An Americano - 

Eucalyptus trees - 

Volkan's smile - 

He'd danced with Sophie at a village wedding - 

A full moon in the sky - 

The white chairs in a circle - 

These memories - 

Returning like sly guests - 

Lycia

September 2024

 Efes in Kirtil - 

Seeing Adil - 

 My chilled glass - 

The patron in his kingdom - 

Hearing a call to prayer - 

A slender girl wearing a Fenerbahce shirt - 

Kirtil

September 2024

 He leaned forward, his thin brown body like a twist of rope - 

Gesturing over the village bread - 

A gnarled siren - 

Beguiling us with his stories

Cleopatra's Bath 

September 2024

 Mehmet Varol - 

Writing in your garden - 

Gentle scholar in the wilderness

Candir

September 2024

 We walked through the olive trees - 

Slender leaves like pale jewels - 

We'd climbed a twisting stair - 

Higher each turn above the bay - 

Finding silence - 

A woman's smile in a gentle garden - 

Nowness on a stony hill - 

Lycia 

September 2024

 Pale moon in the sky - 

Wine in my glass - 

A bright part on the water - 

Lycian coast

September 2024

 High above the turquoise bay -

Air scented with resin - 

Ancient sunight - 

Tall pines - 

Salt in my hair - 

Lycia

September 2024

 We ate figs at Tlos - 

Sweetness on our tongues -

Olive trees had shaded us -

We'd walked amongst the ruins of a noble city - 

Seen birds dart from shattered column to column - 

Touched the stone beds of Lycian kings -

Tlos 

September 2024

 High above the clouds in the white jet -

Half awake, half dreaming - 

Watching the sunset - 

Flying to the edge of the world - 

Above the clouds

September 2024