Greek Avant Garde Poetry



     

Theon Spanoudis






From "Movements"




*

Like  Chagall's  angels and flying beings

The  restless  creatures of  ethereal  journeys 

 

So  you fly in  my mind's  space 

Showing  up at once  all your  charm 

and  superlative beauty



like Chagall's  angels  and  flying  beings


**

Oh,  musicality  of  verses, meter, language

Oh,  musicality of  earth, flowers, clouds



Oh,  musicality  of  sea,  always   open

Wavy,  rotating, foam-bathed



Oh,  musicality  of universe,  starry  sky

Oh,  musicality  of  closed  sea,  of  endless  ocean



Oh,  musicality  of  my  verses,  rhythmic  lines,

Oh,  musicality  of  my  sounds,  stringed  verses



Oh,  musicality  of  sea, always  open

Free,  smooth, moving,  foam-bathed



Oh,  musicality  of  my  verses,  rhythmic  lines,

Oh,  musicality  of  the endless,  starry  sky



deep  night , dark, full  of  light from the stars

deep  night , mystical, full of shine from the stars



deep  night , musical, full  of   blinking  lights

deep  night , orphic,  full  of  eyes  from  lights



deep  night , dark,  full of  stars  and lights. 


(Transl. Panos Bosnakis)