Short Istanbul Poems

I praise Thee!
Solace of 
Time and devotion,
Amity of nation.
Notion of giving,
Bread of 
Utopia and
Love....

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Haiku 8: Taksîm

Her bir münkasım, 
Girdiler taksîmâta, 
Oldular taksîm. 

Mehmet Keçeci,
09.11.2014, Istanbul/Türkiye(Turkey)...

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Trump Towers in Old Istanbul
Influenced our President's pull
Brown skins do not matter
So let the Kurds scatter
And enjoy the Turkey Shoot Cull...

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A Turk living in old Istanbul
Drank raki until he was full,
He tried riding home on his donkey
But his steering was wonky , 
He somehow ended up in Kabul....

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Istanbul was once known as Constantinople
Turks had a problem with too many syllables
So from five to three
Saved two, do you see
Worry not, my illness is non-transmittable...

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Hey, baby,
Tonight, can you
Wear that
Bright red
Chinese dress, because
I want to fly you
To Istanbul and Bucharest
So, we can sit at the local cafe and
Drink some sweet India Tea, and
Walking in the rain, with the one I love...

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The sun sets over Istanbul
The days are so warm 
The nights quite cool
We walk along the bospheros
Hand in hand
Oh what a mystical magical land
The sun The sea The sky so blue 
Turkey is the place to be 
To make your dreams come true
The people are so friendly
The people really care
Go and visit Turkey
I will maybe see you there...

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It's in sadness and sorrow do we find unity
Sometimes it easier to talk it than show it
Terrorism affect every person rich or poor
Anger it is real when it comes to your door
Nothing is so remote in the modern world
But let us remember those who have died
Until we trully decide to fight the terrorist
Lives will continue to so brutally taken again...

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Bir daha gelsem dunyaya Istanbulda
Sehrazatlarin atlari kosturur mu ruyalarimi

Bu ne cenk dipsiz ucurum yedi tepede
Bir girdaptir askim dalgalarin solugunda

Dogmamis her nepze sensiz koklanan erguvana hasret
Tasirmi yuregim sensiz ciga dusmus martilarin kanatlarini

Bir ucurum sensizlik goge donmus yasemin poyrazinda
Her nefesimde dus desem yuregime lodosun tersden eser...

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Bir daha gelsem dunyaya Istanbulda
Sehrazatlarin atlari kosturur mu ruyalarimi

Bu ne cenk dipsiz ucurum yedi tepede
Bir girdaptir askim dalgalarin solugunda

Dogmamis her nepze sensiz koklanan erguvana hasret
Tasirmi yuregim sensiz ciga dusmus martilarin kanatlarini

Bir ucurum sensizlik goge donmus yasemin poyrazinda
Her nefesimde dus desem yuregime lodosun tersden eser...

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Dreams for Sale

Hey, this guy’s crazy, nuts and frail,
He says he’s got dreams for sale.
Maybe they’re hopeless, pale and stale.
He claims they’re gorgeous, wild and vibrant;
There’s no room or reason to quail.

I kind of hesitate to buy any,
‘cause I’ve already got so many.
Besides should I wish to sell them back,
What fool would give them a penny.

                     Idris Esen,  Dec. 31, 2012, Istanbul...

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Yildizlarin elimde ucar
Gozlenmis anilar gune durmus
Egirdesi gunum gerkefinde nakis
Bir yudum su karlarinda erimis yuregim

Nefesinde dogmus gun
Hasretine acamayan gulum
Kesmekesin binbir cumbusu 
Sarildigim yar kandiller

Yedi direkler cadirimda
Yakamozlar acmis lalelere
Eritirmi karlarin gunesi  sensizligi
Raksa sevgi  serefesi  minarelerin

Incirler tirmanmis mihrabin  duvarlarina
Dalgalarin kucaklar gerkefimi...

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Flickering are the stars of compassion as they are mourning the slaughter of the innocent!*







(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
          02 July 2016


*Terrorist attacks everywhere has rendered our world a dangerous place to live.

After the terrorist attack last Tuesday at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul with 44 dead and close to two hundred injured, 20 innocent hostages were killed in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka....

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Close up, secrets uncovering
I find myself hovering over
a modern, optical microscope
Out of focus (coarse adjustment)
Blurred image corrected,
revealing… clear-felled trees?
Sharper detail (fine adjustment)
Microscope mesmerizing as colors burst
Scale thickness less than 0.55 micron
Small rake angle and smoothness
implies low friction coefficient
Light permanence even, shadowless—
Finest quality from Istanbul
Wish I had a roomful...

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This Life

I can’t make head or tail of this life
with so many puzzles and riddles, it’s rife
enigma within enigma, intertwined with mysteries
tainted and misty yesterday, shrouded in twisted histories

Neither a sinner with a future, nor a saint with a past
scarred with vices and blessed with virtues
I seized a moment to pause and reflect, at last
but just when I started to have glimpses
sadly, I saw that the die had been cast.

Dec. 2012, Istanbul...

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Eternal glory for Man would not be if keeps writing his history upon the ashes of a cremated world!*








(c) Demetrios Trifiatis
          08 June 2016


*(CNN) The blast, in the Beyazit neighborhood of Istanbul's historic Fatih district, occurred about 8.40 a.m. local time during morning rush hour on the 07 of June.

It killed seven police officers and four civilians, and left 36 people injured, three of them critically, Istanbul Gov. Vasip Sahin told reporters....

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