Upcoming
Advice on Sleep
The final collection by the late poet Haris Megalinos, one of the most prominent representatives of his generation.
142 SPETSON STREET
Leave me in Kypseli,
in the oscillation of its elderly stains
as they walk like cars
from one edge of the park to the other
searching for who knows what kind of tax exemptions
in the file codes.
So as not to upset your precious composure,
leave me the poste restante,
the interregnum of registered mail, the legal briefs
scrawled on a knee with the typist's purple ink
who logged them so she could bleed into their ink.
Leave me the logging of protocols in IKA branches,
the Financial Crime Squad drinking from its glass as if it were club soda on ice,
the loopholes in semi-outdoor space regulations
that can only be compared to the zoning of overgrown graves.
Leave me in any Delta of Faliro or the Nile,
at the Ellinikon radio beacon
with one eye on the tree-lined avenues of PIKPA
and the other on the plasterers
applying the first coat of primer in Panorama, Voula.
Leave me one step further back,
in the compressed air piping, in the elevator brakes,
spelling out the names on the tenants' doorbells in carbon copy,
just as the municipal hallway light
scans the probable date of their death.
Author:
Haris Megalynos
Edited by:
Kyriakos Margaritis
Cover design:
Kostas I. Spyrou
Date of publication:
12/10/2026
Pages:
80
Dimensions:
16 Χ 24 εκ.
ISBN:
978-960-572-865-6
Publication:
2026
Categories:
Literature, Books, Poetry
Haris Megalynos
Haris Megalynos (1951–2024) — the literary pseudonym of Charalambos Katsis — hailed from Pyrgos in Elis, but grew up and came of age in Athens. He graduated from the Law School of the University of Athens, though he never practised law as a means of livelihood. He began writing at a young age, influenced by ancient Greek history, Jules Verne and "The Education of Children". He published the poetry collections ‘Kat’ onar’, 1971 (published in Dimitris Iatropos’s ‘Antianthology’), "On the Country Road", 1980, "The Apple of Discord", 1983, "Cosmic Passion", 1992, and "Summers and Years", 2002. He is a regular contributor to the magazine "Odos Panos".
