Kornaros's Classic Poem in Longhand by (an 12-year old resident of Crete) Manolis Emmanuel Aligizakis
Greek Canadian Literature Libros Libertad Manolis Aligizakis
Summer Solstice
6
Down among the laurels
down among the white oleanders
down on the jagged rock
by our feet the sea like a glass.
Remember the chiton you saw
opening and falling over nakedness
and falling around the ankles
dead—if only this sleep would fall like that
among the laurels of the dead.
Transition
He raised the knife and momentarily he noticed
a long part of the night flashing on the blade; he saw
his own eyes in the black flash of the knife.
He let the knife on the table so he could cross himself.
He cut the bread and took his supper with venerable
movements as if he had opened the window and was
looking at the moon.
Three Poems About Sorrow
II
My time in nature
a waste of time.
I don’t become younger
I don’t age
nothing of my heart
touches the stars.
Μετά από 2.500 χρόνια η NASA παρουσιάζει τους ήχους που δημιουργούν οι πλανήτες δικαιώνοντας τις θεωρίες του Πλάτωνα και του Πυθαγόρα.
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