Mark Strand (1934-2014) was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator from Summerside, Prince Edward Island. He was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University from 2005 until his death in 2014. Η μετάφραση που έκανα σε αυτό το ποίημα αποτελεί ταυτόχρονα και μία αυθαίρετη ερμηνεία, καθώς δεν είναι σαφές εάν μιλάει… (συνέχεια…)
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Otto Leland Bohanan (1895-1932) was an African-American poet, composer and singer from Washington, DC. The Washer-Woman A great swart cheek and the gleam of tears, The flutter of hopes and the shadow of fears, And all day long the rub and scrub With only a breath betwixt tub and tub. Fool! Thou hast toiled… (συνέχεια…)
22 Ιούν 2023
Francisco X. Alarcón
Συντάκτης: Κων/νος Βούλγαρης | Κάτω από: Εκπαίδευση στον 21ο αιώναFrancisco X. Alarcón (1954-2016) was a Chicano poet and educator born in Wilmington, California. In a Neighborhood in Los Angeles Τranslated by Francisco Aragón I learned Spanish from my grandma mijito don’t cry she’d tell me on the mornings my parents would leave to work at the fish canneries my grandma would chat with… (συνέχεια…)
Alicia Ostriker (b. 1937) is a poet from Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of sixteen poetry collections. The Encounter with the Goddess There is one story and one story only That will prove worth your telling —Robert Graves, “To Juan at the Winter Solstice” That one story worth your telling Is the… (συνέχεια…)
James Schuyler (1923-1991) was born in Chicago, IL, but he was inspired to write poetry when he moved with his family to East Aurora, NY, when he was 15 years old. However, his first major collection was published when Schuyler was 46 years old. Sunday The mint bed is in bloom: lavender haze day…. (συνέχεια…)
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James Wright (1927–1980) was an American poet from Martins Ferry, Ohio. He spoke in defence of the lives of the disenfranchised. He is equally well known for his tender depictions of the bleak landscapes of the post-industrial American Midwest. A Blessing Just off the highway to Rochester, Minnesota, Twilight bounds softly forth on the grass. And… (συνέχεια…)
It Doesn’t Matter What Language It’s Written In It doesn’t matter what language it’s written in. Every language is foreign, incomprehensible. Every word, hardly pronounced, Flees far away, where nothing or nobody can reach it. It doesn’t matter how much is known. Nobody can read. Nobody knows what lightning is— Even less so when it’s… (συνέχεια…)
Michael Donaghy (1954-2004) was a poet and musician, born in New York City to Irish immigrant parents. He grew up in the Bronx. After earning a BA from Fordham University and an MA from the University of Chicago, he moved to London in 1985. Machines Dearest, note how these two are alike: This harpsicord… (συνέχεια…)
Robert Creeley (1926–2005) was a poet born in Arlington, Massachusetts. He grew up in Acton. At the age of two, he lost his left eye. In his later years he was an advocate of, and a mentor to, many younger poets, as well as to others outside of the poetry world. Kore… (συνέχεια…)
Robert Bly (1926-2021) was a poet, essayist, and activist from Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. The Buried Train Tell me about the train that people say got buried By the avalanche—was it snow? It was In Colorado, and no one saw it happen. There was smoke from the engine curling up Lightly through fir… (συνέχεια…)
Anne–Marie Derèse (b. 1938) is a poet from Franières, Belgium. Face Stolen From a Bird I don’t know who you’re hiding behind your mask, your face stolen from a bird, imprisoned by red ashes. I will love you the way one dies. I will keep you for years to come, you will be… (συνέχεια…)
Derek Walcott (1930–2017) was a poet, playwright, and Nobel Prize laureate from Castries, Saint Lucia. Love After Love The time will come when, with elation you will greet yourself arriving at your own door, in your own mirror and each will smile at the other’s welcome, and say, sit here. Eat. You will love… (συνέχεια…)
Russell Edson (1935-2014) was a poet, novelist, and illustrator from Connecticut. The Floor The floor is something we must fight against. Whilst seemingly mere platform for the human stance, it is that place that men fall to. I am not dizzy. I stand as a tower, a lighthouse; the pale ray of my… (συνέχεια…)
William Bronk (1918-1999) was a poet from Fort Edward, New York. For his book, Life Supports (1981), he won the National Book Award for Poetry. The Smile on the Face of a Kouros This boy, of course, was dead, whatever that might mean. And nobly dead. I think we should feel he was nobly… (συνέχεια…)
Denise Duhamel (b. 1961) is a poet from Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She received a BFA degree from Emerson College and an MFA degree from Sarah Lawrence College. Yes According to Culture Shock: A Guide to Customs and Etiquette of Filipinos, when my husband says yes, he could also mean one of the following: a.) I… (συνέχεια…)
Jack Prelutsky (b. 1940) is a children’s poet from Brooklyn, New York. Last Night I Dreamed of Chickens Last night I dreamed of chickens, there were chickens everywhere, they were standing on my stomach, they were nesting in my hair, they were pecking at my pillow, they were hopping on my head, they were… (συνέχεια…)
Linda Pastan (b. 1932) was raised in New York City but has lived for most of her life in Potomac, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, DC. She has published 15 books of poetry and a number of essays. A New Poet Finding a new poet is like finding a new wildflower out in… (συνέχεια…)
11 Σεπ 2022
Δημήτρης Π. Κρανιώτης
Συντάκτης: Κων/νος Βούλγαρης | Κάτω από: Εκπαίδευση στον 21ο αιώναDimitris P. Kraniotis (b. 1966) is a poet from Stomio, a coastal town in central Greece. He has studied medicine and works as a pathologist in Larissa, Greece. Ideals Snow-covered mountains, ancient monuments, a north wind that nods to us, a thought that flows, images imbued with hymns of history, words on signs with… (συνέχεια…)
Edward Dorn (1929-1999) was a poet and teacher from Villa Grove, Illinois. He grew up in rural poverty during the Great Depression. He is often associated with the Black Mountain poets. Heart of Copper The Candidate, answering a question about El Salvador, generalized by saying he thought we should support human rights everywhere they… (συνέχεια…)
Carolyn Kizer (1925–2014) was an American poet from Spokane, Washington. Her works reached into mythology, politics, and feminism. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985. The Ungrateful Garden Midas watched the golden crust That formed over his steaming sores, Hugged his agues, loved his lust, But damned to hell the out-of-doors Where blazing motes… (συνέχεια…)
