The Falcon (Mansfield State College, PA) 9.16 (Spring 1978). The Poetry of Yannis Ritsos: Selected Poems. Edited by Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades. 137 p.

Contains: Kostas Myrsiades, "Yannis Ritsos: The Man and the Poet" (pp. 4-7).

Yannis Ritsos, Six Poems from The Distant (1975): "Descent", "Almost Complete" (p. 9); "Exhibits", "Sluggishly" (p. 10); "Towards Saturday", "Small Dialogue" (p. 11), tr. Kostas Myrsiades; "Chile", tr. Thanasis Maskaleris (p. 12).

Twenty Poems from Scripture of the Blind [Γραφή Τυφλού] (1972): "Change of Pace" (p. 14); "Ineffectual Oaths", "Bloodletting" (p. 15); "Evening Bar" (p. 16); "A Weary Thanksgiving", "32 Years" (p. 17); "Caught in the Act" (p. 18); "The Dark Shop" (p. 19); "Modest Contrivances" (p. 20); "Vespers" (p. 21); "Timidity" (p. 22); "No Longer" (p. 23); "Continuity" (p. 24); "Constant Debt" (p. 25); "Vague Design" (p. 26); "Perpetual" (p. 27); "Elsewhere" (p. 28); "Hues of a Cloud" (p. 29); "Solitary Discourse" (p. 30); "The Same Shout" (p. 31), trs. Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades.

Eleven Poems from The Wall in the Mirror [Ο τοίχος μέσα στον καθρέφτη] (1971): "Mutual Concessions" (p. 33); "The Rabbits", "Exultation" (p. 34); "Recovery", "Moderation" (p. 35); "Unknown Medium" (p. 36); "Wax Dummies" (p. 37); "Nocturne" (p. 38); "The Yard" (p. 39); "Invention of the Center" (p. 40); "Not Even" (p. 41), tr. Andonis Decavalles.

Seven Poems from Corridor and Stairs [Διάδρομος και σκάλα] (1970): "Imbecility" (p. 43); "The Fundamentals" (p. 44); "Indiscriminately" (p. 45); "In the Void" (p. 46); "Inevitably" (p. 47); "The Same Meaning" (p. 48); "Scene" (p. 49), tr. N.C. Germanacos.

Four Poems from Gestures (1969-1970): "New Pretexts" (p. 51); "Commonplace Contradictions" (p. 52); "Departures I" (p. 53); "Slight Ailment" (p. 54), tr. Minas Savvas.

Six Poems from Testimonies [Μαρτυρίες] II (1964-1965): "Of Spring", "Untamed" (p. 56); "A Sick Man's Day", "Small Confession" (p. 57); "Antistrophe", "Afternoon" (p. 58), tr. Kimon Friar.

The Prison Tree and the Women [Το δέντρο της φυλακής και οι γυναίκες] (1962), tr. Kimon Friar (pp. 59-67).

From Testimonies [Μαρτυρίες] I (1957-1963): "Until Daybreak" (p. 69); "On the Drop of Noon" (p. 70); "Remembrance" (p. 71); "Silent Symphony" (p. 72); "Private Place" (p. 73); "Loco" (p. 74); "Morning" (p. 75); "The End of a Day" (p. 76); "Ashy and White" (p. 77); "Danger Outstripped" (p. 78); "Concatenation" (p. 79); "Under Forgetfulness" (p. 80); "Swimmer" (p. 81); "Remorse" (p. 82); "The Ascent" (p. 83); "Almost a Juggler" (p. 84); "Stones" (p. 85), trs. Kimon Friar and George Thaniel.

Twelve Poems from Exercises [Ασκήσεις] (1950-1960): "Shadow" (p. 87); "Light" (p. 88); "After the Fire" (p. 89); "Always So" (p. 90); "Episode" (p. 91); "Mortal Victory" (p. 92); "Steam-Roller" (p. 93); "Inversion of Responsibility" (p. 94); "A Proletarian Speaker" (p. 95); "Immortality" (p. 96); "The Statues" (p. 97); "Noon" (p. 98), tr. Minas Savvas; "Peace" (1953), tr. Kimon Friar (pp. 99-101).

Two Poems from Petrified Time [Πέτρινος χρόνος] (1949): "We Will Be Ready" (p. 103); "Old Men" (pp. 104-105), tr. Martin McKinsey.

Twelve Poems from Parenthesis [Παρενθέσεις] (1946-1947): "The Same Star" (p. 107); "Rainy" (p. 108); "Hunger" (p. 109); "Can You?" (p. 110); "We Wait" (p. 111); "Circus" (p. 112); "Maybe, Someday" (p. 113); "Summer" (p. 114); "A Face" (p. 115); "The Thanks" (p. 116); "Self-Sufficiency" (p. 117); "Conclusion" (p. 118), tr. Edmund Keeley.

Two Poems from The Swaying of the Scale [Το παίξιμο της ζυγαρού] (1943): "Insufficiency" (pp. 120-121); "The Inexhaustible" (p. 122), tr. Martin McKinsey.

Six Poems from Notes on the Margins of Time [Σημειώσεις στο περιθώριο του χρόνου] (1938-1941): "A Small Invitation" (p. 124); "Exchange" (p. 125); "The Conqueror" (p. 126); "Summer in the City" (p. 127); "Winter Approaches" (p. 128); "Duty" (p. 129), tr. Kimon Friar.

Yannis Ritsos, "On Rereading the Poetic Collections The Wall in the Mirror and Porter's Lodge (1972)", tr. Kostas Myrsiades (pp. 130-132).

"The Published Works of Yannis Ritsos" (pp. 133-135).