Reflections
To those who seek to destroy us, I see you
I didn’t realize it was a date – I never do. This skin, wrapped in so many layers, has forgotten where it begins. He was sweet – he always is. The conversation simmered as the […]
Poetry
Literary Corner
North Burial Ground, Providence, RI
Driving through the gates Of this sleeping place, We pass potter’s field and turn up the hill Dotted with flat, tipped stones Toward the Armenian section. When Yankee names turn Greek We know we’re close […]
Poetry
Food of my People
Cracked wheat, Ground beef, Onions, peppers, tomatoes. Food from the old country. Food of my people. Farmers, merchants, textile artists Fight oppression for 1,500 years. Forced out in 1915 Bringing the food with them. Growing […]
Poetry
Genealogy for the Bereft
Rough map in hand, the bereft walk all roads in search of name and place, word and photo. The lost ones strain to be found as accomplices hold them behind brick walls and build new […]
Literary Corner
Our Beautiful Armenia
On a warm sunny day In beautiful and Peaceful Yerevan Today and the sky is So blue and sun It’s so bright And the little birds are Singing so passionately In the warm Gyumri sunlight […]
Literary Corner
IALA and h-pem announce Young Armenian Poets Awards winners, Emerging Writers Showcase
The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) has announced the recipients of its second Young Armenian Poets Awards. Congratulations to poets Ani Apresyan, Juliette Hagobian and Taleen Sahakian; their winning poems have been published in h-pem […]
Literary Corner
Devil at Your Door
When the Devil came to fight, You did not listen to our cries, Shrugged shoulders you lived on. And here we are… When our bodies were set ablaze, Mutilated, raped, and torn apart. You turned […]
Literary Corner
Alex saves Artsakh
It’s time to plan, it’s time to dream. It’s time to tell tales in colors that lead home. So: Black for horse and mountain, Brown for soil and trunk, Green for leaf and valley, Yellow […]
Literary Corner
When the Euphrates Ran Red
In a land south of the Black Sea, we lived together in peace for over a thousand years. Then darkness engulfed us, and life became a ghastly nightmare. Reduced to second-class subjects, we fell prey […]