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Stamboul Poems - Poems about Stamboul


The Call of the East 2

...But what of Aysin? She'd be here by three. 
What seemed to me the perfect metaphor 
(young Ankara was her, old "Stamboul", me) 
was not an easy drive - five hours, and more! 

It's midnight in my Turkish hotel room. 
The good news is, the mosque across the square 
is one of Sinan's - soaring through the g...
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Categories: stamboul, romantic,
Form: Quatrain

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