Best Flotilla Poems

furkan’s flotilla 

a year ago this past tuesday,
may 31st,
young furkan dogan,
a native to the united states---
born in troy, new york & living in
turkey after a move at the 
age of 
2,
was shot four times in the 
head &
once in the
chest
(point blank) ,
because he was 
on...

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This is no pleasure trip, no voyage for the weak-hearted. 
The activists singing, holding arms, like birds in the trees, 
those in awe of morning’s glory, in a dolphin-crowded sea,
mantle of intellect, a true heroic affair.
They have a ship load of food and medicine, a...

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