My Own

Armenian News Network / Groong
November 5, 2005

⚠ This is an archival article originally published on November 5, 2005. Information may be outdated.

‘It is yours,’ I said. ‘Yes, it is mine,’ you agreed. Your belly will grow and I will read poetry to your swelling, pink flesh. I will nurture you with Hayastan food. We will be as one. ……………….. silence ‘It is yours,’ I cried. ‘No, it is not,’ you muttered. ……………….. nothing.

Beverly Honkonen

Author bio at time of publication

My name is Beverly Honkonen and I recently found out that my family's name was originally spelled Hankanian several generations ago, but was changed when they immigrated to America from Russia. I think this makes me Armenian, and since discovering this information, I have been researching my new-found heritage. I am a high school English teacher in a suburb outside of Cleveland, Ohio. I am also a graduate student at Cleveland State University, enrolled in the Master's of English Literature Program, and have been writing poetry since I was a child.