The Year of the Poet VI September 2019

Foreword We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness. Thich Nhat HanhAll contributors in this book craft their poems on one world culture of collective focus every month. While this tradition guides us throughout our shared work, our objective is not about discovering differences. Because we are aware that there is only one entity to which we belong: Humanity. Regardless of the different languages we have acquired and use in our lifetime, and regardless of the geography-specific upbringing to which we each have been exposed, we are one.The people of The Caucasus who have been marked with their grandiose eras and wars on history’s timeline are no exception. For, no matter on what aspect of their past and present lives each of us have written in this month’s poetry collection, they deliver one promise to us, through us: The livelihood of our family, called Humanity. hulya n. yilmaz, Ph.D.