Turkey didn’t need a coup –
It needed a full
On revolution
07.19.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H171
Ordered a turkey sandwich –
To salute Turkey
On quashing its coup
07.16.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H168
Turkey may have needed change –
But not by way of
Military coup
07.16.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H167
Eager to get up
To hear world news in Turkey –
Rather than sports news
07.16.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H166
Will the crescent moon –
Or the star be gone
From Turkey’s flag tomorrow?
07.15.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H165
I’m resting in peace –
While Turkey’s restless in war –
Half a world away
07.15.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H164
In less than 24 hours –
The world might forget
About Nice and France
07.15.16
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Notes to this poem…
Haiku H163
Watching the Turkish
Military coup –
All on social media
07.15.16
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Notes to this poem…
Minh Tan's Old Poetry 