these first poems were followed by others, some of which were published under the alias mehmet ali sel. between 1936 and 1942 his poetry and essays were published in the magazines "i̇nsan", "ses", "gençlik", "küllük", "i̇nkılâpçı gençlik" as well as varlık. because of the form, structure and content of his works from the early days of this period, he was seen as a syllabic verse poet. after 1937 however, kanık, like horozcu and anday, began publishing new style poems.