#Azerbaijan
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Chicken’s Funeral – Poetry from Azerbaijan
The chicken had died heroically while defending its honor. They went to bury the chicken, They turned their rosary beads…
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For Ronaldo – Poetry from Azerbaijan
When Ronaldo plays football It seems that all four legs move His body like a ball filled with a pump…
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Poetry: A Smile like a Firearm
A smiling photograph of a martyr on a gravestone, A firearm in his hand. Bahtiyar Hidayet Bahtiyar Hidayet, born in…
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Knee Pain – Poetry from Azerbaijan
I have never knelt before time, I have never crawled before dishonorable people, I have crawled only during battle. Bahtiyar…
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The Good Pears Are Eaten by Bears
A pumpkin vine has climbed onto a pear tree And has produced fruit. From far away, one might think That…
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Unwritten Writings – Poetry from Azerbaijan
Unwritten writings are also Like unwritten laws — Society itself lives by those laws. I write the unwritten And I…
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Toast – A Poem from Azerbaijan
The heaviest burden for those carnivores Is raising a glass. Let us also give ourselves this happiness, Let us raise…
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Poetry: The Burden of Sisyphus
Watch the documentary: The sea otter learns to survive By holding a stone against its chest. Bahtiyar Hidayet Bahtiyar Hidayet,…
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Vandalism in the name of Cleanliness
The trees are taking off their clothes, As if they are giving their clothes to the soil So that the…
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Fire and İce – Poetry from Azerbaijan
It was a miracle: Fire and ice, Together. The ice had set fire to the history teacher’s liver. Bahtiyar Hidayet…
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