ԽԱՉԻԿ ՏԷՏԷԵԱՆ։ ՀԱՇՈՒԵԿՇԻՌ
Հայ Բանաստեղծութեան Համացանցը։ Projet de Poésie Arménienne
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 3/07/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Khatchig Dedeyan, Lebanon
Two friends announced they were planning
To discover Cairo and the desert
I said I’d go remembering my school trip there --
My twelve-old self touring Giza and the pyramids,
Stopping for tea at the Mena House,
Taking a boat ride to King Tut’s tomb,
An overnight train ride to Karnak-Luksor
and the Valley of the Kings.
The following week I sold my camera
a beautiful single lens reflex Nikon
with a gorgeous macro lens.
I was young, fearless and ready for heat stroke.
The men were giddy with excitement,
We talked about shots and malaria pills,
Eating great food on a student budget.
In my mind I visited the souk with endless
Stalls of ladies gallabiahs,
Ate dried dates coated in chocolate,
And bought books by the new Nobel laureate*.
But I never made it to the tarmac at JFK.
The camera paid that month’s rent.
Published in Mizna, Volume 13, Issue 2, 2012
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 3/05/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Lola Koundakjian, translated into Ukrainian, USA
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Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 3/01/2013 07:34:00 AM 0 comments
9-28-12
it was that kind of day
i should have writ a poem about
i should have strolled
golden sunshined through
crunch leafy paths amid trees
not quite in full color
me khakied and
sweat shirted
almost camouflaged
thinking deep thoughts
casually
i should have written
that poem
not this one
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/28/2013 07:30:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Mark Gavoor, USA
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/21/2013 08:26:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Armenia, Chouchanik Thamrazian, Contemporary
Լքված սար ու ձոր, լեռ ու վիրան,
Ճանապարհներ ամայի ու տրտում,
Դատարկ անդաստաններ լո՜ւռ ու հուզում,
Դո՝ւ սիրուն հայրենի՛ք մերիկ ջա՜ն:
Մեր քանդված սուրբ հայրենիքի,
Ավերակ կոթողները դարավոր,
Ճամբորդները արեւին ուղեվոր,
Լուռ վկաները մեր հին փառքերի:
Նվիրական հողից տարանջատված,
Տարագրյալ հայեր ցիր ու ցան.
Մի օ՝ր կվերադառնանք միացած,
Քե՜զի, սիրուն հայրենիք մերիկ ջա՜ն:
Մեր անփարատելի երազին,
Ե՜րբեք չկա՝, ո՝չ չկա վախճա՛ն,
Մենք կհասնենք մեր սուրբ նպատակին,
Քե՜զի, սիրուն հայրենի՛ք մերիկ ջան:
Յովհաննէս Ասպետ
Սոյն բանաստեղծութիւնը քաղուած է ՛՛Սիրոյ Քնար՝՝ի էջերէն
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/20/2013 07:30:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, France, Jean Asadour
On February 7, 2013, the Armenian Writers Association of California (AWAOC), honored literary critic and poet Gevorg Kristinian.Held at the Glendale Public Library Auditorium. The event was dedicated to Kristinian's 60 year career in the literary arena. The program was emceed by AWAOC Chair Mr. Chahe Keuroghelian. Representing the Primate at the honorary event was Archpriest Fr. Hovsep Hagopian, who read the Primate’s congratulatory letter addressed to the honoree.
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/08/2013 11:00:00 AM 0 comments
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/07/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Armenia, Hovhannes Grigoryan
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/04/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Film, France, Garig Basmadjian
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/03/2013 08:23:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Aram A. Ketenjian, Contemporary, Iraq
On my last visit, I decided
to wash my hands before joining
you at the coffee table.
In the bathroom bowl, the strainer
cupped a clump of white hair
and a morsel of bread.
I was tempted to reach
with my index and pick a souvenir.
Instead, from the brush on the counter,
I pulled a strand from a tangled
disarray of whiskers and placed it
in my wallet. Marguerite, I didn't know
what to make of the wet crumb,
the wafer. Your late husband
saw visions in the Syrian desert.
On bended knees, he drooled
on the sand and imagined
kneading the dirt into dough.
Shahé Mankerian, our winner for the adult category, is the Principal of the St. Gregory's A. & M. Hovsepian School, in Pasadena, CA. He tells us "Mrs. Marguerite Hovsepian (1915-2012) is the benefactor of Alfred & Marguerite Hovsepian School in Pasadena. She was the daughter of Ezra and Alice de Witz Schuknicht of New York. She was married to Alfred Hovsepian who was a genocide survivor. "
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/02/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2012 Competition, Contemporary, Shahé Mankerian, USA
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 2/01/2013 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2012 Competition, Contemporary, Sarah Abigail Stites, USA
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 1/31/2013 08:00:00 AM 1 comments
Labels: 2012 Competition, Contemporary, Hovig Manoyan, USA
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 1/31/2013 07:30:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: 2012 Competition, Contemporary, Shant Dickran, USA
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