Fresh: A photographer’s view of Istanbul

 

dove hotel room window Zoriah© zoriah/www.zoriah.com

My friend the dove who sits outside my hotel room window. (Zoriah)

To move
Cleanly.
Needing to be
Nowhere else.

 

cats outside a butcher shop Istanbul Zoriah© zoriah/www.zoriah.com

Street cats having dinner outside of a butcher shop on one of Istanbul's many hilly streets.

Wanting nothing
From any store.

 

child with ball apartment window Istanbul Zoriah© zoriah/www.zoriah.com

A young girl plays catch from her window with friends on the street

To lift something
You already had
And set it down in
A new place.

 

apartment building entrance Istanbul Zoriahzoriah/www.zoriah.com

Entrance to an apartment House in Instanbul

Awakened eye
Seeing freshly.

 

A View from the roof of the four seasons hotel Istanbul zoriah© zoriah/www.zoriah.com

A view from the roof of the Four Seasons Hotel (Istanbul) [sky cropped at top to fit blog]

What does that do to
The old blood moving through
Its channels?

~ Naomi Shihab Nye ~

“Fresh”

 

Linked to Postcards from Paradise at recuerda mi corazon

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