Poetry of Mustafa Muharrem

In the center of the poems of Mustafa Muharrem, one of the important poets of modern Turkish poetry, there are the doors of the image deepening in infinite space. These works, which do not reveal the meaning in front of the reader at once, have the feature of choosing the reader, and in this respect, the poems have a different originality. From his first works to his last, the artist uses modern and traditional forms in this special image system in a style that suits his personal style. The central perspective of the poem is that the poet, who leaves the meaning to intuition and association in the world of intense imagery, gets rid of the reality of language and reaches the original purity of the essence with what the mute wants to say. The special themes of the poems include the pains of modernity and ontological emptiness with historical, philosophical and mystical depth. Metaphysics tries to feel the concern of truth in the safety of tradition and to announce it to the people of modernity. In this respect, the literary identity and works of Mustafa Muharrem, who reinterprets poetry in terms of poetic mind, constitute the scope of our study. The language and style of the poems were examined by determining the prominent themes and structural elements in the works.