Poetry Planetariat Issue 2, Fall 2019 Istanbul / Medellin POETRY PLANETARIAT ISSUE 2, FALL 2019, ISTANBUL / MEDELLIN POETS OF THE WORLD UNITE AGAINST WAR World Poetry Movement Istanbul / Medellin Poets of the World Unite Against Injustice Copyright 2019 World Poetry Movement Publisher: World Poetry Movement www.wpm2011.org
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[email protected] ISSN XXXXX Poetry Planetariat is published four times a year in Istanbul by the World Poetry Movement in cooperation with Ataol Behramoğlu-Pelin Batu and Tekin Publishing House CONTENTS POETRY AND PEACE/ATAOL BEHRAMOĞLU POETRY: REJECTING ALL BORDERS IN THE SOUL/JIDI MAJIA REPORTS FROM CHENGDU/FERNANDO RENDON POETRY AZAM ABIDOV (UZBEKISTAN, 1974) DRAGAN DRAGOJLOVIC (SERBIA, 1941) ELLIE PEONIDOU (GREECE, 1940) PAOLO RUFFILLI (ITALY, 1949) LAURA GARAVAGLIA ((ITALY, 1956) HASSANAL ABDULLAH (BANGLADESH/USA, 1967) DILEEP JHAVERI (INDIA, 1943) KAREN MELANDER MAGOON (USA, 1943) SERGEY BIRYUKOV (RUSSIA,1950) MAXIM AMELIN (RUSSIA, 1970) RAMIZ ROYSHAN (AZERBAIJAN, 1946) GREG POND (USA) DIVINE ONYEKWENA (NIGERIA) SHEIKHO (KURDISH, 1986) FRANCIS COMBES (FRANCE, 1953) IN MEMORIAM YannisRitsos (1909-1990) Iris Murdoch (1919-1999) MANIFESTOS Wilfred Owen’s Dulceet Decorum Estas an anti-war manifesto POETRY AND PEACE Ataol Behramoğlu (Turkey) We know that like all concepts, good and evil are the products of mankind’s evolution.