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    Poem | 'I am' by Melineh Yemenidjian

    August 21, 2020

    Poem

    By Melineh Yemenidjian

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    Poem | 'I am' by Melineh Yemenidjian

    "I am" is Melineh Yemenidjian's sixth poem published by h-pem.

    Writer's name Melineh Yemenidjian
    Occupation

    Poet
    City/Country Los Angeles, Calif.
    About the writer
    • A lifelong poet who is beginning to publish her work
    • Studied Liberal Studies at California State University, Long Beach
    • After an MFA in Creative Writing, she hopes to teach poetry at the university level and host retreats and workshops

    I  am 

    I am 

    A statue made of ice,
    dripping from being placed
    under sultry 

    vice. At a party or show—
    someplace I have no choice
    but to go,

    I’d rather be in cool
    darkness—those

    heavy hours spent, 
    solidifying into something new, 
    more than a puddle around 
    someone’s shoes—

    Although fragile and bent, 
    alone I can learn 
    how to shape my own 
    eternal burn
     
     

    Read Yemenidjian's “Equ-I-pose,” “Lady Libertine,” “How to trap a butterfly,” “Religion at Armenian school,” and “Paris, 2011.”

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