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mount ararat

14 Sunday Apr 2013

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Ararat, Armenian, Basho, poem, sonnet, translation

ararat

Արարատ Լեռ

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«ընկերներ բաժանվում են ընդմիշտ — անզուսպ սագը մոլորված ամպերի մէջ» — Բաշօ

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Բոլոր սովորածս բառերը կարող էին տեղ տալ մի

ափի մէջ ու նրանց բոլորի իմաստն էր տուն վերադառնալ: Առավոտ

ու ես հագվում էի այս խորը արեվի երկրում

եւ խորը սարերի: Հագվում կէս չհարբած, քայլում

դէպե Փոլիթեքնիք սովորելու նոր բառեր:

Միշտ բառեր: Միշտ այդ ընդարձակ կապոյտ սարը

դիտում. կանչում իր զավակները: Այնքան աբզուրդ

որքան կէտաձկի կանչը: Բայց ավելի մեծ քան

այդ, այնքան մի մեծ ձայն որ արտասանվում էր համր

լռութեան մեջ, ոսկոռի եւ ճանկի լեզվով, այբուբենի

գաղտնի տնքալով: Կարծես ասելով «եկեք տուն, զավակներս, եկեք»

Ոչ: Ես ոչ մէկի զավակը չեմ եւ ոչ մէկը

գնում է տուն: Ոչ: Ոչ այս զավակը: Ոչ իրականում:’

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Mt. Ararat

“friends part forever — wild geese lost in cloud” — Basho

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All the words I learned could be held in one

hand and they all meant going home. Morning

and I would dress in this land of deep sun

and deep mountains. Dress half sober, walking

to the Polytechnic to learn new words.

Always words. Always that long blue mountain

watching, calling her children. As absurd

as a whale’s call. But so much bigger than

that, a call so big that it spoke in dumb

silence, tongue of bone and claw, alphabet’s

secret groan. As if to say, “come to me,

child.” As if to say,“come home, my child, come.”

No. I’m no one’s child and no one gets

to go home. No. Not this child. Not really.

eurydice’s view from a modish pavilion

13 Saturday Apr 2013

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Էւրէդըսիի հայացքը նորաձեւ փավիլեոնից

Նախ դու նրան տեսնում ես որպես
Մետաքս’ փաթթված հիւսված դարպասին:

Նրա փավիլեոնը
կագնած դաշտի մեջ, փոքր մի կղզի

ցուցաբերելով եւ ոչ մի փասիոն: Հետո
նա բարցրանում է, ծածկված գիշերանոցով ու ցեխով

— շաղատար կոշիկներ, գիշերամաշ գծեր
դեմքի վրա, իր երկար ու պայծառ լուսապսակը

լուսավորելով
իւր փավիլեոնի շլացուցիչ խնջոյքը:

Ասելով «ծծիր
արշալոյսի լոյսը իմ

ճակատի –» Ասելով
«Հետապնդիր տերողորմեաները

նվիրվածութեան –» Ասելով «այլապես’
ես քեզ կը լսամ մի այլ տեղ –»

[Translations by Tatoul Badalian]

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Eurydice’s View from a Modish Pavilion

First you will see her as
silk tied to a woven gateway.

Her pavilion
stands in the field, islet

experiencing no passion. Then
she rises, clad in nightgown and mud

-spattered boots, night-worn lines on
her face, her long bright halo

illuminating the
pavilion’s dazzling banquet.

Saying: “suck early
morning light from my

forehead—” Saying:
“Follow these atonements

of devotion—” Saying: “Otherwise
I will hear you elsewhere—”

i search for your skull

13 Saturday Apr 2013

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Armenian Genocide, Der Zor, ghost girl, I search for your skull, poem, translation

the Syrian desert called Der ez Zor, site of the Armenian genocide

the Syrian desert called Der ez Zor, site of the Armenian genocide

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Կորած ուրվական.
Ես որոնում եմ ձեր գանգի:
Տէր Զօր.

* * *

Lost ghost.
I search for your skull.
Der ez Zor.

prayer to astghik

10 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Armenia, Astghik, love goddess, poem, prayer, translation

Astghik

Աստվածուհին սիրո եւ վերջին սերը.
Աստղիկ, ես մենակ եմ.
Ուղարկիր ինձ իմ ցանկություն.
Բեր ինձ ցանկամոլություն.
Սապփո, որ Աֆրոդիտեի դուստրը.
Ես ուզում եմ ձեզ հիմա, իմ մուգ մայրը.

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Goddess of love and last love.
Astghik, I‘m alone.
Send me my wish.
Bring me my desire.
Sappho was Aphrodite’s daughter.
I need you now, my dark mother.

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note:

Astghik, besides being a popular Armenian girl’s name, is one of the old gods that lived in the Caucasus mountains before Armenia became the first Christian nation in the world. She was, and is, a love goddess, the protector of young girls and the guardian of fresh water. The Greek poet Sappho wrote a hymn to Aphrodite. This is my hymn for Astghik.

And once again I must apologize for my poor skills in Armenian. I am slowly learning the grammar, but it is a slow process when you are teaching yourself. One day I hope to be able to write the poems I dream about writing in Armenian, but until then I will keep on trying.

Whitman. Sappho. Neruda.

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

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Armenian, Pablo Neruda, poem, Sappho, translation, Walt Whitman

 

Ուիթմեն. Սապփո. Ներուդա.
Տաղ. Հնչեակ. Վիպերգ.
Ես գրում եմ իմ բանաստեղծությունները վրա ձեր ծլիկ.

Whitman. Sappho. Neruda.
Ode. Sonnet. Ballad.
I write my poems on your clit.

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Notes:

As far as I know these are the correct spellings in Armenian of these poets’ names. Պաբլո Ներուդա (Pablo Neruda), Ուոլթ Ուիթմեն (Walt Whitman) and Սապփո (Sappho).

Writing, as they say, is a gamble. We put our art out for the world to see, and then hope the reader enjoys it enough to write back. Some people find their audience right away and some never do. I have no idea where the audience for this poem is, but I am willing to take the chance that once I send it out into the void that is the Internet it will, slowly, find its way to the one who it’s intended for. And who knows? That person might even help me with my grammar, since my ability to write in Armenian is շատ վատ (very bad). Cheers!

my mistress’s witcheries

07 Sunday Apr 2013

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frog, goats, honey bee, knitting, my mistress's witcheries, poem, Poetry, sonnet, tink, witchcraft, yarf

“It is knitting time,” a friend, a witchling,

informed me. She knew secrets to distill

dyes, how to tink, frog and yarf. Loom knitting

was her passion. “I was taught how to kill.

I was trained in the witcheries of war.

But,” she added, “Blood does not interest me.”

She lived in a lone mountain pasture, far

from the engines of men and their ugly

tools. That spring she taught me how to prepare

wool for spinning; how to charm honey bees

from their hives; how to talk to willow, yew

and oak. “I was trained only for warfare,

but witchcraft is far better. This craft frees

me for my loves: knitting, goats and now you.”

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NOTE:

For a while I wanted to write a knitting poem, but since I don’t actually know how to knit I wrote this instead. The terms I use in the poem:

FROG: To rip back (when you say, “rip it, rip it”) by removing the needles from the project and pulling on the loose end of the yarn.

TINK: To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion, effectively un-knitting the stitch.

YARF: Slang for “yarn-barf.” A big lump of yarn that accidentally gets pulled out of a new center-pull ball, usually when you’re trying to find the end.

my daughter the pornographer [version 1]

27 Tuesday Apr 2010

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my daughter, poem, Poetry, pornographer, sex toys, sonnet

 

It was when she started bringing her work
home that I began worrying. Walking
into the kitchen to find some girl jerk
a boy off as my daughter, capturing
it all on film, shouts instructions. Finding
the sink full of sex toys just washed. A new
tube of anal lube in her purse. “Watching
others fuck,” she told me, “is what I do
best.” I can’t help but think there are voyeurs
in all of us. Even the printed word
was once another’s. “You would be surprised
what we all will do in front of others,
given the chance,” she said. “It is absurd
to say we don’t love what others despise.”

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