A Cover Picture Poem by Metin Sahin

A COVER PICTURE
the desert comes
with trails
on its sands
the poles come
with mute..cold white glaciers
the sea comes
with its salt
plane plateaus come
with lean belly hıounds
racişng with the sky
at night
the city od dıyarbakır
comes ouut of its fortress
alongsıde the tıgris river
with its huge cracking melons
the plane tree
comes with its tweeting birds
the fısh comes with its sea
and with its brilliant silver scales
the ship comes with its star
and with mermaids
playing the fiddles
roses come
with der hesitance
the serpent comes
with its crimson eyes
the human being comes
with its dust on feet
the human being comes
with one or two words of love
and I..NAZIM
come and say
comes the son of eyyup
with his neck long
with his neck bent
with greenery
with his multi colour crimson
with his gilded drawings
and with his word writings

NAZIM HİKMET