Iridescence

Melineh Yemenidjian

poetry ⋅ issue 2

She sits alone

in a dark kitchen-

plate of stale rye

before her

waiting for him

to patch the roof

against rain

 

She stands alone-

iris of sky;

clouds tremble

with the wrath

of petulant gods

but it will be she who smiles

the rainbow across the sky

 

She dances alone

dew glistens

in her hair,

with each step

Hope sticks

like jacaranda blooms

to the bottom of her soles

Melineh Yemenidjian, a lifelong Armenian American poet, studied poetry at California State University of Long Beach. She is a member of the Community Literacy Initiative (CLI) and serves on the International Armenian Literary Association (IALA) poetry committee aimed to support and celebrate emerging writers. She reviews books Gatsby House Publishing, and performs regularly at open mics. Her poetry has appeared on public television and in Armenian Weekly, 99andcounting, VoiceCatcher, HyeBred Magazine, and multiple spotlights in h-pem. She is currently compiling a manuscript.

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