The Moon over Ankara

Hannah Shierman, Cedarville University, CedarvilleFollow

Keywords

Cedarville, undergraduate, literary journal

Department/School of Contributor's Major

English, Literature, and Modern Languages

Publication Date

Spring 2025

Disciplines

Type of Work

Poetry

DOI

10.15385/jcr.2025.25.33

Contributor's Note

This poem explores my time spent in Turkey, and how I felt out of place in that city but still loved the beauty I found there. I observed Western secularity clash with traditional Islamic faith and referenced that within this poem. The explicit references to a "god" in this piece do not refer to the Christian God that the wanderer knows, but rather to Allah, the harsh god of Islam. As I meandered through the nighttime streets of Ankara, I was struck with the desire to share the truth with street vendors and merchants, but did not have the words or the connection to do so. I created the character of the wanderer to examine these conflicting emotions.

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Recommended Citation

Shierman, Hannah (2025) "The Moon over Ankara," Cedarville Review: Vol. 25, Article 26.
DOI: 10.15385/jcr.2025.25.33
Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cedarvillereview/vol25/iss1/26