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In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul – Published

16 March, 2008 (06:58) | istanbul, Language, Poetry | 1 comment

Tweet Great News I wanted to share with my readers! The poem In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul” has been published. The poem was published in the latest edition of Yeni Hayat a local community newspaper in the city of Toronto, March edition, page 11. The newspaper Yeni Hayat has published both the [...]

Critique of the Poem

1 March, 2008 (04:20) | Language, Poetry |

Tweet What is an act of literature without criticism? This poem was inspired by a little boy who shines shoes for a living in the streets of the city of Istanbul. Its subject is the literal recounting of a tale of a search for the little boy to give him the photographs I had taken [...]

In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul – Kurdish Version

29 February, 2008 (04:31) | Language, Poetry | 1 comment

Tweet This is the Kurdish verison of the poem. It is interesting because we rarely see or hear the Kurdish language spoken or written anywhere. Légerina zarokek biçuk li Stenbol Xeyal bike Stenbol, Rubarén digihaştin bahré Keştiyén bi rédiketin Av dibirikin Çunehatén di coşiyan Li pira Galata’yé Li cihé ku mér masi digirtin U mirovén [...]

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