This is the second poetry collection by Giorgos K. Psaltis. His first, entitled ‘Return to the United Country’, Ikaros 2008, was shortlisted for the 2009 Debut Author Award by the magazine Diavazo. His poems have been published in the magazine Lexei.
From the book:
IN MY ROOM
as a small child I lived in a room without words
and once I painted the sky red and the sun blue
I put that world in a round frame
and I dreamed of an eagle hunting snakes
there was wheat everywhere and just one shiny tomato
and I woke up on the horizon and saw the red, lying sun
and I said to the little child, ‘Now he’s going to sleep’
and he asked me about the Moon
and I said, ‘She’s a beautiful goddess here, but a tired old man elsewhere’
and I showed him Poulia as she passed by, frightened
and she was searching the sea behind her for the Dawn
and she said to me, ‘I don’t understand’ and I said to her
‘then it has never happened’
- ISBN: 978-960-9527-10-1
- Publication: 2011
- Categories: Literature, eBooks, Ποίηση
George K. Psaltis
George K. Psaltis is a writer. He was born in Athens in 1969. His first collection of poetry, Return to the United Country, was published in 2008 and his second in 2011, Please Do Not Dig Here, a Dog Is Buried. In 2014, his poetry book Panagies Elenes was published. He wrote the libretto ‘The Hour of the Last Supper’ and the stasima for ‘The Passion According to Mark’ for musical works by F. Tsalachouris, which were presented in 2012 and 2016 at the Benaki Museum. In 2015, his play Poppy Seeds (Koukoutsi Publications) was staged at the Theatre of Analogio Festival at the Art Theatre. In 2017, his poetry collection Esena was published. You can find out more about him at www.gpsaltis.gr
