Poetry

Effacing – Lise Gauvin

Effacing by Quebecois poet Lise Gauvin was originally appeared in an artist’s book in France. Translated from French by Patrick Williamson. Lise Gauvin is a writer and musician, professor emeritus at the University of Montreal.

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Poems by Edip Cansever

Edip Cansever (August 8, 1928 – May 28, 1986) was a Turkish poet, considered part of the  Ikinci Yeni movement which was a loosely affiliated group of poets who embraced modernism and brought about a revolution in Turkish poetry

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Poems by Kirstin Ruth Bratt

Kirstin Ruth Bratt is a professor, mother, writer who is fascinated with live theater and music. She can often be seen walking near the Mississippi River in Minneapolis or holding yoga poses in a hot studio.

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Two Poems from “835 Lines” by Nazım Hikmet

Nâzım Hikmet Ran,commonly known as Nâzım Hikmet, was a Turkish poet, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, director and memoirist. He was acclaimed for the “lyrical flow of his statements”. Described as a “romantic communist” and “romantic revolutionary”, he was repeatedly arrested for his political beliefs and spent much of his adult life in prison or in exile. His poetry has been translated from Turkish by Neil P Doherty.

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Poems by Sonnet Mondal

Sonnet Mondal is an Indian poet, editor, and author of Karmic Chanting and Ink & Line. His writings have appeared in global publications. Mondal was one of the authors of the Silk Routes project of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa from 2014 to 2016.

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Poems by Francesca Farina

Francesca Farina is an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and culture professional. She has published a number of poetry works and a novel, Casa di mortin(www.bertonieditore.it). Literary awards or mentions include the Premio Internazionale di Poesia Eugenio Montale, Premio Tracce-Pablo Neruda, Premio Nazionale per il Sonetto Renato Fucini, and the Premio Scriveredonna.

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The Sun Eater – Poem by Alzo David-West

Alzo David-West studied art, literature, and philosophy in the United States and Switzerland. He writes mundane fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry and is academically published in aesthetics, film studies, language, literature, philosophy, politics, and social psychology.

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