Είαι αυτή η Δύση μοναδική;

Omed Qarani, Ορφέας σε έναν άλλο Άδη

Missa Bestialis

De Toto Corpore
he bewails
and stretches his neck forward
in his dilated nostrils
the dense air disperses
in and out
the thickly whiteness in his nose
freezes when he reaches the cold bars
with his tongue ruckles
smacks his lips
on his bloody eyes voluptuously
his bushy eyebrow falls
until the drop of saline
drools towards it
his false delight
he slobbers extensively
and chokes up
near the eyelid wide open
luringly shimmers
the salt ball
within his hazy desire grows
and nears
his entire body shaking
when the taste numbs him
voluptuously his moving tongue

his numb body
his voluptuous pain
goes through his limb
he lifts his head
languidly he stretches
allowing buzzing flies
to swirl around
his goopy eye

Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Volume V

Vernal Noon

How is it that carts pass along the seashore road

loaded again with bags made of paper and filled with

sulphur? (They will put sulphur on the grapevines

the day after tomorrow. They will leave a plate

of grapes on the window ledge. How is it, that we hear

the thuds of hammering wood from the shipyard again?

An oar gleams at the far end. A woman shakes a colourful

blanket off the balcony. And this old man, with a long

cane, whips the air serenely, hunting a big, invisible

bird with square wings.

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Μάρκος Μέσκος, (Τώρα ξέρω πώς θα πεθάνουμε…

Αλέξανδρος Σάντο Τιχομίρ, Εύοσμο σκοτάδι

Wheat Ears – Selected Poems

Punishment

And the time came for my punishment

When he, the forever diaphanous

unfolded the scroll

to read the exigent and after

He called my name and my kin’s

without paying attention to the black

patch on my left eyebrow, it was

a night, what could I see?

I felt as if the same exigent suckled

nourishment from breasts unseen

from virginal and hardened nipples

inviting as a groovy song heard

in the background when His voice,

quite unapologetically, called

my innocent girth standing

before the enemy’s rifles which

during that day of justification

defined my purpose conclusively

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Water in the Wilderness

Excerpt

Rachael eyed her suspiciously and did not respond to Tyne’s greeting. Tyne followed the doctor into the kitchen which reeked of decaying food and sour milk.
She saw a small sandy-haired boy sitting at a littered table, barely able to see over the dirty dishes and pots. Bare feet with curled up toes stuck straight out from his chair. He had his chin propped in one hand, while the other clutched a glass half full of milk. He wore pajamas that looked as if they were overdue for a good wash.
Tyne walked across the kitchen, being careful to sidestep the litter on the floor. “Hello,” she said, “you must be Bobby.”
He nodded briefly, but did not reply.
“Have you had your breakfast, Bobby?” Tyne asked gently.
He shook his head from side to side. She glanced at his sister, but before she could speak, Rachael blurted defensively, “He’s had a piece of bread; that’s all there was. He wants some corn flakes but there ain’t any.”
Tyne shot Dr. Dunston a helpless glance, and noticed his normally placid features take on a look of disgust. He peered down at the little girl.
“Where’s your dad, Rachael?”
She pointed to a closed door at the far end of the kitchen. “He ain’t up yet.”
Dr. Dunston strode to the door Rachael indicated and rapped loudly. “Corky! Get up, you lazy son-of … you lazy lout. Your kids are hungry.”
Muffled grunts could be heard through the door, accompanied by the creak of bed springs. “Whatdaya want? It’s still night.”
“It’s nine o’clock, Corky. Come out here, I want to talk to you.”
Whether or not the object of Dr. Dunston’s ire knew who stood on the other side of the door, Tyne had no idea, but she raised her eyebrows when, in only a few minutes, the door opened and a disheveled Corky Conrad emerged.

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Nadia Lopez Garcia, Δύο ποιήματα

Η Αμερική καταναλώνει και η Κίνα παράγει