Mi’e’raj (The Ascension)
the ladder rising to the sky
(after the soil seethes up
the waters calm down)
this is not Jacob’s ladder
Mount Ahır, Engizek . . . Öksüz . . . Berit . . .
Zeytun Springs . . . Blood River Bridge . . . Yeşilgöz Gorge
from the deep comes the resolve of the upsurge
in ...