Poem: WHY?

By Avik Derentz,
Translated by Tatul Sonentz

 

You arrived

With warmth and flair,

You glanced

At me smiling

Through curls of long,

Flowing brown hair…

 

Just why did you caress

My flushing face?

 

And then, with

Quivering lips and all,

You captured therewith

My heart and soul.

I was all prepared to

Settle for fall…

 

I simply was not ready

For spring, at all…!

 

 

 

Tatul Sonentz-Papazian

Tatul Sonentz-Papazian

Tatul Sonentz-Papazian is the former editor of the Armenian Review and director of the ARF and First Republic of Armenia Archives, based in Watertown, Mass. He has been a contributor to the Armenian Weekly for over 50 years. He currently directs the Publications Department of the Armenian Relief Society.
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