Almodóvar’s new film The Room Next Door was simply exquisite. Compared to most of the hyped-up films that flooded the news feeds over the past year, which I have seen, this one…
Finding a language
By Karen Antashyan I started presenting myself as a poet in public long before I began to doubt whether what I was writing was poetry at all. This happened at a gathering…
The presentation of Karen Antashyan’s book “WTF ♡” took place
On September 7, the presentation of Karen Antashyan’s book “Dry ♡” took place in the frescoes hall of the National Gallery as part of the Yerevan International Book Festival. Here are a…
Random meme-poems
From the book WTF ♡։ meme-poems Adventures I took a shower, shaved,dressed in my decent clothes,perfumed myself, got all handsome. My queen says, “Oh, how lovely,where are you off to, man?”I replied,…
Eulogy for Private Martyrosyan
Private Martyrosyan, Mrdo, my bro,Today, after work, the family dinner,Putting my boys to bed, watching my series,I generously tried to find some time,Opened a new Word doc, picked my favorite font,And wrote…
Halfway There
In more than a supermarket,I went into more than a pharmacy,because my head was more than achingat the end of a more than а hard dayand asked for the medicine that, for…
Reception
Rumor has it thatwhen Marco Poloafter twenty plus years,passing tons of kays,encountering troubles,hardships, adventures, discoveries,wide and narrow days,singular miracles,fuck-ups and triumphs,loaded with advanced ideas,like a Renaissance superstar,finally got home —fam greeted him…
Noro Basalt
Noro believes no stone is unbreakable.Noro knows the weak spot of stone just by looking.Noro doesn’t make ten attempts to break the stone.Noron strikes three times.Noro forgives three times.Noro then lets things…
Other Self
Selfie, selfie, selfie, selfie.My fingers enjoying the morning and the mocha.My thighs — with mojito and sea azure.My eyes flirtatious, as if I’ve found my one and only.I turn around, supposedly innocent,At…