Advice – Poetry from Azerbaijan

Dog trainers are stronger—
They should be brought into education.
Bahtiyar Hidayet, a poet from Azerbaijan, shares his short poems
Bahtiyar Hidayet, born in 1974 in the Gazakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, graduated from university in 1995 and has been working as a history teacher since 1998. Wrote poetry since high school and has 4 poetry books published in Azerbaijan.
Advice
A puppy
Learned how to behave
In 3–5 months
Thanks to a dog trainer.
But I know a person who—
2 years kindergarten,
11 years school,
4 years university,
2 year masters,
2 years doctoral studies,
20 years in a position…
Still could not learn
To be human.
In stubbornness, like a goat,
In thinking, like a sheep,
In cunning, like a fox,
In cowardice, like a rabbit,
In predation, like a hyena.
So,
Dog trainers are stronger—
They should be brought into education.
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Revolutionary Oath
Do not be sad, friends, do not be very sad
That the tyrants are shedding our blood.
Blood is like water,
As water becomes dirty as it stays in one place,
Blood also
Becomes dirty as it stays in the body.
Continue the struggle, friends, continue the struggle.
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