Literary Quote for August 2015
Հայ Բանաստեղծութեան Համացանցը։ Projet de Poésie Arménienne
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 8/31/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Missak Medzarents, Quotes, Turkey
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Labels: Alan Semerdjian, Aram Bajakian, Audio Clip, Contemporary, USA
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Labels: Book, Edward (Yetvart) Boyadjian, Lebanon
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 8/25/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Talin Tahajian, USA
We begin our lives by dying
& waking up again, eyes sensitive
to the kind of light that exists in places
that aren't heaven. This isn't heaven.
I like the way other countries look
after midnight. Ghosts swimming
through empty chapels. That silence
is something sacred. Too dark to see
your reflection as a god in a display
window. Glass is one of the only
honest things. I love not knowing
what it means to be innocent. I rinse
my mouth with every kind of holy
water. By that, I mean I have kissed
the mouths of so many beautiful boys.
I remember thinking or saying This
is how I want to finish my life. To unlearn
the Bible, first I would have to read it
until I understand what it means
to be a religion, to embrace that sort
of death with bright things.
This poem appeared in Devil's Lake which is published twice annually at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 8/24/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Talin Tahajian, USA
Եթէ մի օր, անուշ ընկեր,
Գաս այցելու իմ շիրմին
Ու նորաբոյս վառ ծաղիկներ
Տեսնես փըռուած չորս կողմին,
Դու չըկարծես, թէ հասարակ
Ծաղիկներ են ոտքիդ տակ,
Կամ թէ գարունն է այն բերել,
Իմ նոր տունը զարդարել։
Նրանք չերգած իմ երգերն են,
Որ սրտումըս ես տարայ,
Նըրանք սիրոյ էն խօսքերն են,
Որ դեռ չասած ես մեռայ:
1894
Resemblance
If one day, dear friend,
you come to visit my grave
and see new blazing blooms
spread around it,
Do not think these are common
flowers beneath your steps,
or Spring has brought them
to adorn my new home.
These are my unsung ballads,
which I carried in my heart;
they are those words of love
that before uttering I died.
1894
Hovhannes Tumanyan
Translated by Hratch Tchilingirian
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 8/07/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Armenia, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Translated into English
We regret to announce the passing of poet Sarkis Giragosian in Lebanon.
A few of his poems have appeared in the Armenian Poetry Project and can be read here.
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/25/2015 09:29:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Lebanon, Sarkis Giragosian
99 And Counting is a creative collective featuring the thoughts, opinions, and experiences of Armenians in the diaspora and non-Armenian advocates in honor of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide.
Please visit their poetry pages.
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/16/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: USA
Click here to read MARY BUCHINGER's review.
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/15/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Book, Diana Der-Hovanessian, USA
Click here to hear the sound clip. Enjoy!
There are more poems by Gregory Djanikian posted on the Poetry Foundations website, and they can be found here.
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/14/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, Gregory Djanikian, USA
Հին ճամբուն մօտ յասմիկներ սիրական,
Դեռ մատղաշ ծիլերով կը ծաղկէին,
Սիրտ տուի իրենց բոյրին, նրբութեան,
Քաղեցի իմ ծաղիկը՝ սիրածին:
Ո՜հ, կուրծքիս վրայ դրի գգուանքով,
Ու համբուրեցի սիրտը՝ ծաղիկիս.
Քանի մ՛օր վերջ տեսայ աւաղելով,
Ըսի, հողմեր տարեր են սիրականիս
Բոյր ու հմայք.
Հիմա նա չոր ծաղիկն է
Յիշատակիս:
Յովհաննէս Ասպետ
18/06/1963
Պոլիս
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/10/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Contemporary, France, Jean Asadour
New Armenian writing by Nara Vardanyan, Anahit Hayrapetyan, Mariné Petrossian, Armen of Armenia and Sargis Hovsepyan. Translations by Nazareth Seferian, Sylva Dakessian and Milena Abrahamyan, Hayk Movsisian, Raffi Kojian, and, Gohar Darbinyan.
Click here to read the flip book http://cld.bz/H76Nmju#69
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/09/2015 08:30:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Anahit Hayrapetyan, Armen of Armenia, Armenia, Mariné Petrossian, Nara Vardanyan, Sargis Hovsepyan, Translated into English
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/05/2015 09:34:00 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Rouben Sevak, Turkey
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/04/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Rouben Sevak, Turkey
Posted by Armenian Poetry Project at 7/03/2015 07:00:00 AM 0 comments
Labels: Rouben Sevak, Turkey
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