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RAIN – Arslan Bayır / Türkiye
Look at the desire and the love
In the pink clouds
It’s raining over the distant harbours
Whereas the stars are falling at night
Drops in the eyes of the grass
They wait for the morning.
Oh, sunny mornings
Light them up
Take out the beauty that’s in your eyes
Or the night won’t get rid of
Your thirsty land
Hides inside your bosom
As it hides the seed
And even love remains silent.
WOMAN – Arslan Bayır / Türkiye
From the first summer night
From the deep sleep
Outside
Dew drops
With the scent of flowers
The moon glows
Shining branches
Swaying in the wind
Ears of wheat
Like the woman’s long hair
Everything is mysterious
In the garden of your heart
The beginning of summer
In the very early hours
Touching your lips
Wet
Wine glass
Dew drops gardens
And roses…
Arslan Bayır, was born in 1958, in Bayır village of Alanya, Antalya. He attended primary school in his village, middle and high schools in Alanya, and university in Denizli. He also obtained a bachelor degree of Turkish language from Anatolian university in 1999.
Books published in Partnership:
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-1
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-2
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-3
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-4
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-5
Contemporary Arts (Güncel Sanat) magazine story and poetry competition-6
Maviliklerde Sefer Etmek
Kuşun Kanadından
Bağımsızlık Kut-u (Kazak – Turkish)
Poetry: Seed, Mountains Curveted, Sprout, Autumn Dream Hauls. Getting Wet as Raindrops,
Spring Herald (In Uzbek), Life Passes – Time Passes, In Uzbek (in partnership with Aman
Matcan), Scream of the Blue.
Children Books: Sweet Faces, Child Plus (+) Flower, Tales, Tales from Grandma. Tales and
Legends of Ours, Our Book, Tales from Us, Path of Alara. Tales of Taurus Nomads, From the Wing
of the Bird (joint effort)
Stories: Carnivorous Stories, Two Dots and Four Days, Almonds Blossom, Morning Breeze
Research Books: The Strength we Need Atatürk, Why do we Read So Little, Who is going to
Save Turkish
Essay: From Thought to Pen.
Conversation: Letters and Conversations.
Publications/Books of Joint Effort:
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition – 1
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition -2
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition -3
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition -4
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition -5
Contemporary Arts Magazine Story and Poetry Competition -6
Traveling in the Blue.
From the Wing of the Bird.
Happiness of Independence (Kazakh – Turkish)
Numerous poems are published in Ukrainian, Kirghiz, Moldavian, Russian, German, Kazak, Uzbek, Lithuanian Persian, Bashkir, Macedonian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Polish, Uyghur, Indian, Tatar, Turkmen, Tuva, Yakut, Balkarian, Korean, Greek, Arabian, Gagauz, Mongol, English, Azerbaijani, Chuvash, Italian, Spanish, Hebrew, Chinese, Vietnamese ,Portuguese, Romance, Tatar and Serbian languages.
Awards:
– In 1997, Cyprus Poetry Award in poetry competition of “Mısralık” journal, with his book called “Filiz”.
– In 2000, Jury’s Special Award in teaching themed poetry competition coordinated by “Anasam” in Kayseri
– 2001-2003 Jury’s Special Award in free branch of the poetry competition coordinated by “Simav Anadolu”
– In 2003, first places in both in Alanya ALKOD’s story and poetry competitions
– Special Award in Interview branch from Aydın Söke Sarı Zeybek journal
– In 2004, third place in Yirçe poetry competition in İzmir
– In 2004, first place in Şair Sabit İnce Poetry Competition with this book, “Çocuk Artı Çiçek”
– In 2005, Jury Special Award in Yirçe poetry competition
– In 2006, Jury Special Award in poetry competition coordinated by Sevgi Yolu journal, and Service Award to Turkish Poetry from Bursa Local Agenda 21 (“Bursa Yerel Gündem 21”)
– In 2007, second places in both essay and research branches in Sabit İnce Literature Awards
– In 2013, third place in Kıbatek (Cypriot and Balkans Eurasia Turkish Literature Association) story competition
– In 2015, Jury Labour Award in child poetry branch in Mevlüt Kaplan Child Literature Competition
– In 2015, first place in Mustay Karim Altun Kurat article competition coordinated by Russian journalists association and Bashkir writers
– In 2020, Russia’s Golden Feather and silver medal awards
– In 2021, Russia Golden Pen award
Journals and Newspapers that the writer published in:
Antalya Güncel, Cumhuriyet, Siyah Beyaz, Yeni Alanya, Bizim Alanya, Demokrat Alanya, Haber Alanya, Yeni Adana, Bartın, Ekspres, Hür Gerze, Hür Işık, Devrek Postası gazetelerinde ve Güncel Sanat, Aykırısanat, Maki, Tını, Damar, Kuzeysu, Kıyı, Çalı, Somhaber, Kardelen, Beşparmak, Bay (Yugoslavia), Şafak (Greece), Türk Sözü (Moldova), Balon, Alev (Bulgaristan), Kitap Dünyası (Uzbekistan), İzdinish Uygur edebiyatı. ( Uyghur) Broy, Simav Anadolu, Sarı Zeybek, Berfin Bahar, Duygu Seli, A- Edebiyat, Samsun Sanat, Amik, Güneysu, Kırk Ambar, Kimsesiz, Ana, Sevgi Pınarı, Sevgi Yolu, Şiiri Özlüyorum, Yankı, Başkent, Sanat ve İnsan, Uzak, İspinoz, Orbita, Mavi Yeşil, Mavi Dergi, Tay, Bizim Ece, Karalama, Şair Çıkmazı, Yaşayan Yarın, Yalın Ses, Ekin Sanat, abece, Öğretmen Dünyası, Şehir.
