Greek Avant Garde Poetry



     

Gregory Markopoulos






FROM "THE KOUROBYON"



1.

Labiate  buds
in  nameless  dedication
embrace  these  thoughts
whose  basis  you  are.
Therefore  i  pluck  these  verses
upon  an  urheen.


2.

Perihelion!
Aphelion!
Apogee!
Perigee!
Abacus!  Circle  ionic.
You  are  my  outer  earth. 


3.

The  Acropolis   becomes
Shoreless  against  a  cloud  burst  sky.
The  inevitable  belongs
not  to  us.
Your  shattered  trust
speaks  to  my  life's  action. 

4.

Gleed  gleamer!
Tenuifolious;
Umbriferously  by  my  side;
Unanimous  as  a  sycamore.
Girasoles  effloresce  to  your  robisch  bequest. 

5.

Divine  efflugence,  linger.
Consider  not
the  Coming,
going;
meeting  to  Parting;
grey  and  gold  blazons.