6.3.09

the orchard / again



The lifesaver
['To sosivio', Kastaniotis editions, 2008; reprinted 2009] hit the water again
:


The orchard


That man was meant for this one

As the sunken statue for the sea

the wind for the dress hung out to dry


Their bodies, earth and water

of a single orchard



But the wind tore the dress apart

– the stone is ravaged by the sea


The orchard though remains


Fruitless – yet every morning

finds its soil damp


The orchard waits




[English version by Panayotis Ioannidis and Stephen Bacigal.
The photograph shows a detail of Monika Zawadzka's print that adorns the cover.]

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