KOUNDAKJIAN READS AT POETRY BASH

By:Armenian Weekly
Thu, Oct 6 2011

NEW YORK (A.W.)-An enchanting afternoon of poetry and wine unfolded
in the Ceres Gallery in New York on Sept. 24. Armenian American
poet Lola Koundakjian, from Above the Bridge, a poetry community,
organized the event.

Lola Koundakjian The creator of the Armenian Poetry Project,
Koundakjian read six poems: “A trip to Egypt,” “Hudson Palisades,”
“The Cadavers off Ocean Parkway LI,” “Moods,” “Irene” (about the
recent hurricane that swept through the East coast), and “In Search
of Rilke at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”

Poets John Affleck, Stacey Linden, Angela Lovell, John Miller, Peggy
Ann Tartt, Greg Thomas, and Emy Zener also participated in the event,
offering moving readings of their own work. Their themes ranged from
musings on the existence of parallel universes, to struggling with
anorexia, to childhood memories, to the challenges of being a gay
man in 1960’s USA.

The Ceres Gallery houses contemporary art from female artists. The
current exhibitions feature the works of Aryn Chapman, titled
“Alternative Selves,” and Sara Conklin’s “Family Portraits.”

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress