Nazim Hikmet (1902-1963 / Turkey)

Poems by Nazim Hikmet : 27 / 38

Some Advice To Those Who Will Serve Time In Prison

If instead of being hanged by the neck
you're thrown inside
for not giving up hope
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Nazim Hikmet

Gentlealice Brown (10/1/2007 3:29:00 PM)
I first read an excerpt from this poem in Elliot Perlman's (excellent) Seven Types of Ambiguity. The lines 'And who knows, / the woman you love may stop loving you. / Don't say it's no big thing: / it's like the snapping of a green branch / to the man inside' haunts me endlessly, especially the last two lines.
Scarborough Gypsy (2/8/2006 6:28:00 AM)
Intersting read and well written. Nice flow to it and I loked the last line.

Kind regards
Gyp's

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