Leman J Koc Poems

I wasn't born in your high mountains
I didn't drink from the Koban waters
Can people miss somewhere they've never seen?
I've missed you since I was born
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the couple of words left from
childhood hide in your drawer

out comes an old 'vored'
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I've drank much boiling water,
My soul burned by the flames,
I -
Hugging the moon, fell asleep,
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location: Boonton, NJ.
spot: a small train station
time: syncrous
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My words touched everything
or I wrote of everything that touched me
except of you Istanbul, I never did
you, you the master of rhymes
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Seni ol miyik taularıngda tuvmadım
İçmedim men Koban suvlarıngdan
Adamla körmegen cerine bolur mu tansık?
Men tansıkma tuvgallı sanga,
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