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.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Clay: 24
Yannis Ritsos
He took a chair out to the garden watched the shadow kicked a stone. Most of all of late the words hate me.
Athens—January 18, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 90]
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