I think I was in 5th grade when I wrote my first poem by adding a few more lines to what I had remembered from a previously memorized poem and had become become a 'poet'. :) During my boarding school years, I had written a handful of them including some in French, which we were learning so intensely. Someday I may find them in a box somehwere in the house and publish a few here. It was during those years when I had developed a taste for my favorite contemporary poet Orhan Veli Kanik and my favorite folk poet Karacaoglan. After I left my native country, most of the poems I wrote were in English, which I published in three parts, according to where I was living when I wrote them, as: - California poems 32, all in English. - Washinton poems 34, all in English except for one in German. - Montana poems 19, in Turkish. Warning! People sensitive to strong/adult language should avoid these pages as some poems may contain expressions that might be considered as such. ![]() Please direct questions and comments to webmaster@montanaonline.net |