La Valse, Ni Noble, Ni SentimentaleWaltz or pass a cradling caressFrown or prance, test in tenses pastThickest orchestral gloryingGhosts of war’s transmigrant memesCustoms undressed, immolated, effacedMagical stitches, maddening wistful douleursPanic pickled, swirling hemorrhagingHarmonic goose steps, stiffened spinesSmiling boots glistening in Prussian violinsRecidivist frivolity, for a grand dance or grosse pausePerturbed, blind soldiers hobbling past stretchersKicking the contours, counting the deadMustard gainsAcid garglesYellow vomitMass gravesWorlds of war wedded arms merchantsVirgin tails plucked from the skyMoulins Rouges or pink butterflyDreams and screams in pews and trenchesScar fountains, penny operasEmpires somnambulant, plagued and blackGenocidal vengeance sputtering us allIn Faustian borrowed beard disguises drenchedIn noisy endless macabre rising madnessBedros AfeyanDavies Symphony HallWith Ravel, 2-28-2009
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Dr. Bedros Afeyan is a theoretical physicist who works and lives in the Bay area with his wife, Marine. He writes in Armenian and in English and also paints and sculpts. He is the current editor of The Literary Armenian News at https://groong.org/tlg/
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Dr. Bedros Afeyan (bedros@mac.com) is the editor of The Literary Armenian News (TLG), and will consider works not only of poetry, but also in the area of short fiction. Quality of language, excellence of translation, quality of song and images are all crucial to the aesthetic value of any work up for consideration.
Please note the following important guidelines:
- All submissions to TLG MUST be sent to groong@usc.edu and bedros@mac.com. No others will be considered.
- With your submission include a short bio about the author;
- Submissions may not be anonymous, but at the author's request we may use their pen-name and/or withhold their Email address for purposes of privacy;
- Submissions which have not yet been selected will continue to receive consideration for following issues;
- In art, selection is necessarily a judgement call. As such, we will not argue why a particular submission was or was not selected;
- There is no guarantee or promise that a submission will be published.
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