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In this book, you will find poems selected from the notebooks and files that Özdemir Asaf left behind after his death.
The vast majority of these are poems that have not even appeared in magazines.
Özdemir Asaf conveyed his intense thoughts and sensibilities through short poems that he wrote in small verses, without letting you know that he chose striking words. Later, he wrote wise quatrains, some inspired by a book, some by the impressions he had gleaned from life. He brought with him new forms of satire, hiding his bitter anger in his reckoning with his age and society.
-Şükran Kurdakul-
“Our job was difficult. It was necessary to compose a poem among thousands of poems. Özdemir Asaf wanted many of his poems to appear yellow in notebooks and magazine pages. He didn't include it in his books. We also left out his old poems, which he did not include in his books. The work of sorting through poems took up most of the work of selection. Özdemir Asaf completed many poems. Our hearts are at ease, we included them in the book. Some poems had been written several times, and we included them in the book after a careful critical selection process.
-Dogan Hızlan-
