Postings of poems by the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos in English translation. This blog, launched in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth, continues now after a two year break. All translations (and mistranslations) are by Scott King unless otherwise noted.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Clay: 14
Yannis Ritsos
You enter and descend into the darkness then hear a cough. It's nothing—he says. And nearby, steps begin to be heard begin to exist.
Athens—January 17, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 86]
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