Yannis Ritsos
42.
Discreet lights of avenues
beneath the trees
a bicycler talks
with a soldier
a drinking glass breaks
on the pavement
the orange juice sketches
a broad-shouldered angel
with one foot missing.
Athens—May 15, 1980
from The Shadows of Birds (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 361-362]
2 comments:
These poems are magnificent. I've linked to you from fallingoffthemountain.blogspot.com, a blog devoted to one line poems.
Best wishes, Grant
Ditto, Don at Issa's Untidy Hut. I have long been a Ritsos fan and this site is wonderful to have available.
Don
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