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 17, 2009
Clay: 5
Yannis Ritsos
A pale hand pulls the nail the mirror falls the wall falls. Tourists arrive photographs are taken.
Athens—January 16, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 83]
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