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Bosphorus Poems - Poems about Bosphorus

Change Is Coming

...I met a woman fleeing from the triad.
Crossing on a ferry, far from her home
She told me of the life she once had.
In Bosphorus, struggling to hold on. 

Her hair was wrapped in a headscarf. 
D...

Categories: bosphorus, change, courage, desire, freedom,
Form: Free verse

Turkish Poetry Translations Ii

...Turkish Poetry Translations II

Çanakkale Sehitlerine
"For the Çanakkale Martyrs"
by Mehmet Akif Ersoy
loose English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

Was there ever anything lik...

Categories: bosphorus, autumn, god, love, sea,
Form: Free verse

Mehmet Akif Ersoy Translations

...Mehmet Akif Ersoy: Modern English Translations of Turkish Poems

Mehmet Âkif Ersoy (1873-1936) was a Turkish poet, author, writer, academic, member of parliament, and the composer of the Turkish Na...

Categories: bosphorus, dark, death, earth, grave,
Form: Ghazal

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

The Craziest Time In Istanbul

...We had the craziest time in Istanbul
We were stuck for three months during
the ongoing Pandemic
The bustling city lost it’s rhythm and rhyme
Like a heart that misses a beat one day at that time
...

Categories: bosphorus, appreciation, city, courage,
Form: Free verse

The Great Escape

...The Great Escape

Perched on a rooftop terrace in glorious sunshine he watches ahead
Floats on his sky looks inwards and ponders the magic path unravel
                                 
			~ A J...

Categories: bosphorus, faith, fate, freedom, life,
Form: Free verse

Big

...I'm sitting along the Bosphorus
watching the russian tankers pass by.
They are big,
so am l....

Categories: bosphorus, analogy, beach, beautiful, blue,
Form: Verse

Tea Leaves On the Bosphorus

...Tea Leaves On The Bosphorus

Seated at a table by the stirring water,
My eyes absorb the shore of Asia.
Minerets and aged worn stone
Stand haphazardly along the banks.
Istanbul is a lady with s...

Categories: bosphorus, adventure, inspirational, life, love,
Form: Narrative