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If I Listen, I'll Tell You Book Description Turkish poetry written today creates an "I" for itself, without relying on the spirit of the time, by purifying itself from the traditions accumulated by memory. It takes modern poetry to a new phase by standing against the dominant aesthetic taste, narrative and lyricism. I think we can call this not the formation of a new generation, but the poetic stance of an attempt at rupture. Perhaps, the desire to take the mane of the future into their hands today. This change in poetry can be understood not by progressing on a flat ground, but by the rapid leaps that life takes. Because the previous aesthetic oscillation does not meet the changing understanding of life. In an analogy, people who listen to jazz and rock do not just remain listeners, they also gain the feeling of participating in the movement. Thus, the awareness of being an individual-subject also gains effectiveness. It seems that modern poetry owes nothing to oral culture. Because the oscillation of this culture was caught up in the popular wave, words got tired of conveying meaning, became worn out and lost their ability to move to a great extent. In such a situation, modern poetry has tended to liberate words with the new "matrix" it has established and enable them to acquire new layers of meaning. In this way, activism, which the tongue twists and causes to become withdrawn, gains a new kiss of life. Again, in this context, the "I" of the poem becomes free and experiences the freedom of making itself a subject. Objects enrich our imagination with the ease of finding their own new images. (From the Promotional Bulletin)