Pain Turkey Poems

Nature, to a less discerning eye, at times seems partial to 
		certain of her creatures,
sparing some the pain of death and loss, a blessing we...

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A turkey was being plucked and it hurt
He was in pain and his fowl words were curt
He pecked at the plucker
Said “sing for your supper”
And...

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Bertie the Turkey made a getaway 
And got down on his knees for thanks to say
Bertie knew that his fate
Was to be on a plate
Being...

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Earthquakes strike, causing pain and fright,
Buildings shake, bringing death to life,
Hopes have been lost in the sad night,
Uncertain time, a time of strife.

The dreams crumble,...

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Betsy is “just a cow” most would say. She’s dark rust, almost auburn in color, with large white patches all over her body and especially...

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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 like the Bosphorus war??
The earth’s...

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Yahya Kemal Beyatli translations

Yahya Kemal Beyatli (1884-1958) was a Turkish poet, editor, columnist and historian, as well as a politician and diplomat. Born born Ahmet...

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I lost a month of my life.
Being sick or injured can do that to you.
I could spend another month pouting
But I choose to try to...

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Dearest Santa, it's to you  I write
To enlighten you about our plight
Isn't the Christmas all about peace?
If so you must listen to our pleas

We...

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If love is like a drug, as said,
I guess she must have made me high;
this junkie took his fix in bed
and thought, I'm hooked until...

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Sitting very weary, my sight is almost bleary
Darkness crept upon me, inside my humble abode
My heart beats like a thousand drums loudly
Pounding in my head...

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so think
maybe i'm not simple like you
my mind shifts through differing opinions
without relying solely on one
there are millions of people residing within me
sorry, my priorities...

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