25η Ραψωδία της Οδύσσειας

by Tasos Leivaditis, Τάσος Λειβαδίτης

Genres: Poetry

20 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Tasos Leivaditis (Greek: Τάσος Λειβαδίτης; 1922–1988) was a Greek poet, short story writer and literary critic who belonged to the postwar generation that was deeply marked by the struggles and failures of the communist movement. His early and politically committed poetry travelled through the ‘fire and sword’ of history, transforming in the end into powerful and paradoxical prose-poems, and displaying an erotically charged form of ‘neo-romanticism’ mixed with ‘melancholic minimalism’ where “genuine humility offers obeisance to the magic of language.”

Reviews

[avgi_ rouc · Rating 4 out of 5]

*4.5

μονάχα όποιος τα διψάει όλα
μπορεί να με προφτάσει,
ότι ζήσαμε
χάνεται,
γκρεμίζεται μέσα στο σάπιο οισοφάγο του χρόνου
και μόνο καμμιά φορά,
τις νύχτες,
θλιβερό γερασμένο μυρηκαστικό τ' αναμασάει η ξεδοντιασμένη
μνήμη,
όσα δε ζήσαμε
αυτά μας ανήκουν -
ά, εσείς, χημικές ενώσεις του μυαλού μου
έσω εκκρίσεις μου
ανεμόσκαλα των νεύρων μου

[Dennis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly magnificent and genius! Unfortunately, one of the most underrated poetry books ever.