DAY
I understand the day from the mouth,
from the way the water runs in the washbasin,
from the way last night’s wine blends
with the toothpaste stuck to the back molar.
And yet my day wasn’t always so human,
my waking sun,
since it didn’t even wait for dawn
to redden the dark shutters
and the glints on the windows.
Say that those days were inimitable,
ready to burst forth from the tomb of the sheets
and the mists that wrapped in their bliss
the carpets, the bedrooms, the picture frames.
Better say that those days
for the first time were pushing back
thick clothes, window frames and doors
that had no house numbers
nor soups prepared for the cold
but eight-hour days of studious children
with their financial future secured.
- Pages: 96
- ISBN: 978-960-572-265-4
- Publication: 2018
- Date of publication: 10/12/2018
- Dimensions: 17 x 24 εκ.
- 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".
