Hachig Kazarian is pictured in 2019. (Photo: Mark Gavoor)

listening to only
your armenian
offerings
    shivali over
    and again
    your govand
    and daldala
our kiughagan bars
these natural airs
our highland ayres
and noble peasantry
centered, grounded,
and rooted in
an idyllic past
that only music
keeps best alive

and now…
your essence
your best
a soft and
soaring lament
a taksim
timeless in
timelessness
carrying us
to our lost lands
on your reedy breaths
almost covering
the holes
    in our he

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