does the duality of my nature drive you insane?
Doğa Kaplan
my insistence in green leaves and sunsets and crisp air on a white field are the fruits of my unresting reverie,
nurtured by my pearls made
of salty dolor and angst
out of love is born fear
tension is bound to arise
between a limitless mind
and limited time
the alchemy of the rain and the sun
is glistening water
does the duality of my nature
drive you insane or
do you stay for the rain?
Doğa Kaplan
Doğa ("Doa") is a poet working in prose poetry and experimental forms, writing from Friedrichshain, Berlin. Her work explores the multi-faceted dynamics between a limitless mind and a limited life, following the many selves she carries and the solitary life she has built at a remove from Istanbul, where she grew up. Confessional and philosophically restless, her poems sit at the intersection of vulnerability and inquiry. Her work has appeared in Stadtsprachen Magazin (Berlin), The Hooghly Review (India), and Tough Poets Review (US).