[New-Poetry] Yannis Ritsos

[Anny Ballardini]

a wonderful poem, 
The water shaped.

the dissipating atmosphere, and that woman, of water, ...

  From: David Graham 

  Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 4:52 PM



  From another out of print collection on my shelf:


  DISSOLUTION




  Dissolving shapes, moving; --a feeling of unrest,
  deceptive wateriness--the sound of water surrounds you,
  changing, deep, uncontrollable; you too are uncontrollable,
  almost free.
              Later, perplexed women
  and some old men came with pitchers, tin‑cans, pots
  to collect water for their home use.  The water shaped.
  The river silent as if empty.  Dusk was failing.  Doors were shutting.
  Only one woman without a pitcher remained in the garden,
  made of water, transparent in the moonlight, a flower in her hair.


                          15.5.1968

  --Yannis Ritsos.  Trans. Nikos Stangos.  Gestures and Other Poems 1968-1970.  London:  Cape Golliard Press, 1971.







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