Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Arminé Iknadossian immigrated to the United States in 1978 to escape the civil war. She is the author of All That Wasted Fruit (Main Street Rag Press). She earned an MFA from Antioch University where she was awarded a fellowship from Summer Poetry in Idyllwild. After teaching English for 20 years, Iknadossian wrote United States of Love & Other Poems (2015). During her tenure as a teacher, The Los Angeles Writing Project awarded Iknadossian a fellowship for their summer residency. Iknadossian currently lives close to the sea with Henry the Cat. Find out more at armineiknadossian.com
by Lory Bedikian Published: Friday March 6, 2009 in Poetry Matters One of the magical aspects of poetry is that the art form creates the ability to employ the most imaginative moments in condensed and compact language. There are, of course, the followers of Walt Whitman who enjoy the long, operatic lines that reach almost the […]
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MorePoetry Contest Finalist: Armine Iknadossian. (published online by Backwards City Review Volume 1, No. 2 SPRING 2005) THE RETURN In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse —T.S. Eliot I tip my hat to the inverted dome on Church Street like an eyeball scooped out of the skull. […]
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