Smile

By Gülümse Ok

This collection of poetry, written by a poet who overcame barriers and discouragement to gain an education, explores a variety of topics, including love, marriage, sorrow, people, war, and children in an effort to bring smiles to faces.

Shepherd in Love The shepherd read a poets lines And played the pipe to his sheep. He took the sun up in the sky And a pretty-faced girl into his dreams. The river flowed under his feet. Then he thought again of his sheep. To an old willow, he leaned, And for his loneliness, he burst out weeping.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Apr 10, 2015
• ISBN: 9781491757888

Gülümse Ok

Gülümse Ok began writing poetry in primary school. She grew up a member of a large family in an Anatolian village where there was no school. Despite barriers placed between her and education, she pursued it and eventually attended university. Now married with two children, she lives in Istanbul.

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Smile

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ISBN: 978-1-4917-5791-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4917-5788-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2015902342

iUniverse rev. date: 4/08/2015

Contents

Disappearance

The Moon Woman

Zeus And Mother Earth

My Name Is Smiler

Villages Like Cities

Gone For All

You And We

All Those Kiddie Gangs

Hope

Let’s Look Beautiful

Woman Of The Suburb

The Anatolian

To My First Love

Tell Me Mummy

A Youth Poem

I Don’t Get Cold

Thoughts

Birds And Kids

The First In Civilization

What Did We Say?

Smells Of My Village

The Angry Bull

Marriage And Love

To Lose

Festivals For Brides

My Hands Are Reaching Out To A Poem

Who Am I?

Ruthless Time

I Am Cold And Tired

Snow And The Light

Evening Again

Protect Yourself

Love

Don’t Mind

Babies And Kids

Some Part Of Me Smiles

Boxy Houses

Think

Some Anger, Some Hatred

Let’s Go, My Girl

Turns The World

The Year 2010

Woman To Woman Violence

Shepherd In Love

A Little Lady On Istiklal Street

One-Breath Symphony

Hey, Shepherd

Every Child Grows One Day, My Teacher

Pick Up The Stars And Go

Oh You, Istanbul

I Am Tired Of People

When Love Dries Up

How Bold You Are

It Seems They Deceived Us

White Ship

Yesterday Night

Ali Labouring

They Killed Özgecan!

Wish I Had A Lover

About The Author

2010

Disappearance

Sometimes you feel like a lost bird—

All alone, deserted …

People and time take the love meant for you,

Leaving nothing behind.

When you feel like your life is just beginning,

At the door, you await; it’s evening.

The words are now slow, still, and bittersweet.

Life is somewhere shattered,

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