Trafika Europe 4 - Armenian Rhapsody

Marine Petrossian: six poems* ............................................ 108

Counter ................................................................................................................................................. 110

A Slow Letter......................................................................................................................................... 111

Asking Something.................................................................................................................................. 112

I Sat and Cried ....................................................................................................................................... 113

Who is It Who Wonders? ...................................................................................................................... 114

The Paradise of Things .......................................................................................................................... 115

Armen of Armenia: The Return of Kikos (short story)* .... 117

The Death of Kikos ................................................................................................................................ 119

The Return of Kikos............................................................................................................................... 124

Adrian Oproiu: Landscape, People and Birds (eight poems) .......................136

The Yellow House.................................................................................................................................. 138

Deep...................................................................................................................................................... 140

Abu Kasem’s Slippers ............................................................................................................................ 142

Night...................................................................................................................................................... 143

Rat ......................................................................................................................................................... 144

Lizards ................................................................................................................................................... 145

Woodcocks............................................................................................................................................ 146

Wall clock with a blue wing................................................................................................................... 147

Sargis Hovsepyan: Run Bibi. Don’t Wait for Me… (short story)* ..................... 149

Arthur Lee Talley: a note about the artwork ..................... 160 Acknowledgments .................................................................162

( * denotes writing from Armenia)