Νέο ποίημα στο Ναύπλιο

Στη γιορτή της Ποίησης, που είναι η Βασίλισσα του χώρου της Λογοτεχνίας, η οποία θα λάβει χώρα σήμερα στην πανέμορφη γενέθλια πόλη, στο Ναύπλιο, ο παρών ιστολόγος συμμετέχει -εξ αποστάσεως- με ένα ποίημά του στην Αγγλική. Το ποίημα αυτό είναι το εξής:

On the Hesperios’ trails…

It would have rather been embittered

            “greening of evil”

                        I think they call it

                        at the blue palace

                        of the Phoenician princess

the Hesperios… Pineios

because for long its traces

we had left to lose.

But look

through some peaceful procedures

we discovered them again

together with those of the consul general

            of the heaven.

A swarm of pilgrims

            on its evergreen banks

there at the heart

of the Benedictine monastery

            at the valley of the white horse.

Swift caiques

and perennial columns

always end up as pots

            full of flowers

unprecedented transferring fragrances

from ancient Corinth

            through the ages.

The Thames’ ribbon

was solved here

            and freed

the rivers waves

                        together with our prayers

and the temple with the successive

narthexes

recorded the honest intentions

            of abbots and novices.

The boats at the sunny Abingdon

never die

            they only emigrate

                        when they get older

            at the gardens and courtyards

            of the Saxon town.

                                                            Abingdon, 15-7-2002