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If I were a child
I would reach out
touch the deacon's robe
while he sings softly
in Armenian
a lullaby for my father
while he sleeps.
Copyright William Michaelian. This poem has appeared in Ararat, Summer 2000
Հայ Բանաստեղծութեան Համացանցը։ Projet de Poésie Arménienne
If I were a child
I would reach out
touch the deacon's robe
while he sings softly
in Armenian
a lullaby for my father
while he sleeps.
Copyright William Michaelian. This poem has appeared in Ararat, Summer 2000
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/22/2007 08:45:00 AM
Labels: Contemporary, USA, William Michaelian
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