For international readers a poem by Aris Alexandrou
My every word
when touched by the tongue
is reminiscent of bitter almonds
From my every word
there’s an afternoon missing
with mother’s hands on the bread
and light dripping from the child’s spoon
into the towel.
Aris Alexandrou from Poetics (trnsl by myself)
My every word
when touched by the tongue
is reminiscent of bitter almonds
From my every word
there’s an afternoon missing
with mother’s hands on the bread
and light dripping from the child’s spoon
into the towel.
Aris Alexandrou from Poetics (trnsl by myself)