Poems Before Mevlit: On the death of my Mother

JOSEPH MALLOY IS AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR WHO HAS, OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS, FOCUSED ON TEACHER TRAINING IN TURKEY. AFTER HIS MOTHER WAS KILLED IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT WHILE ON VACATION IN EGYPT, HE WENT FROM ISTANBUL TO CAIRO TO FLORIDA TO NEW YORK, AND MANY PLACES IN BETWEEN, DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF THE TRAGEDY. POEMS BEFORE MEVLIT ARE A SET OF POEMS WHICH REFLECT ON HIS FEELINGS, HIS TRAVELS AND HIS LOSS DURING THE FORTY DAYS AFTER HER DEATH.