curses to that sea
she is idyllic
oh yes
but ever so merciless
why do lullabies not rise instead
for angel-breaths like Aylan Kurdi
who had a mere three-year-span
to be loved in tenderness . . .
~ ~ ~
Published books by Hülya N. Yılmaz
Once upon a Time in Turkey. Autobiographical Fiction. Inner Child Press International (November 15, 2022)
Letter-Poems from a Beloved. Prose poetry in English. Inner Child Press International (May 5, 2020)
Canlarım, My Lifeblood. Poetry in Turkish and English. Inner Child Press International, Private Edition (December 2019)
this and that, a Hodgepodge of hülya’s . . . Poetry. Inner Child Press International (January 2, 2019)
Aflame. Memoirs in Verse. Inner Child Press International (August 2, 2017)
An Aegean Breeze of Peace. A book of poetry, co-authored with Demetrios Trifiatis. Inner Child Press International (October 12, 2015)
Trance. A trilingual poetry book with own translations between English, German and Turkish. Inner Child Press International (December 12, 2013)
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hülyaswritings · Amor Fati
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Happy days, and good luck with your latest publication, Aflame, as well as your previous other books…!
Nice touch your, curses to that sea, as for me it brings to the fore, memories of old as the navy man I’d been back then, and those of more recent in my scribbles about and of the sea…
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I thank you wholeheartedly, dear poet friend, Jean-Jacques. Once I had seen the photo of Aylan Kurdi whose body was found at a shore of one of Turkey’s seas, I could not take him out of my mind or heart …
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