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”
Tag: solidarity poetry
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”
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)”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
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”
Free the Poet Ilhan Çomak 