Reading a Book of Armenian Baby Names the Night Before My Water Breaks
To fully experience this visual poem in its original form, enlarge the image below the text. Text: Girl names soften the tongue, a delicate unfolding, Ghalam, painted with a pen, Lucine, moon.The boy names, Kevork, Sevag, fire from throat, guttural consonants.On the first page, my grandfather’s name, Arakel, to send forth.At seven, he hunger-marched the …