Imagine Istanbul

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 a friend [...]

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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 nothing [...]

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