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Guest Post at author Kathryn Gauci’s Blog

25 Thursday Jul 2019

Posted by SebnemSanders in blog post, Fellow Writers, Newsfeed, Uncategorized

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Ahmet Hamdi Tanpinar, Asli Erdogan, Ayse Kulin, Booker Prize Longlist, Ece Temelkuran, Elif Batuman, Elif Shafak, English Translations, Nazım Hikmet, Nobel Laurate, Orange Prize Longlist, Orhan Pamuk, Orhan Veli, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Sabahattin Ali, Turkish Literature, Turkish Poetry, Written in English, Yasar Kemal

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I’m honoured to be at author Kathryn Gauci’s Blog where we talk about Turkish Literature at her Literary World series. I apologize in advance for any mishaps as  at the moment I only have my phone and no Internet on my computer.

Here’s the link: https://www.kathryngauci.com/blog-84-23-06-2019-a-literary-world-an-interview-with-sebnem-e-sanders/

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Cleopatra’s Island

06 Saturday Jul 2019

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Something from the past to celebrate an eternal kiss. 🙂

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Cedar Island, Cedrae Island, Sedir Adası, Marmaris, Muğla, Turkey

The features of the sand is that each grain is equally 1 mm in diameter, burns when thrown in fire, multiples by itself in soda water, and shows spontaneous proliferation when you look at it under the magnifying glass. Indeed, the only other region of the world where this sand can be found is in the Red Sea.

https://keremkaraer.wordpress.com/places-visit/cedar-island/

The sands of Cleopatra’s Beach
glitter like gold
under the rays of the amber sun
Each grain, a perfect sphere,
Antony shipped all the way from
Egypt to Cedar Island in the Aegean
for their honeymoon
The specks of her Tiger’s Eye gaze,
reflecting the shimmer,
she beams and hints her approval

Yellow mimosa buds peeking between
the delicate leaves of the acacia trees on the hills
recall the scene under the cerulean sky,
and how she listened to the songs
of…

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