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morning in Moda this day in February

February 12, 2019 / zdunno03 / 4 Comments

bacon eggs
a piece of toast
peel an orange
pour Baileys
in coffee
watch a cat
gingerly climb
the tree outside
and wait
for that moment
when peace descends

ah sunshine

September 26, 2018 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

ah sunshine
my arms ache
for your warmth
come fill me
sunshine
I am open
waiting for you

begins to fill

September 7, 2018 / zdunno03 / 7 Comments

hear the call
to prayer
hear footsteps
on an empty street
the air sits still
the cat asleep
night turns slowly
into morning
and my heart
once empty
begins to fill
again

Saturday morning, Moda: waiting for the rain

August 17, 2018 / zdunno03 / 4 Comments

thunder sounds
the cat’s ear perk
waiting for the rain
to come
to wash the heat
away

day begins

July 26, 2018 / zdunno03 / 11 Comments

birds chatter
the shade bumps
against the window
the cat yawns
after morning prayer
day begins
in darkness
light tiptoes in

these old bones

May 24, 2018 / zdunno03 / 12 Comments

there’s Bailey’s
in my coffee
the cat asleep
back there
on the bed
the sun peeking
through the haze
on the hills
beyond
and these old bones
almost feel peaceful
again

still at sea

December 25, 2017December 25, 2017 / zdunno03 / 2 Comments

another night
blends into
morning
sleep
elusive
dreams
disjointed
mind hovers
over water
so far
from land
still
at sea

still an hour away

December 14, 2017 / zdunno03 / Leave a comment

water drips
through a filter
the aroma
of freshly brewed coffee
in the air
while I wait
for the sun
still an hour away

morning arrives

December 8, 2017 / zdunno03 / 3 Comments

the sun rises
as drums beat
in the distance
morning arrives

good morning

December 4, 2017December 4, 2017 / zdunno03 / 5 Comments

the sun shaded
by clouds
the air cool
on skin
the cat curious
of the crow
who hops
on the railing
to say good morning
as we sit
on the balcony
this day

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I'm a writer and an educator living in Istanbul, Turkey. I currently have two books published by Austin Macauley Publishers (Istanbul Days, Istanbul Nights & Rizzo's World) in the UK and three others (Night & Day, Wooing Wu, and Harry) available through amazon.com as kindles. Another mystery novel was translated into Turkish available through a publisher in Turkey. That's me as the writer. Currently I work independently as a coach/consultant in Turkey. Before this, I was a coach/consultant for managers at Petkim Petrol/Chemical Company in Izmir. I've also been the director of English language programs at five different colleges/universities: two in my native NY and three in Istanbul. That's me as the educator. I have two masters: an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green University (why oh why oh why-o, did I ever go to Ohio?) and an MA in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) from Columbia University. And besides all that, I once managed a shoe store, a warehouse, owned a literary bookstore called Intellectuals & Liars in Santa Monica, CA, worked as a professional boy scout, wrote advertising copy for radio, did summer stock as an actor, clerked in a food co-op, was a busboy for a day at Ziggy's Kosher Restaurant, sold vacuum cleaners at Gimbels, was a green attendant at Cypress Hills Cemetery and so on.

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