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    Tag: solidarity poetry

    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

    Ilhan’s response to John Macker

    You rightly say I’ve stayed so long in exile in this well, the sun, never returning! I still have a yearning within me for light. I love… Read more “Ilhan’s response to John Macker”

    March 29, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Ilhan’s response to Blas Falconer (1)

    I have a need for levity for balloons that quiver and expand, that take from me the heavy burden of life; of time. Like the line of… Read more “Ilhan’s response to Blas Falconer (1)”

    March 29, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Ilhan’s response to Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

    Before looking to that clean corner of shade and budding lilac I washed my face and hands with copious water. Now, so refreshed. Resolute as a drop… Read more “Ilhan’s response to Jeffrey Cyphers Wright”

    March 26, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Ilhan’s response to Lee Herrick

    We had a celebrated pasture, that stroked my child’s head with tenderness. We called it ‘Tapë Kozikan’ in Kurdish: Peak of Trenches. It took its name with… Read more “Ilhan’s response to Lee Herrick”

    March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 by freetheppoet

    Ilhan’s reponse to John Casquarelli

    I place my notebook before me, and life expands exponentially! But I long for the forests: geometry of green Want the other side of light and dark;… Read more “Ilhan’s reponse to John Casquarelli”

    March 26, 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

    Ilhan’s birthday reading, 8 March 2021

    Here is the link to the birthday reading held to celebrate Ilhan’s birthday on 8 March 2021. Jointly organised by PEN Norway and Wales PEN Cymru, we… Read more “Ilhan’s birthday reading, 8 March 2021”

    March 24, 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

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