“When a clown moves into a palace he doesn’t become a king, the palace instead becomes a circus.” — Turkish proverb

Post Script: The proverb itself likely originated with the Circassians,  Sunni Muslims from the Northwestern Caucasus, and is not specifically Turkish.

Source: Huffington Post

one-hundred sixty-six poems

lyrical aspirations, earnest voices

hopes & heartstrings put to paper

my task: sift through each one,

seeking out poetic nuggets of gold