Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Deep Breaths: 49

Yannis Ritsos

Sunday white

and seagull
white
the water
just barely whispers
a cart goes by
weighted down with whitewash
if a white word can be found
I'll say it to you.

Kalamos—March 30, 1980



from Deep Breaths (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 95]