Short Turkish Poems

Naked souls in meet
Spread across two continents
Our Turkish Delight...

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Sea foam kissed his cheek,
lifeless on that Turkish beach,
warning all mankind....

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a gold orb of light
rises behind the mountains ~
a new day begins







Written 22 September 2020....

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turkish coffee is so grand

settled grounds like desert sand

fills a warm space

taste full of grace

time flavored layers expand.
...

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Turkish Delight Jumble

‘Glorious’ gallimaufry 
crumbles confusion in vain
entrenched in Gallipoli
still no sense derived from pain

27th March 2017...

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How many sons 
  have we lost

How many demons
  have we found

How many graves
  must we dig

To make the ‘Fatherland’
  proud

(Villanova Pennsylvania: September, 2016)...

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Russian snipers can't hit Turkish drones
So Putin's troops call home on their phones
And every one says,
"Please send me a fes
Whilst there is still some meat on my bones!"...

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I once knew a woman from Paducah
Who inhaled from a large Turkish hookah,
Frequently she would faint,
Refined lady she ain't
In fact, she resembled Joe Palooka.

written June 22, 2021...

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The Elephant’s not elegant
The  Hippo isn’t hip
The Antelope is not an Ant
The Camel’s not a ship
The Turkey isn’t Turkish
The fly is just a fly
Orang Utan is almost man
But tell me, who am I ?...

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Tasty, oh so
fine, this dough, thin
phyllo pastry.

No ifs or buts,
the walnuts, chopped,
are what’s inside.

For your money,
pure honey, not
runny, is best.

And Turkish? Shriek!
Yes, unique, but
it’s Greek to me....

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If we strip away all the accouterments of war,
perhaps we’ll discover what the heart is for.

Originally published by The Neovictorian/Cochlea, this poem has been translated into Russian, Turkish, Macedonian and Arabic....

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Tiny bus bumps along Ephesian roads 
bright orange sun hangs overhead scorching 
uneven ground lined with creases 
library; crumbled and marked 
with seal--Medusa’s hair 
coiling around, eyes 
burning my soul 
she sends chills 
down my 
spine....

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A caravan for a Turkish
not a tommy gun
you took the jam out of my doughnut
periwinkle blue
a desert eagle is not a replica nor a diamond
sweet enough without the sugar
that my son is why we're here
I think it's you who should behave
bollocks
all bets are off...

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Bone to bone
connected dna
time has stolen
soft words
nothing to say
atrocity
Armenians
 slaughtered
Turkish delight
terrorists in the night
millions dead
who is right
who is left
who will confess?
a sorry would maybe do
instead
Erdogan
wishes to murder you too...

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secrets in grandmas purse

There were hidden depths in Grandma Kates purse.
Children,  gathered close when she came to stay, hoping
 to partake of some strange or exotic tidbit.  Everyone tried 
to look nonchalant but were bursting to peer inside.

humbugs with creamy stripes
sen sen in a paper packet 
red turkish delight...

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The whirling Dervish leaves fell…
Clouds of reindeer from the kebab 
House as well, in deepest down town 
Camberwell …a Turkish Christmas 
…he announced
“Come and hunt wolves in the Caspian 
Mountains with my uncle” he said….
I declined …keen to protect the wolves
And my reputation as a liberal 

Damn...what a fool I was:...

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I don't have clover of four leaves,
my Turkish eye is squint,
my horseshoe is broken,
I don't have a porcelain elephant,
my star of david they stole,
I don't put penguins in the fridge,
my kaeru frog disappeared
my figa has an opened hand...
I don't believe in spells
and amulets...
all the luck in this world, is
never sure...!...

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Candy Cane
Sugar Pop
Jawbreaker
Lollipop

Turkish Delight
Caramel Strips
Coconut Bubblegum
Black Liquorice

Cherry Drop
Chocolate Money
Penny Sweet
Syrup or Honey?

Fudge and Toffee
Lemon Drop
Powdery Sherbet
Toasted Coconut

Bonbons 
Drumstick 
Marshmallow Fruit
Choc Lick!

Candy Cane
Sugar Pop
Jawbreaker
Lollipop...

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Greek Independence Day
March 25, 2019

Congratulations and OPA to the Greek
nation,
Which suffered 400 years of Turkish
domination.
And now you are free!!

Light the Saganaki, pass those very
luscious stuffed grape leaves,too.
Let's have some Mavrodafni and
Have more than a circle dance or two!

OPA with love,
Panagiota Romios
3/25/2019...

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“She is black and white,”
she is my wintry queen-angel.
She inhabits the icy cold cavernous spaces
in my mind. She feeds me Turkish delights.
She drives her dogsled through my heart at midnight,
her expression frigid, her eyes like piercing icicles
Her wolves howling with every crack of the whip.
She is crazy. She is awesome. She is evil.
SHE IS MY ABOMINABLE
SNOW MISTRESS...

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arts walls, NLT wall
to the left
to the right
a passage
beautiful, Turkish 
a lady looking up 
a poet looking down
momish,childish, beautiful

head brain, brain working
to the left to the right
a lady going up 
a poet looking away
pitiful dutiful

clean conscience, good conscience,
ringing up ringing out,
to the left to the right,
a lady going up 
a poet running away....

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MIRANDA'S PROVERBS COLLECTION

    VEILS

Although she covers her face with a veil, she
   always manages to be coquettish. (Bengali)

With a veil every woman is beautiful. (Azerbaijani)

A woman without a veil is like food without salt. (Pashto)

An ugly woman exchanges a silk belt for a woolen veil. (Russian)

The thicker the veil, the less worth taking it off. (Turkish)



   by alkas...

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That i listen to your complaints till am full,
does not make me foolish!

That i love a girl from turkey,
can't make me Turkish!

I cry whenever i miss you and our future child,
that does not make me childish!

Love no other woman but love you the way i love myself,
that does not make me selfish.

I love you so much, I am not to blame,
because in loving, you aint blemish.
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From a balcony in Ankara
Exotic birds swoon
Pigeons sit on roof tops
Awaiting on the moon 
Traffic noises hum
Children’s voices clash
Banging pots and pans
For the evening dinner rush

Crockery and cutlery
Tapping out a rhythm 
Chinking Turkish tea glasses
Adding to the sound
Scraped back chairs
Washing up
Hustle bustle crescendo 
Then silence
Full stomachs 
contentment 
From a balcony in Ankara...

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Autumn Conundrum
by Michael R. Burch

It’s not that every leaf must finally fall,
it’s just that we can never catch them all.

Originally published by The Neovictorian/Cochlea, this poem has since been translated into Russian, Macedonian, Turkish and Romanian. Keywords/Tags: Autumn, Fall, Falling, Leaf, Leaves, Season, Age, Aging, Time, Loss, Decline, Confused, Confusion, Chaos, Separation, Parting, Catch, Catching, Collecting, Epigram...

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