SONNETS ©2001 Çetin Sert [ * means extra info; cannot be found in the verse ]
Words of Advice - Prose
Sonnet 1 Sonnet 4 My poetry is barren of art and it is right of youto see it as imperfect or unworthy as you are onewriter who is able to draw sharp, not blurredimages, better yet, benefiting past writers.It may also be possible that you see me writingin vain as I write with great dreams all turningout to be some piece of paper but nothing more,Or that what I write will never immortalize me.(as someone seeing my art as barren) You areworth much more respect than they now give you.And as they refuse to see your art, you shouldreach for the posterity and not let the time stopyour writing.Leave not just your image behind but createeither writings or paintings and adorn nakedminds with your art. It was a tale and you are free in regarding it astrue or as false. No matter how you see it as, itis of great importance for anyone who sees throughreading as in Shakespeare's famous line (... learnto read what silent love hath writ ... ). You have atask and this tale tells of it to you.You have a kindred soul to that of the writer's asyou are able to write powerful lines in your poetrylike "sea: wherein glistening stars swam" and asyou are one of the handful people who is into artin your city. And among them you are the luckiestfor you have your poetry and painting to eternalizeyourself with. In short, you are as a great writer asthe writer who could create a diverse collection ofcolours(emotions a reader feels while reading)using something colourless(ink) for the first time.Unaware of what you are worth, you are claimingtime to be an obstacle and going further, say thatpublishing what you write would be disrespect tothe professional writers, which is totally unright.No one else but you prevent yourself from writing,and this means more difficulty for those who thinkthey can find their right paths in life only throughreading or dealing with other forms of art. You are,in a sense, not letting people find themselves inyour writings. That's just what the time wishes asyour egoist foe.As someone who reads a lot, you shall see that everysingle word you read is challenging you to writeagain and strengthen the roots of your mind andthoughts. Or they may all collapse leaving you inendless questionings. (* You build your house uponquestions, using your answers to those questions asyour material and if your building ever collapses,then you again face with the questions you oncethought you had found the right answers to.)Sonnet 2 Sonnet 5 Please be quiet and listen to me. I will tell youthe verdict of a court from ages ago and it tellssomething to every thinking writer or artist.In the beginning there was one writer and henever wrote about the society he belonged to,which really needed being praised once. Instead,he wrote after his lover and only she cried whenhe died, and wanted his soul to be "raised" fromdeath.A Necromancer heard her crying and held asummit in the middle of their town and it wasindeed a court consisting of wise, fair men andsome with fear. (* we are talking about raisingfrom death here, you too would probably fear)At the end of that court they had come to a finaldecision;They would raise him from death only if sheaccepts to let the writer write about them notabout herself. They thought; "otherwise we willnot ever be praised and this would mean unequalstatus for us." Time knows everything about this universe betterthan we can ever do and it plays with you as easilyas it would play with every other thing. Despite thefact that it's the oldest, it acts like a youngster andneither with a glass, nor with my barren verse canone ever show you its power (youth).It's fed on skill as it not only kills a human but alsokills that human's skill, art, power, everything.Using all the endless treasure it has, it never getsold. Besides, for more matter, it rides someone fromone emotional state to another to make him/her beindifferent to everything. It does it with such speedthat nothing can ever notice it or show the currentstate on anything. (like a map(* think of an enemythat you cannot locate on any map ! What could youdo to defend yourself then ?))It can play the carrier of new life, or a mother tofeed this new growing grow further. Yet it can alsoplay the snow blowing fright into the souls of freshleaves (which he himself once carried to fertilegrounds) or a coldness to freeze every single wrong-doing on this earth. What it will be depends on himbut it somewhat depends on you too. Thus;You should either be a friend with this most power-ful force of nature or let him prison you in thisearth and have control over you. It's your choice.
Sonnet 3 Sonnet 6 She thought much about their decision, thatshe would see him but not be seen(written of)by him. Finally, she decided his raise fromdeath to be a gain no matter what the case andshouted back at them "I will forget about himI will give him as much pain as I can to makehim forget about me too. I will make what heuses to write (ink) be black and slow him downin loving me gradually which will by time endhis love towards me and he will begin hating methen. (Only then can he write about you)What he will write about you will be all aboutyou or your (society's) different parts. I will notlet him write during day time and for this onereason he will use his words like swords to swingover me. (but he as you wished will write aboutyou, will praise you. I will bear all this pain buthe will write about you !)From the wounds he will have given me, I will becured by his face (it won't matter how much pain Iwill give him to make him write about you, notabout me). Yet as you are this hungry for beingpraised, as to make two lovers be two foes whettingblades behind each other, I curse you; he will writeblack (the colour of night when everything isblurry) and this will make his art worthless andworse than it used to be." You are meant to create as someone gifted withsuch talent, therefore you should create manythings using this talent(art). Draw pictures forexamples (steal momements from time). I haveknown people who died before writing or drawingas much as wanted to. But this shall not be thecase with you, as you are one person who can bearboth the business of your life and dealing with art.Or if it won't be drawing what you will do, then youcan also try writing every single thing your heartgrows. And when you look at something written,especially if it is black, never forget you are meantto create, to make difference and SEE. And neverthink you will be deceiving yourself with writingor that the black ink will make you lack the life'scolours.And as final words, as Words of Advice I say, "Youmay think but your thoughts deserve to be givencare and they (thy fair matters) can be given bestcare by just moving your pen on a paper. Or if one'sthoughts are one's protection, and one's self wouldmake a delicious food for the ever-hungry (time),you should always carry your thoughts with you ortime will pare them off your self and your self willbe defenseless, in other words; a "please eat me !"message for the time.I do want you to always be there, not be eaten awayby Time. I do want this as someone who has beenseverely injured by Time, as someone having aself begging mend from me. (* a self that has twicelost against the time.)Nomad Soul