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Miltos Sachtouris
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When they find me on the cross of my deaththe sky around will have reddened far beyond
there’ll be a suspicion of sea
and, from above, in a now terrifying darkness
a white bird will recite my songs.
© Translation: 1997, David Connoly
From: The stigmata
Publisher: The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York, 1997
From: The stigmata
Publisher: The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York, 1997
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THE POET
When they find me on the cross of my deaththe sky around will have reddened far beyond
there’ll be a suspicion of sea
and, from above, in a now terrifying darkness
a white bird will recite my songs.
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The stigmata
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
From: The stigmata
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
THE POET
When they find me on the cross of my deaththe sky around will have reddened far beyond
there’ll be a suspicion of sea
and, from above, in a now terrifying darkness
a white bird will recite my songs.
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The stigmata
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
From: The stigmata
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, issue 37-38, New York
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