TRADITION AND POEM OF AR F AY GELENEK VE AR F AY’IN R

We encounter tradition as a concept with a wide definition frame from its meaning in daily life to religion, from economics to sociology which always protects its place in the focus of discussions everywhere and every time. The reason behind the existence of tradition is “continuousness” and the persistent maintenance of this continuousness against change. Turkish poets interested in tradition are observed to deal with tradition in sense and sentiment plan rather than style and to be in struggle for attaining an interpretation. One of these poets is Arif Ay. He believes that poem springs to life through tradition and a poem unrelated with tradition cannot live long. With this belief, he establishes a bond with past in his poems. The sources of the poems of Arif Ay demonstrate that Yunus Emre and Karacao lan are two basic figures feeding his poems. Both figures take place in his poems as sensibility. Having a rich image world, Arif Ay is known for his sensible attitude towards tradition. We reach a traditional poetic sensibility with his poems. He is one of the poets to successfully combine verse structural of folk poetry and the harmony of free verse. Gelenek, günlük dildeki kar l ndan dine, iktisattan sosyolojiye, geni bir anlam er evesine sahip olan ve tart malar n oda ndaki yerini her zaman ve her zeminde koruyan bir kavram olarak kar m za kmaktad r. “Süreklilik” ve bu süreklili i de i ime kar srarl bir bi imde sürdürme, gelene in var olu sebebidir. Gelene e ilgi duyan Türk airlerinin nemli l üde gelene i bi imden ziyade duygu ve dü ünce plan nda ele ald klar ve bu do rultuda bir yoruma ula ma abas i erisinde olduklar g rülür. Bu airlerden biri de Arif Ay’d r. O da iirin gelenek i erisinde ne v ü nema buldu una ve gelenekten kopuk bir iirin uzun soluklu olamayaca na inan r. Bu inan la da iirlerinde ge mi le bir ba kurar. Arif Ay’ n iir kaynaklar na inildi inde Yunus Emre ile Karacao lan’ n onun iirini besleyen iki temel ahsiyet oldu u g rülür. Her iki ahsiyet de onun iirinde birer duyarl k olarak yer al rlar. Zengin bir imaj dünyas na sahip olan Arif Ay, gelenek kar s ndaki duyarl tutumuyla bilinen airlerden biridir. Onun iirleriyle geleneksel iir duyarl l na ula l r. O, halk iirinin dize yap s ile serbest iirin ahengini ba ar yla birle tirmi airlerden birisidir.