Culture
Charents: For the New Year
I am entering a New Year—but for what new thing Is my sad heart yearning? …An enormous wheel, In spite of my or your wishes, oh, Leader— Keeps turning round—forever and ever… And its turns […]
Articles by Tatul Sonentz-Papazian
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Sonentz: In Memory of General Dro
WATERTOWN, Mass. (A.W.)—On the eve of Veteran’s Day, the Armenia Tree Project (ATP) and the Kanayan family hosted a special dinner in Watertown, honoring Armenian hero General Drastamat “Dro” Kanayan, who led the triumphant Armenian […]
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Commemorating an Ongoing Genocide as an Event of the Past…
From the Armenian Weekly 2017 Magazine Dedicated to the 102nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide In these troubled times of change and transformation, it can be safely stated that humanity, outpaced by runaway technology, has […]
Culture
Shiraz: My Mother
My Mother My mother—gate to our hopes, She is the chapel of our homes, She is our cradle, my mother, The fort of our home, my mother, My mother is both mother and father, She […]
Culture
Poem: Pater
“Come,” he said, Taking me by the hand And leading me towards The clear, visible horizon, and Beyond it, as it turned invisible, Onwards, through sunflower fields Moonlit trees and many galaxies Of fireflies frozen […]
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Poem: Halted Words
Halted Words Words that swarm Our speech and thoughts, Everyday words uttered In greeting, departure, or worse, Words of endearment or remorse, Words of discovery and loss Of our tormented souls… At the end […]
Culture
Poem: A Solo for Me
A Solo for Me You entered my humble room With buds yet to flower — Brought here to bloom…? I sing a last song To my old soul in gloom… And you come along, To […]
Culture
Poem: Under the Star of the Illuminator
Thus, I serenely stroll under the star of the Illuminator… And, like mellow drops of honey, his light drips into my soul… The star-studded night hums like an immense silver organ… The white light of […]
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The Dashnaktsakan…
The Armenian Weekly Magazine Dec. 2015: The ARF at 125 Vahan Navasardian—undoubtedly one of the more prominent Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) leaders of the 20th century—starts one of his many published works on the ARF’s political […]
Culture
Poem: Without the Sea
Like golden suns the garden sunflowers soar in the stormy firmament entranced my eyes trail their motions… In my smile-filled days of childhood from my modest room I watched the sea blue-green painted […]