Poems from Kurdistan

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  1. NEW!

    A Few Lines About My Age

    چه‌ند وشه‌یه‌ك ده‌رباره‌ی ته‌مه‌نی خۆ

    by Abdulla Pashew

  2. An Afternoon at Snowfall

    Title text of the poem An Afternoon at Snowfall

    by Dilawar Karadaghi

  3. Birds

    Title text of the poem Birds

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  4. Directions

    Title text of the poem Directions

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  5. NEW!

    Football

    فوتبۆڵ

    by Abdulla Pashew

  6. NEW!

    Fusion

    توانه‌وه

    by Abdulla Pashew

  7. Kinder Than Miriam

    Title text of the poem Kinder Than Miriam

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  8. NEW!

    Nostalgia

    نه‌سته‌لژی

    by Abdulla Pashew

  9. Pregnancy

    Title text of the poem Pregnancy

    by Kajal Ahmad

  10. Rain

    Title text of the poem Rain

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  11. Stone Is Better

    Title text of the poem Stone Is Better

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  12. NEW!

    The Contract

    كۆنتراكت

    by Abdulla Pashew

  13. The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy

    Title text of the poem The Fruit-Seller's Philosophy

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  14. The Letter

    Title text of the poem The Letter

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  15. The Lonely Earth

    Title text of the poem The Lonely Earth

    by Kajal Ahmad

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  16. NEW!

    Title

    ناونیشان

    by Abdulla Pashew

  17. NEW!

    Unfinished Poem

    هۆنراوه‌یه‌كی ناته‌واو

    by Abdulla Pashew

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