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.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Clay: 8
Yannis Ritsos
Mind when the curtain's closed to move at least to the center covering with your back the paper tree and the dead.
Athens—January 16, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 84]
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