Poems by Kostas Karyotakis
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Athens
... small birds chasing one another raise a wind ...
Preveza
... "do I exist?" you say, and then: "you do not!" ...
We Are Some Disjointed Guitars...
... In our nerves the whole of nature tangled ...
They Betrayed Virtue and the Last Came First...
... If once it was shimmering in the mind, in the eyes, in everything, ...
Imaginary Suicides
... deep down, of course, they're going to put it off ...
A Clerk
... (I know that in the vase beside me are two glowing lilies ...
Ζωές (Lives)
... will droop toward the earth, will fade quietly ...
Νοσταλγία (Nostalgia)
... youre not in love and you dont remember, even though you cry ...
Destruction
... On the sand the great works of the human race are built, ...
Strophes
... blow your whistle so we can finally disembark ...
Ballade to the Forgotten Poets of the Ages
... and though the Baudelaires have suffered living deaths, ...
Critique
... as a last cry, in the depths of night, ...
Bitter Oranges
... all in white in her prettiness, ...
March Mournful and Vertical
... vertically. Horizons will have smothered me ...
My Verses
... I pour out the laughter of the sweetest tune, ...
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