Door Languages

From Door Languages I   Doors don't say much to those who disclose nothingonce the inhabitants of a city that no longer existsintroduced a door languageClosedOpenLeft ajarWith or without latchLockedPick-lockedin different colorseach door had its own meaningthat was long agotoday it doesn't rest so much on the doorbut on the keyson the one whose hand holds the keysat the moment of arrivalwho can find the patience to learn a new door languagethere are more languages than peoplethe keys are in the pocketthe code in the mindif necessary the door is kicked open   Born in Ankara in 1961, Zafer Şenocak moved to Munich with his parents in 1970 where he studied political science, philosophy, and literature. He started publishing books of poetry and essays in the nineteen eighties in Munich winning the Adelbert von Chamisso Award, a literary prize given in Germany for foreigners writing in German. In addition to poetry and fiction, he has a substantial body of work as an essayist of political an