I was interviewed last month by the Turkish-Kurdish newspaper “Yeni Hayat” in Toronto so I thought I would post the interview here for my Turkish readers. The original poem “In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul” appeared in a previous issue of the newspaper - in Turkish and Kurdish. I have asked [...]
“Along the Galata Bridge, men fish” is a line from the poem, In Search of the Little Boy of Istanbul, - which is exactly what they do. I don’t know if the tide is up or out, but they line up, shoulder to shoulder along the Galata bridge, thousands of fishing rods, connected [...]
I thought I should let people know about an integral part of my site project that I would really like to share with readers. If you miss this part, I think you miss something…
I put together a Flash movie with images, sound, text and graphics on the poem and I really want you to [...]
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 [...]
In his land, I want to lie down upon the harsh sand that burns the skin or to stand at the edge of a mountain where the wind blows a horrible cruel whisper like a silent shriek across the burnt sky. It is the shriek, like a scream when the mouth is open and [...]
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 of him. [...]
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