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In my opinion it is a beautiful poem. On Feb 8, 2008 6:48 PM, Jon Corelis <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I thought my elemental list found poem reminded me of something, and > realized it was this poem by Nikos Gatsos, so I did a translation of > it which is just a quick knock together but with poetry like this a > plain literal translation can be effective. This is actually a song > lyric which in a musical setting by Manos Hadjidakis became a top > popular hit in Greece. The American equivalent would be something > like a musical setting of a poem by Wallace Stevens becoming a top > hit. The difficulty of imagining this says much about American > culture. > > > > -- > =================================== > > Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/joncpoetics/ > > =================================== > -- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star!