RONALD L. DZERIGIAN: On a Tuesday

On a Tuesday
I had my feet
in the river.

My jeans were rolled
just above the ankles
where the hair thickened.

All I could see
when I looked down
was the sky
below me.

ARMENIAN TOWN: poetry by Paul Aloojian, James Baloian, Y. Stephan Bulbulian, Ronald Dzerigian, Michael Krekorian, Brenda Najimian-Magarity Foreword by Dickran Kouymjian, copyright 2001 by the William Saroyan Society.

RONALD L DZERIGIAN: July

In the summer
Fresno is an open flame
beneath our feet,

makes our mouths
sensitive to stolen loquats
We see canals explode

with cliff swallows,
all curves and arrows.
The dust in our rooms

settles at family reunions
on the pond
with a few leaves

floating clouds above
the tangerine Koi
in the backyard.



ARMENIAN TOWN: poetry by Paul Aloojian, James Baloian, Y. Stephan Bulbulian, Ronald Dzerigian, Michael Krekorian, Brenda Najimian-Magarity. Foreword by Dickran Kouymjian, copyright 2001 by the William Saroyan Society.