a plea to us all
oh, my beloved humanity
take down all the walls of collective shame
we need love’s glow alone at our being’s core
deep within our souls’ all-embracing precious frame
right at this very moment, and henceforth, through eternity
(c) hülya n. yılmaz, December 28, 2018
*I had submitted this poem as one of the five to be featured at the 2019 UNESCO Poetry event in British Columbia.
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)
Inner Child Press “Our Authors” Page
For An Aegean Breeze of Peace, see also:
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