Greek Social & Literary Review – Ελληνική Κοινωνική & Λογοτεχνική Επιθεώρηση
Work in progress – Έργο εν εξελίξει
Translated by Panagiotis Tourikis
Trudging, I gathered sounds with my hands
loading them onto my back:
here a bundle of weeping,
here an old woman
thundering curses,
here urns in a heaviness
of soft lamentation
and quiet pleading.
Upon reaching the black trees
high on the hill,
I was already a hunchback
my nose touching the knee. Continue reading "Antonia Gounaropoulou: “The hunchback”"
Translated by Panagiotis Tourikis
Hidden in the shadow
beneath a fig tree
the adder’s root.
And all await
the coming of July
the advent of August,
that their hands may stick
of tree, of milk. Continue reading "Antonia Gounaropoulou: “Hidden in the shadow”"
Translated by Panagiotis Tourikis
Impassive midnight hour
of what I reckon was
some other Friday.
Butchers unloaded at the market
and women ashen clad
prepared the temples
for morning’s Easter Service.
