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.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Clay: 4
Yannis Ritsos
Worst of all: they die even the poems— the last sound ringing in my black skull.
Athens—January 16, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 82]
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