Off kilter
...Off kilter
Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered)
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.
The following...
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Categories:
uighur, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Don'T Go Beyond the Ocean, Part I
...Sabati was eight years old on the day
that his grandfather told him to sit down,
there was a story that he had to share,
that he was finally old enough now.
Sabati looked up to Grandpa Kaahbli,...
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Categories:
uighur, america, conflict, dark, future,
Form: Epic
Uyghur Poetry Translations
...With my Uyghur poetry translations I am trying to build awareness of the plight of Uyghur poets who are being sent to Chinese "reeducation" concentration camps.
Elegy
by Perhat Tursun
loose tran...
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Categories:
uighur, allah, culture, discrimination, faith,
Form: Free verse
Perhat Turson: Elegy Translation
...Perhat Tursun
Perhat Tursun (1969-) is one of the foremost living Uyghur language poets, if he is still alive. Born and raised in Atush, a city in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Tursun...
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Categories:
uighur, brother, eulogy, magic, prison,
Form: Free verse
Choking Back the Tears
...Choking Back The Tears!
This papa did accurately
surmise undeclared war
strong armed lance pierced my armour,
ah...how fondly he recalls
early fatherhood days of yore,
when daddy's first born...
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Categories:
uighur, betrayal, conflict, daughter, grave,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme