The lifesaver ['To sosivio', Kastaniotis editions, 2008; reprinted 2009] hit the water again:
The orchard
That man was meant for this one
As the sunken statue for the sea
the wind for the dress hung out to dry
Their bodies, earth and water
of a single orchard
But the wind tore the dress apart
– the stone is ravaged by the sea
The orchard though remains
Fruitless – yet every morning
finds its soil damp
The orchard waits
[English version by Panayotis Ioannidis and Stephen Bacigal.
The photograph shows a detail of Monika Zawadzka's print that adorns the cover.]
