Poems

Ortuculer Geliyor

Two Days Earlier, Two Days Too Late

We could have had a wonderful relationship.
Yes, you and I.
I could have taught you rollerblading.
You could have taken me rowing at the Park.
And I know
you would have listened with intent and patience
as I hesitantly would have explained to you
my life, my school, my work, my family
and why they all depress me
into ten hours a day sleep sessions.

We could have shared the same newspaper.

Two days later I was going to call you.
You went to the movies.
At age 25, you had a heart attack.
I asked around, you weren’t standing
when death came to you.
How horrific of an image
your entire body hitting the polished floor
as your soul departed.
But you were sitting.

Now I wonder,
should I have called you two days earlier
rather than two days later.

October 6, 2001

Sheppard

Heart and mind must agree
Will we ever see
Life is my blind Sheppard
And I am
A captain
With no map, no compass
Sway sway away far away
My anchor anxious to meet a plane
Hungry but sadly no
For I desire nothing
But the taste of love

August 22, 2003

Elveda

Hatirliyorum.
Soguk ve karanlik bir sabahti.
Erken saatlerde kalkmis hazirdim.
Bilinmeyen, istemedigim bir yolculuga
Cok, cok uzaklarda…
Istemeyerek indim merdivenlerden.
Istemeyerek bindim bir arkadasin arabasina.
Ucmayali uzun zaman olmustu.
Ucak yemeklerini dusundum.
Son bir etrafima baktim.
Elveda cocuklugum
Elveda dostlarim
Elveda sokakta benimmis gibi baktigim hayvanciklarim.
Elveda odam.
Elveda sehrim.
Elveda.

September 28, 2003

Papers

Cyprus Redifined

Article Summary: Institutions, Strategic Restraint,
and the Persistence of American Postwar Order

Public Company Accounting Reform
and Investor Protection Act

Marketing Plan for Exporting Photovoltaic
Systems from United States to Greece

Book Summary: Global Shift: Reshaping
the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century

Chaim Kaufmann vs. David Makovsky
A Theoretical Duel

Optimizing U.S. Department of State's
Public Diplomacy Budget