I had been numbed by the changing norms and conformity. 9 years it had been
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- 2021
Deneme ve Düşünceİsimsiz
Increasingly tired of the routine of daily life that presents itself as life. A futile endavour to prove everyone something we have not managed to prove ourselves. Maybe life in general is futile efforts…
Deneme ve DüşünceHakikatin Hayalleri
Hayaller ve hakikat bir araya gelmeyince ne yaparız? Hayallerin belki de tek püf noktası da budur. Hayallerimizi gerçekleştirmeyi engelleyen tek şey zaaflarımız olmasa gerek, Hakikatlarımızın hayallerimizle benzeş olmamasıdır belki de. Var olduğunu zannettiğimiz pencerelerin…
ŞiirThe Duchess of Astraea
” Point of view: perspective of a servant in the poem ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning “ The Duchess of Astraea The painter could never hope To reproduce the faint Half-flush that dies…
Deneme ve DüşünceThe Smoke of Ashes
The Smoke of Ashes 5 September 2065 It is 5 September 2065. I was told to keep my thoughts in my HOLO2000 device. I didn’t understand the logic. I did understand why. Obviously to…