Showing posts with label Contemporary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Contemporary. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2026

Alexander Bilzerian: Tongue

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The throat is a country and the tongue its only passport. For twenty years he carried the question across the soft border of his palate and ...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Georgi Bargamian: How to return to a place you’ve never been

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Drink the honey that dripped from your grandfather’s hand. Swallow whole his memories of mountains marking days by ray and shadow. Follow hi...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

ՀՐԱՆԴ Մ․ ՄԱՐԳԱՐԵԱՆ: ԽՈՐԱՆ․․․

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  Ամէն արարած իր խորանն ունի․․․   Իսկ խորանը այդ             ո՛չ մայր տաճար է,             ո՛չ հուրի մեհեան,             ո՛չ սինիկոկ է,     ...
Monday, July 27, 2026

ԶԱՒԷՆ Գ. ԳՐԻԳՈՐԵԱՆ: ԲԱՐԵՒ ԲՈԼՈՐԻՆ

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Առաւօտ կանուխ երբ որ արթննաս, Բարեւ ըսէ դուն՝ Անխտիր մարդկանց, Բարեւ ըսէ դուն Արեւին, հովին, Եւ գործի գացող անխոնջ բանուորին: Առաւօտ կանուխ ...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

Aida Zilelian: Elegy for What I Cannot Write

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Click here for the audio recording read by Aida Zilelian I never wrote a poem about war. As a child every storm shook the walls of my home. ...
Monday, June 15, 2026

Tina Demirdjian: ORANGES FROM THE BOSPHORUS

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Click here for the audio recording by Tina Demirdjian  She fed me oranges and my worries went away on the road from the Bosphorus I spit the...
Thursday, May 07, 2026

Perla Kantarjian: It’s May in Lebanon and the Figs Are Deciding on Their Sweetness

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The loquats have ripened, the sea is showing off. If you’ve been here you’ll know that something in the air keeps us more alive than dead, b...
Friday, May 01, 2026

Alan Whitehorn: Siroun's Lament

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In a remote Anatolian field somewhere that I do not know; upon unmarked graves of the dead, I hope flowers do grow. In the beginning, only s...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Lory Bedikian: My Son Rests His Cheek on the Wrecked Car

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An act can be many things at once. We can be deliverers or takers both. Was he saying thank you to the airbags, thank you to the chassis for...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

DIANA ARTERIAN: Agrippina, Age Thirteen

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(28 c.e., Rome) Domitius gives her a ring of iron Agrippina fingers it under her robes while slaves weave her hair with flowers place gold o...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Վեհանոյշ Թեքեան: ԶԱՀՐԱՏ՝ ԱՊՐԻԼ 24-ին

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Ապրիլ 24, 2026 Աւազանի անունը միայն ինք գիտէր բոլորին համար Զահրատ էր Իր հնարամիտին ուրկէ եկած ըլլալն ալ միայն ինք գիտէր, անունը Կիկօ էր Առ...
Monday, April 20, 2026

ՌՈՒԲԷՆ ԽԱԺԱԿ։ Պահ-հէ-պահք (թարգմանուած ցաւ)

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Անգլերէն տառերու պաղութեան մէջէն կը լսեմ անոր ձայնը, այն դիցուհիին, որ սիրոյ ալիւր կը մաղէր հարաւիդ ու հիւսիսիդ վրայ։ Թարգմանուած ցաւ մըն է ...
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Georgi Bargamian: Bruised fruit is sweetest

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We laughed when you announced that you’d eaten the abandoned bruised pear: one more food rescue by a Depression-era kid. But now I see your ...
Sunday, March 22, 2026

Georgi Bargamian: Saturday dolma vespers

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Gather to witness cleansing of blood tomatoes and green peppers, ground beef kneaded wholesome head bowed rice grains studding open cavities...
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Saturday, March 21, 2026

Alan Whitehorn: Bitterly Cold in Minneapolis

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We in the North look South, with disbelief and horror. We can only hope that decency and kindness will eventually return to our neighbour. T...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

Peter Balakian: Little Richard

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On a walk past bulldozers and trucks pouring tarmac for the NJ Eisenhower highway my grandmother said to me as we turned into a market with ...