Poetics and poems of Arife Kalender

Arife Kalender is an artist who started her writing career in the 1970s and continues to produce works today. Producing texts in various genres, Arife Kalender has come to the fore with her poet identity. In the introduction part of the study, information about the poet's life, poetics and works is given. The study, which aims to examine Arife Kalender's poetics and poetry, consists of two sections under main titles. In the first part, which constitutes the basis of the study, the poems were examined thematically. In the second part, the poet's poems were examined in terms of language and style. The study was concluded with the explanation of Arife Kalender's poetics and the evaluation of her poems in terms of thematic and linguistic style.