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Andreas Embiricos
MATINS
Frenzied but firmThe colt of day charges
Into the mouth of spring and the birds chatter
With the clear sky in their voices
Like pipes echoing in the flora
Of a handful of angels in rapture
Like anemones that issue
From the pearls of pleasure.
© Translation: 2004, Karen Emmeric
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: Cosmos Publishing, New York, 2004
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: Cosmos Publishing, New York, 2004
MATINS
© 1945, Leonidas A. Embiricos
From: Endochora
Publisher: Agra, Athens
From: Endochora
Publisher: Agra, Athens
Poems
Poems of Andreas Embiricos
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MATINS
Frenzied but firmThe colt of day charges
Into the mouth of spring and the birds chatter
With the clear sky in their voices
Like pipes echoing in the flora
Of a handful of angels in rapture
Like anemones that issue
From the pearls of pleasure.
© 2004, Karen Emmeric
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
MATINS
Frenzied but firmThe colt of day charges
Into the mouth of spring and the birds chatter
With the clear sky in their voices
Like pipes echoing in the flora
Of a handful of angels in rapture
Like anemones that issue
From the pearls of pleasure.
© 2004, Karen Emmeric
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
From: A Century of Greek Poetry: 1900-2000
Publisher: 2004, Cosmos Publishing, New York
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