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, February 12, 2012
Clay: 31
Yannis Ritsos
I hid it well—
the only evidence
a mountain
and the woodcutter.
Athens—January 19, 1978
from Clay (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 93]
Finally!
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It was a needed break. My hope is to finish a few of these sequences over the next few months. And to do some revisions of some previous posts.
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