Ceyhun Mahi

Ceyhun Mahi Feb 2017

A gleaming view above Hong Kong,
Narrates much delight of Hong Kong.
Mâhî hasn't visited there,
But yet still he does love Hong Kong.

A quatrain with a redif (refrain) 'Hong Kong' who comes after the rhyming words (above, of, love). I really like to use this kind of refrain because it gives me space to remain with the subject I am writing about, although it can also limit poetic expression, too. I have learned this technique from studying Ottoman Divan literature and Persian poetry where this is used frequently, but I also have seen Shakespeare using it in one of his sonnets. I even think that this way of rhyming can make rhyming much more popular again in modern poetry; it does rhyme, but with a different touch this time.

#kong #hong

Ceyhun Mahi Feb 2017

At The Arcade (Song)

At night, after having paid
Money coins we just had made,
We enter the gates of fun;
Playing games of the arcade.

We're covered under neon,
Until the bright times of dawn,
Surrounded by beeps and peeps,
Playing games of the arcade.

How beautiful is this night!
Where each thing glitters at sight,
Fueled by the gushing coins while
Playing games of the arcade.

#night #games #neon #playing #arcade #lights #coins #retro #vaporwave

Ceyhun Mahi Jan 2017

Oyle Geçer Zaman Ki

Hak'tan başka yok baki -
Bu gün ki zaman yeni,
Ve dün ki zaman eski.
Göremem yavaş etki,
Öyle geçer zaman ki.

Çok yavaş büyür fidan,
Geçersin karşısından,
Kalır öyle her zaman -
Baktın oldu gülistan!
Öyle geçer zaman ki.

Inspired by Erkin Koray's 'Oyle Geçer Zaman ki'.

#turkish #quintet #muhammes

Ceyhun Mahi Jan 2017

Alem-i Rüya

Hayal rüya diyarı hep saçar,
Ateş olur ki buz ve buz ateş.
Hayal Alemde her ne yok ne var,
Güneş olur ki ay ve ay güneş!
Lakin bu dünya hep hayır değil,
Zira ki var orada harıstan,
Zalim diken dolu gıcır değil,
Sorar gönül: o nerde gülistan?
Nazik zaman ve sert zaman döker,
Ve aynı an hayal eder devam,
Katar güzel görüş katar zalim keder,
Ve de olur onun için selam!
Yalan söyler o pembe tozlu gül,
Şaşırtılır zavallı her gönül.

Meter: Me fâ i lün / Me fâ i lün / Fe ul

#sonnet #meter #turkish #sone #aruz

Ceyhun Mahi Jan 2017

Pastel

My words are neither dark nor bright;
No lands of ice under the night,
Nor warm rose-gardens dawned with light,
Pastel hues and tones are their sight.

#pastel

Ceyhun Mahi Jan 2017

Vaporwave

I'm from the
power pink sunsets
    with waving palm trees

I'm from the
bright computer screens
    who illuminate faces

I'm from the
pitched-down music
    with fading synths

I'm not from the 80's,
  nor from the 90's,
But from the 2000's:

I'm dreaming between them,
in reveries who're too ethereal
to describe.

#vaporwave

Ceyhun Mahi Jan 2017

The Looks Of Love

The scents, the sounds, the moves, the looks of love,
Cannot be described in the books of love.

#love #of #the #couplet #looks