ARMENIAN POETRY PROJECT

  May 24 - August 22, 2005 The Battle of Vank Well off the main highway travelling North in Nagorno Karabagh, on the way to the monastery at...

Alan Whitehorn, of Kingston Ontario, has shared this original work. APP thanks him   Poetic Times Living in self isolation seems to...

Tear upon tear flow, one by one seemingly forever. But ever so slowly each tear also releases: first the fear, then the anger, next th...

These days I am reading lots Writing less Worrying more And mostly aging. Alan Whitehorn

As I gaze out upon the large intercity expressway, I know all too well that I am no longer speeding in the fast route. I am now in th...

There is an advantage of writing compared to speaking before a live audience. In putting pen to paper, I have time to wait for the tr...

The Armenian Poetry Project is happy to read that Alan Whitehorn, a regular contributor to the  Armenian Poetry Project , has been translat...

Two intertwined strands, not quite identical, yet from the same original genetic source. Positioned differently in crucial ways. ...

Part of the joy of travel is getting to meet incredible new friends. Yet, part of travel is the frustration in realizing that often it is d...

Despite much and costly delay already, some say we should not set sail at this time. It might risk a nearby sinking ship, with it valued c...

Categorized Stereotyped Stigmatised Marginalized Disenfranchised Deprived Victimized Robbed Ghettoised Deported Stripped Raped Tortured Murd...

Each year I go to Armenia and stay for a month. It is like reading a novel. I read one chapter after another. At first, the number and newne...

One historic year. One cataclysmic event. One unforgettable bleak memory. One ominous political concept. One people almost annihilated. One ...

"Poetry is my refuge. But it is not without its own visionary critique and, I trust, message of hope". Alan Whitehorn

There is the famous Cascade in Yerevan. From the surrounding hills, its waters gently spill down the white stone marble steps, from one gard...

In a society so poor, what is striking is the number of stores selling large flat screen TVs. In a society with so much pollution, what is p...

In a stone cutter's efficiency, the new North Avenue slices through historic old neighbourhoods. In place of old three-story buildings, ...

The more I study genocide, the less I feel I know. The enormous magnitude of the suffering, the vastness of the tragic personal accounts, th...