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    Category: Poems for Ilhan

    Poems written for Ilhan by poets who are free in the world.

    Lone Voyager by Theo Dorgan

    for Ilhan The boat pulls on through the night, steady and sure. I lash the helm and go below, light up the GPS. On Google Earth I… Read more “Lone Voyager by Theo Dorgan”

    May 23, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Words by Celia de Fréine

    for Ilhan Sami Çomak It was a chance encounter – I was taking my usual walk, he was visiting for the day. The hills could be seen… Read more “Words by Celia de Fréine”

    March 25, 2021 by freetheppoet

    For Ilhan by Liz McManus of PEN na hÉireann

    Each day, walking beside the sea, I think of what it means to be unfree.   A winter sea can terrorise the shore And put at risk… Read more “For Ilhan by Liz McManus of PEN na hÉireann”

    January 21, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Studies of an Angel by Katherine DiBella Seluja

    One The angel coveted the roof of the house she was assigned to. Her chest pressed against the tarry surface, her arms wrapped protectively around the parapet.… Read more “Studies of an Angel by Katherine DiBella Seluja”

    January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Exile by John Macker

    If I stay out here in this spring garden exile long enough, the sun will return. They say at the bottom of the gravest doubt there is… Read more “Exile by John Macker”

    January 20, 2021 by freetheppoet

    In this dream nothing happens by Mark Statman

                                                                 for Ilhan Sami Çomak     no pointless wars of the heart though Jupiter and Saturn have been that close in the early evening sky… Read more “In this dream nothing happens by Mark Statman”

    January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Lit with Lightning by Haleh Liza Gafori

    For Ilhan Sami Comak  My friend wakes embers in a heap of ash. She adds wood, leans in to feed the fire with her breath.   A… Read more “Lit with Lightning by Haleh Liza Gafori”

    December 14, 2020December 14, 2020 by freetheppoet

    In the Palm of My Hand, Rivers by Tina Carlson

    Because the fields of my childhood vanished, I carry smoke in my hair. I bed dank dirt in my hands.   My father shook his wars, sank… Read more “In the Palm of My Hand, Rivers by Tina Carlson”

    November 29, 2020November 29, 2020 by freetheppoet

    A River Can’t Help But Run by Gabriel Don

    Magma is hot. Sand shifts. Volcanoes release. Peacocks deceive, Ladybugs too. The scorpion is simply a scorpion. The shark is simply a shark. A star is a… Read more “A River Can’t Help But Run by Gabriel Don”

    November 29, 2020 by freetheppoet

    Inventing the Land by Andrea Watson

    Now this is what you shall do—   Take the land each way you dream a lover    earth skin seamless against her found beauty   No map… Read more “Inventing the Land by Andrea Watson”

    November 29, 2020 by freetheppoet

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