Oğuzhan

Famous Turkish poet #NazımHikmet was born 15th January 1902. I want to share a part from one of his poems:

Living is no laughing matter:
       you must live with great seriousness
               like a squirrel, for example—
       I mean without looking for something beyond and above living,
               I mean living must be your whole occupation. (...)

To read it all: https://allpoetry.com/On-Living

Jan 15, 2023 at 9:16pmTusky
Show threadOğuzhanJan 15, 2023
(...)
some people know all about plants some about fish
                                 I know separation
some people know the names of the stars by heart
                                I recite absences
I've slept in prisons and in grand hotels
I've known hunger even a hunger strike and there's almost no food
  I haven't tasted
at thirty they wanted to hang me
at forty-eight to give me the Peace Prize
                                      which they did
(...) https://allpoetry.com/poem/8514231-Autobiography-by-Nazim-Hikmet
Show threadOğuzhanApr 16, 2023
Yesterday, #OliviaColman read #NazımHikmet's poem, "On Living" during #SoundsOfSolidarity event in #London. A video from Twitter: https://twitter.com/baharakpinar/status/1647563937393647618?t=Kth8kyz02woWRlvG79S3nQ&s=19
Bahar Akpınar on Twitter

“Ve dün gece.. @RoyalAlbertHall un muhteşem sahtesinde Colman’ın, “Yaşamak şakaya gelmez, büyük bir ciddiyetle yaşayacaksın..” dediği o anlar.. #SoundsOfSolidarity #DepremiUnutmaUnutturma #NazımHikmet #OliviaColman”

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