I Am Not Yet
-On the shortlist for the 2023 ‘Anagnostis’ Magazine Awards
-On the longlist for the 2022 ‘Chartis’ Magazine Awards
-On the longlist for the 2022 ‘Chartis’ Magazine Awards
What is ‘real life’? This question has preoccupied philosophical and theological thought, as well as all intellectual schools and movements, from antiquity to the present day. Cleopatra Lyberis revisits this question, responding to the tragedy of the postmodern condition and the withdrawal of the Spirit. Her new book resonates with the thought of Ernst Bloch, whose utopian world of ‘not-yet-being’ (Noch-Nicht-Sein) is grounded in the imaginative dimension and the possibilities of the hidden future. K.L., from a different perspective, explores her own Utopia, that inner revolution which leads to the eternal present and the revelation of the Whole as the self. A book that seeks to reunite poetry with philosophy, without straying from the lyrical challenge.
Enupnion
For years, I was ashamed to write
that one night in my sleep I was the ideal face
of the Whole,
a highly artistic self with many names
and united souls
(Spyridon, Maria, Katerina, Theocharis,
Antigone, Malvina, Stylianos,
and yet another radiant spirit at the centre
– the name Anastasia).
And these were my names, like little birds gathered in
a tree, waiting for something amidst the fire, and all together
they chirped
– no, they will not fly away.
In this tumultuous dream,
Love reigned supreme.
In the end, things are simple. One plus one makes two;
every other possibility crumbles spectacularly.
(Or perhaps not?)
- Pages: 80
- ISBN: 978-960-572-537-2
- Publication: 2022
- Date of publication: 12/12/2022
- Dimensions: 16 x 23,5 εκ.
- Categories: Literature, Books, Poetry
"...πιστή στην φιλοσοφικά ποιητική πορεία της, η Κλεοπάτρα Λυμπέρη με το _Το δεν είμαι ακόμα_ παραδίδει το γλωσσικά, υφολογικά, δομικά και εννοιολογικά αρτιότερο κείμενό της, καταθέτοντας μια σπουδαία Ποιητική σε στίχους."
– Σοφία Διονυσοπούλου, Fractal Art"Η ποιήτρια αποτυπώνει στη συλλογή το πάθος που την κατατρύχει για την ποιητική γραφή, την ενδοσκοπική πορεία της προς την ποιητική αυτογνωσία, η οποία διέρχεται μέσα από την υπαρξιακή αναζήτηση και τον σωματοποιημένο έρωτα. Είναι ένα επώδυνο παιχνίδι με τις λέξεις που φωτίζουν την ουσία, μια διαδρομή οδυνηρή, σπαρμένη με «ρόδα και αγκάθια»."
– Αγάθη Γεωργιάδου, ΔιάστιχοCleopatra Lymberi
Cleopatra Lyberi was born in Chalkida in 1953. She studied Music (Hellenic Conservatory), Painting (Athens School of Fine Arts), and undertook independent studies in Philosophy.
Ikaros Publications has released her books *Little Philharmonic* (1993), *Nikos Karouzos: I Met the Miracle as a Friend* (2020) and *I Am Not Yet* (2022).
Poetry collections: The Motorcyclist Death (Kaveiros, 1990), His New Year (Agra, 1997), The Verb ‘I Am Hungry’ (Agra, 2001), The Music of the Spheres (Agra, 2007), Zero in a Nest (Gavriilidis, 2018). Prose: Flower (Agra, 2003), The Burial of Count Orgath (Gavriilidis, 2015). Notes/fragments: Seven-Year Corasion (Agra, 2011), Poetry on Four Legs (Friends’ Publications, 2017). Studies: Neighbourhoods of Chalkida (Progress Euboea, 1989). Translations: Three Conversations – Allen Ginsberg’s Interview with Allan Clark (Printa, 2001), Deaths for the Ladies and Other Disasters, Norman Meiler (Kastaniotis, 2008), ‘Verses Are the Golden Rule of the Ephemeral’, Balkan Poets (Rome Publications, 2020), American Poets – Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Moore, Louise Glück, Rachel Hadas, Poets of Bengal, etc.
He worked as a book critic for the Eleftherotypia newspaper and continues to write reviews for Greek and foreign literary journals and for the newspapers Avgi and Kathimerini. He is a member of the Society of Authors and the Circle of Poets.
