The Plane To Yerevan

Armenian News Network / Groong
June 18, 2005

⚠ This is an archival article originally published on June 18, 2005. Information may be outdated.

In Vienna once an empire’s capital, Nazism’s home of Strauss and of strudel,

At the airport two young, black-haired, bearded rich boys, a priest with wife and children, some families loaded with parcels, And we two otars, sit Waiting for a plane To Yerevan.

Prof. Michael E. Stone

Author bio at time of publication

Michael Stone is Professor of Armenian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has published poetry in Ararat, Avocet, Byline Magazine, Hazmat Review, King Log, Mandrake Poetry Review, Ruah, White Heron, ARC, and Voices Anthology. He also translates medieval Armenian poetry into English and has published translations in Ararat, Sion and St. Nersess Theological Review. He is at present finalizing an English translation of the medieval biblical epic Adamgirk' by Arak'el of Siwnik'. In addition to poetry he has published numerous scholarly books and articles on Armenian studies.