#kimon friar

[mournfulroses]

Yannis Ritsos, trans. by Kimon Friar, from a poem featured in "Erotica: Love Poems,"

[majestativa]

Unlettered, the beautiful becomes monstrous.

— Nanos Valaoritis, Hired Hieroglyphs: Poems and Collages, trans by Kimon Friar, (1971)

[oldwinesoul]

—I. M. Panayotopoulos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; "The Frozen Moon,"

[swordheld]

from the introduction to "the sovereign sun" selected poems by odysseus elytis, trans. and introduction by kimon friar. [id in alt text]

[daweyt]

Constantine P. Cavafy, from “Modern Greek Poetry; ‘The Bandaged Shoulder’”, tr. Kimon Friar.

[hobermallowed]

Yannis Ritsos, trans. by Kimon Friar, from a poem featured in "Erotica: Love Poems,"

[la-esthete]

- I.M. Panayotopoulos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; "The Frozen Moon"

[rozieramati]

Yannis Ritsos, trans. by Kimon Friar, from a poem featured in "Erotica: Love Poems"

[pendraegon]

— The Knife by Aris Alexandhrou (tr. Kimon Friar)

[soracities]

Yannis Ritsos, “The Meaning of Simplicity” (tr. Kimon Friar)

[letsbeapoemtogether]

'To see the starry skies is a revelation'

Andreas Karandonis, tr. By kimon friar, from Modern Greek Poetry, "Availability,"

[namitha]

Spring has kissed everyone again.

🌿 George Sarandaris, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; "Spring Will Commit Murder"

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[oldwinesoul]

If I touched you, if I kissed you limb by limb, I could teach you your body.

I. M. Panayotopoulos, tr. by Kimon Friar, Modern Greek Poetry; "The Frozen Moon"

[untofinality]

Beautiful, between the twilight and the night.

Yannis Ritsos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; “For Greater Accuracy,”

[alrederedmixedmedia]

Alredered Remembers George Bizos, Greek-South African human rights lawyer and author, on his birthday.

alredered-mixed-media.com

"What are your top three books?

Kimon Friar – Translation of Modern Greek Poetry

Leo Tolstoy – War and Peace

Victor Hugo – Les Miserables

[fading4real]

For a long time I've held you in my eye, and from all others have chosen you as if you were a star;

Angelos Sikelianos, tr. by Kimon Friar, from Modern Greek Poetry; "Sparta,"