Day: December 28, 2025

Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Volume I

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On the child’s bed pillow shining shells
in his sleep azure voices of the ocean
the Sirens with lyres made of fish bones
Oh Goddess of the distant island
if the stalactites hymn the sleep of
pale serenity in your pelagic lair
and if your gleaming breast contends
the blue circle of starry sea
and if it is a blond crown of honeybees
around the fountain where light pierces imperceptibly
scenting shadows of all-great trees –
you know the crafty Odysseus will leave
Laertis will wait in vain
with his dog above a rock
As He appeared naked from the sea
golden from the dawn water
with his erected phallus depicted in the sun’s cornice
Nausica and the awestricken virgin girls hid
behind the trees
their naked soles vacillating
a crowd of doves made of white light
fluttered over the green reflection of grass
…Out in the sunshine close to the sea
our evening table is austere
Spring-moistened wheat bread in wine
the moon secretly drew scenes
from Troy onto
the Hellenic clay pitchers
Mother you knew that we would leave
and you salted our supper with tears
stooping and sad under the stars
and on the island shelves the girls who
got engaged to Odysseus sighed

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Swamped

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the process. Then she went to the bathroom and emerged a moment
later looking professional and businesslike again. She sat down next
to him and talked business as if nothing but business had ever happened
between them. Eteo listened carefully and agreed on what
needed to be done for his new company, now registered under the
name Alexa Ventures. While Rebecca talked business, Eteo played
with her combed-up hair and neck and ears to the point of giving
her goosebumps, and Rebecca loved every moment of this but without
giving any hint of her awakening desire.
But when she had finished talking business, she let him undress
her to nothing and let him place her on top of him and ask her to
make him feel as wild as he had felt earlier, and Rebecca did her best
and rode his firmness deep inside her and like an amazon gave him
the utmost sexual pleasure once again. They both went to heaven and
back numerous times until they couldn’t have anymore, and then
rested in each other’s arms until the time came for Eteo to drive to
North Vancouver and Rebecca to her husband and child in Kitsilano.
Over the next few days Eteo’s work kept him busier than ever.
Golden Veins was getting a lot of attention, and its price had risen
into the fifties. This enabled Eteo to unload some of his clients’ stock
and use the funds to buy shares in Wheaton for them. Platinum Properties
was also doing very well, trading at a dollar and a half now and
with good volumes every day. John from the trading desk had gone
in and out of it a number of times as the stock moved upward, and
Eteo had sold many of the shares he held, getting good profits for his
personal accounts and his clients. Even Helena made a few dollars
on Platinum Properties. This delighted her, since as a conservative
girl she usually stayed away from risky penny stocks, except of course
when Eteo advised her to take the plunge.
One morning Eteo asked Mitch to meet him, and within half an
hour, he entered Eteo’s office, wondering what this was all about. He
didn’t have to wonder for long.
“Have a seat, Mitch,” Eteo said without any preamble. “I had a
meeting with Rebecca Horton. She has put the wheels in motion for
a new company incorporated for me with the name Alexa. You’ll
serve on the board of directors along with Peter, the engineer…

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Arrows

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We hobbled jerkily, as directed, like some pathetic, three-legged
creature, until gradually we learned to swing our shared leg in
unison. In this humbled manner we were brought before the war
council of caciques.
The caciques were seated in a circle, with Guacaipuro given no
special place of honour. I was surprised to find Baruta among them.
Apacuana later told us that he had recently been made a cacique and
his body still bore the scars of the tests he had completed.
These were men who exuded confidence and authority, not the
kind of men one would cross unnecessarily. Their reputation for
bloodthirstiness coloured my apprehensions. I wondered if perhaps
we were meant to be slaughtered before them, as some sort of
ceremonial prelude to war.
I knew as well as Tamanoa that these Caribs were warriors,
conquerors in their own right. For generations, they had moved
from the south of the mainland to the northern coast, fighting their
way and conquering the gentler Arawaks.
Caribs fought among themselves, too, and made trading
incursions to the islands north of the mainland from which they
obtained not only goods, but also women. Not surprisingly, such
men were not inclined towards plans for surrender.
Though most of these men wielded authority over vast expanses
of land, Guacaipuro was chief of six other villages besides Suruapo.
Consequently it was the military strategist Guacaipuro who had
summoned the caciques of seven neighboring nations.
Whispering, Tamanoa quickly explained the gist of the
situation: Losada had founded the city of Santiago de León de
Caracas upon the settlement of San Francisco, and for the natives,
this had but one meaning: war.We were present because a cacique
called Mamacuri from the coast was arguing in favour of using the
shaman of the white men to obtain inside information about
Losada and his party.
Other caciques, like Paramaconi, great chief of the Toromaynas
from the valley where the new city had been founded, were more
inclined to kill me. Catia agreed with Paramaconi.

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Marginal

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XIV
Come, sit near me, my sweet emotion
and let us talk about all the non-daring
who shiver in front of our love
come let us both fight for their freedom
so they’ll purify their lives this holy dawn
come and sit next to me
by the front step of our house
let us glance at the first sun rays
as they spread over the expanse
and our love becomes a blessing
and endurance and eternity
come and sit next to me
we both shall give life to the next
generation of immortals
come, let me smell the depth of your body
that with such passion and endless vividness
we shall give birth to the new immortals

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