Poems by Orhan Veli Translated by Murat Nemet-Nejat Introduction Acknowledgements 1. I, Orhan Veli 2. Quantitative 3. My Tree 4. The Hill 5. Travelling 6. Trip 7. The Tavern 8. Sunday Evenings 9. Am I In Love? 10. Suicide 11. Sparrow 12. Robinson

13. Dream 14. Bird and Cloud 15. Bad Boy 16. People 17. To Keep Busy 18. My Friend Sabri 19. Tree 20. Thank God 21. Life is Like This 22. Migration I 23. Migration II 24. Edith Almera 25. Letters to Oktay 26. Poems on Travelling 27. My Eyes 28. My Shadow 29. My Left Hand 30. Migraine 31. There Is Something Like Alcohol 32. A Fragment 33. Makes Me Dizzy 34. Untitled 35. Epitaph I 36. Epitaph II 37. Epitaph III 38. ? 39. On Mustard 40. This world is just to drive a man crazy 41. Birds Tell Lies 42. A Novel Hero 43. Memory 44. My Gold Toothed Beauty 45. Gossip 46. The Nightclub 47. Rumors 48. The Cab Driver's Wife 49. Spread Out 50. Beard 51. Full of 52. Arrivals 53. Brazier

54. The Covered or the Grand Bazaar 55. The Mermaid 56. The Song of Istanbul 57. The Bell 58. Poem with a Tail 59. Reply 60. Poem with Fleas 61. For Free 62. Fishermen 63. Pro Patria 64. Carnation 65. Excursion 66. The Song of the Water Carrier 67. The Dreams of the Young Girl 68. The Story of Ali Riza and Ahmed 69. Mahmud, the Loafer 70. The Guest 71. I Buy Old Clothes 72. Inside 73. The Sea 74. The Wave 75. What Is It About Travelling 76. Lulu, My Lulu 77. Poem with a Pigeon 78. Separation 79. The Sound of a Train 80. Paintings 81. I am Listening to Istanbul 82. My Youth Is All Gone 83. The Poem of Being Lonely 84. Ease 85. The Dogwood Tree 86. How Beautiful It Is 87. A Glittering Poem 88. Everything Is For You 89. Living 90. The Galata Bridge 91. Landscapes 92. Landscape 93. Untitled 94. The Streetcar Driver 95. The Parade of Love

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Copyright 1989 by Murat Nemet-Nejat
Published by Hanging Loose Press, 231 Wyckoff Street, Brooklyn, New York 11217

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