A Hope Unspoken
Dedicated to my grandparents:
Mardiros and Kagazig Godoshian and Giragos and Annig Kabodian
Sometimes I forget
they lived with the pain of their parents’ murders
no safety net, no example, no peace
life was of their making
with a daily pain remembered
Sometimes I forget
they were so young and came so far
it could have been any place
but they settled here
led to this more perfect place
Sometimes I forget
they spoke from their hearts
but were not understood
for their words were foreign
this new land distrustful
Sometimes I forget
they coped with little
provided for many
complained minimally
praised the Lord
They laughed, sang, danced, hugged
life
with a hope unspoken:
my life.
Dedicated to my grandparents:
Mardiros and Kagazig Godoshian and Giragos and Annig Kabodian
Sometimes I forget
they lived with the pain of their parents’ murders
no safety net, no example, no peace
life was of their making
with a daily pain remembered
Sometimes I forget
they were so young and came so far
it could have been any place
but they settled here
led to this more perfect place
Sometimes I forget
they spoke from their hearts
but were not understood
for their words were foreign
this new land distrustful
Sometimes I forget
they coped with little
provided for many
complained minimally
praised the Lord
They laughed, sang, danced, hugged
life
with a hope unspoken:
my life.
Click on the image to order my first book of poems, self-published in 2020.
The title is a reference to My Name is Aram by William Saroyan, a collection of short stories I first enjoyed when I was a teen.
To get a glimpse of the poems, copy and paste this url to hear Aram reading a few of them on Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/mrxhsyes
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Click on the image to order my second book of poems, published in 2023.
If you would rather buy the book from Amazon (maybe you have a gift certificate or you get free shipping) for a few dollars more, copy and paste this url: https://tinyurl.com/56xmcyv7
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Click on the image to order a book for new teachers that I co-wrote with two other teachers.
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Articles/Blogs/Videos Worth Reading/Viewing
- How to Be Funny: 15 Ways to Improve Your Sense of Humor
- The Excellence of Kamala Harris is Hiding in Plain Sight
- The Art of Constructive Criticism (regarding writing)
- Bree’s Mackinac Island Blog
- In the Bird Cage: Finding Out What Funny Is by Steve Martin
- Electric Cars Have a Road Trip Problem: Slow and Unreliable Charging
- Being There (about friendship)
- The Four Phases of Retirement, a TED talk by Dr. Riley Moynes
- Barbara Kingsolver interviewed (about life in Kentucky and writing)