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The Ecco Anthology Of International Poetry (2010)

by Ilya Kaminsky(Favorite Author)

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ISBN

0061583243 (ISBN13: 9780061583247)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Ecco

review 1: When your thoughtsdon’t take you too farand you are silentas you trembleand gazeat the trellis of your hands.When the chariot of your imaginationdoes not lead you into tunnelslit up with apprehensionsand lightningsas you remain silentand tremblegazing at the smoke twirlingaround your wrist.When the woman who letsher scarf fallthrough the evening’s emptinessgreets you, and you don’tacknowledgeher greeting, but ratherremain silent, and trembleas you gazeat the destinies that unfold, lurchingin your coffee cup.When the new immigrants pass byarm in arm with their local womenblabbering about time that fleesso soon, and you keep silentas you tremble and gazeat the table’sambiguous wood.When you don’t sit with anyoneand remember war onlyas a horseshoe, or a coatriddled ... morewith bullets.When, upon an evening, in a cafethe faces pass by youlike copper cloudsas you listen to cymbals that chimein a faraway desertor masts that breakin imaginary gulfs.When the blind singer’srecord spins, once upon an evening,in a cafe, the customers sighand you walk toward the axewhere it leans against the tree.—Amjad Nasser, from "Once Upon an Evening, in a Cafe"
review 2: Personal favorites include: Paul Celan's "Corona" p. xxxvi, "To Kiss a Forehead" by Marina Tsvetaeva p. 63, "Farewell" by Lorca p. 88, "What's Beyond" by Giacomo Noventa p. 101, "I, the Survior" by Brecht p. 101, "Body of a Woman" & "I Remember You as You Were" "Nothing More" Neruda P. 142, 150, "Quantitiative" by Orhan Veli Kanik p. 203, "A Prayer That Will Be Answered" by Anna Kamienska P. 226, "Who Is A Poet" by Tadeusz Rozewicz p. 234, "A Lesson of Silence" by Tymoteusz Karpowicz p. 236, "Ars Poetica" by Blaga Dimitrova p. 240, "Old Leaves from the Chinese Earth" by Sadanand Rege p. 266, "We Did It" "A Dog After Love" "Love Song" "When I Banged My Head on the Door" by Yehuda Amichai p. 285 p. 287, "Streets and Flowers" by Eugen Gomringer p. 293, "Snow has turned the world into a cemetery" by Roberto Juarroz p. 294, "A Mirror for the Twentieth Century" by Adonis p. 312, "Growth" by Shuntaro Tankikawa p. 322, "A PRayer" by Bogdan Czaykowski p.326, "Darkmotherscream" by Andrei Voznesensky p. 329 "People Are a Temple//And souls are candles, each lighting the other." by Gennady Aygi p. 331, "Third World" by Salah Niazi p. 340,"Destiny" by Marin Sorescu p. 343, "The Artist" by Han Yongwun p. 352, "Who Are You"* Sapardi Djoko Damonno p. 363, "Creation" by Lei Shuyan p. 370, "In the Supermarket" by Agi Mishol p. 386, less

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