Byzantium/Old Istanbul (A Translation)
Byzantium The unpurged images of day recede;The Emperor’s drunken soldiery are abed;Night resonance recedes, night walkers’ songAfter great cathedral gong;A […]
Category: Byzantium
Istanbul 05: The Church
Procopius said is best: So the church has become a spectacle of marvelous beauty, overwhelming to those who see it, […]
Istanbul 05: The Church
Procopius said is best: So the church has become a spectacle of marvelous beauty, overwhelming to those who see it, […]
Istanbul 03: History is a Pile of Debris
Saturday, May 17, 2008, Turkoman Hotel, Istanbul Last night we went on the obligatory people-watching pilgrimage to Taksim in what […]
Istanbul 03: History is a Pile of Debris
Saturday, May 17, 2008, Turkoman Hotel, Istanbul Last night we went on the obligatory people-watching pilgrimage to Taksim in what […]
Istanbul 02: Travel Journal Except
Friday, May 16, 2008, Hotel Turkoman, Istanbul After what seems and certainly feels like two lost days of traveling across […]
Istanbul 02: Travel Journal Except
Friday, May 16, 2008, Hotel Turkoman, Istanbul After what seems and certainly feels like two lost days of traveling across […]
Istanbul 01: Call to Prayer
Five times a day the call issues forth from the amplified speakers mounted atop the minarets. These days, the muezzin […]
Istanbul 01: Call to Prayer
Five times a day the call issues forth from the amplified speakers mounted atop the minarets. These days, the muezzin […]
