"Optimistic Man," by Nazim Hikmet

 Reading/video of a short poem by the highly regarded Turkish poet Hikmet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVDwjAplVwk

"Thank God," by Orhan Veli Kanik

 Reading/video of a short poem by Turkish poet Orhan Veli Kanik:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJz9V9SKQaU