Nasos Vayenas. The Perfect Order: Selected Poems 1974-2010. Edited by Richard Berengarten and Paschalis Nikolaou. London: Anvil Press Poetry, 2010. 159 p.

ISBN 0856464317 pbk; 9780856464317 pbk

Includes: Key to Translators (p. 9): RMB = Roderick Beaton, RB = Richard Berengarten, JC = John Chioles, RC = Robert Crist, AC = Alan Crosier, JD = John C. Davis, KF = Kimon Friar, MK = Margaret Kofod, PN = Paschalis Nikolaou, DR = David Ricks, JS = John Stathatos, CW = Chris Williams.

Editors' Preface (pp. 11-12); Introduction by David Ricks (pp. 13-23).

The Poems:

From Field of Mars [Πεδίον Άρεως] (1974): "Apologia", trs. Kimon Friar & Richard Berengarten (p. 27); "Torment", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 28); "The Performance" (p. 29), "The Peformance, II" (p. 30), "Death in Exarchia" (p. 31), tr. Margaret Kofod; "Death Will Come…", trs. Kimon Friar & Richard Berengarten (p. 32); "The Wake", trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten (p. 33); "A Game of Chess", trs. Kimon Friar & Richard Berengarten (p. 34); "Saturday", tr. John Stathatos (p. 35).

From Biography [Βιογραφία] (1978): "Episode", tr. Kimon Friar (p. 36); "Eden", tr. Richard Berengarten (p. 37); from "Biography": 'II' (p. 38), 'III' (p. 39), 'V' (p. 40), 'VI' (p. 41), 'IX' (p. 42), 'XI' (p. 43), 'XVI' (p. 44), 'XVII' (p. 45), 'XIX' (p. 46), tr. Richard Berengarten.

From Roxane's Knees [Τα γόνατα της Ρωξάνης] (1981): "Déjeuner sur l'herbe", tr. Richard Berengarten (p. 47); "Roxane's Knees", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 48); "The Birth of Aphrodite", tr. John Chioles (p. 49); "Ode", tr. Margaret Kofod (p. 50); "Sostenuto" (p. 51), "Incas" (p. 52), trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten; "Orpheus in the Overworld", tr. John Stathatos (p. 53); "Clean Curtains", tr. Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 54); "National Garden" (p. 55), "Beautiful Summer Morning" (p. 56), "Calvos in Geneva" (p. 57), tr. Chris Williams.

From Travels of a Stay-at-Home [Περιπλάνηση ενός μη ταξιδιώτη] (1986): "Notes", trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten (p. 58); "A Way of Looking at the Sky" (p. 59), "Interior Monologue of Georgios Hortatzis" (p. 60), "Old Song" (p. 61), trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou; "The Perfect Order", trs. Margaret Kofod & Richard Berengarten (p. 62); "Theme in White", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 63); "Pisces" (p. 64), "Lord Byron in Rethymno" (p. 65), "Love Games" (p. 66), trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten; "Jorge Luis Borges in University Street" (p. 67), "Dolce Stil Novo" (p. 68), trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou; "The Rose Meadow", trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten (p. 69); "Hymn (or Ode Perhaps)", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (pp. 70-71).

From Flyer's Fall [Η πτώση του Ιπτάμενου] (1989): "Anyone could see…" (p. 72), "Haiku" (p. 73), trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou; "Spinoza", trs. Margaret Kofod & Richard Berengarten (p. 74); "Wheel of Fortune" (p. 75), "Haiku" (p. 76), trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou.

From Barbarous Odes [Βάρβαρες Ωδές] (1992): "II", tr. David Ricks (p. 77); "VII", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 78); "X", tr. Margaret Kofod (pp. 79-80); "XI", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 81); "XIII", tr. Margaret Kofod (p. 82); "XVI", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 83); "XVIII", trs. Margaret Kofod & Richard Berengarten (p. 84); "XIX", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 85); "XXII", tr. Richard Berengarten (p. 86); "XXIII", tr. Robert Crist (p. 87); "XXV", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 88); "XXVI", tr. Margaret Kofod (p. 89).

From Flyer's Fall, II [Η πτώση του Ιπτάμενου, β΄] (1997): "Flyer's Fall" (p. 90), "Après le déluge" (p. 91), "Dialectic" (p. 92), tr. David Ricks.

From Dark Ballades and Other Poems [Σκοτεινές μπαλλάντες και άλλα ποιήματα] (2001): "Genesis", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 93); "On the Sublime", tr. David Ricks (p. 94); "Ballad of the Uncertain Lover", tr. Alan Crosier (p. 95); "Allegro", tr. Richard Berengarten (p. 96); "Interior Monologue of Stephanos Martzokis" (p. 97), "The Second Coming" (p. 98), tr. Alan Crosier; "Portrait of a Lady", tr. David Ricks (p. 99); "The Return", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 100); "Now Down Here", tr. Margaret Kofod (p. 101); "Villanelle", tr. Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 102); "'Profane Love'", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 103); "Theology", tr. David Ricks (p. 104).

From Garland [Στέφανος] (2004): "Cleanthes" (p. 105), "Triantafyllos Moraitis" (p. 106), "Tryphon Deimezis" (p. 107), "Daniel Misrahis" (p. 108), "Constantine Barbes" (p. 109), "C.P. Triantis" (p. 110), "Leonidas Kandarakis" (p. 111), tr. Paschalis Nikolaou; "Stephanos Calcanes", tr. David Ricks; "Patroclus Yiatras", trs. Paschalis Nikolaou & Richard Berengarten (p. 113).

From On the Isle of the Blest [Στη Νήσο των Μακάρων] (2010): "Einstein", trs. Richard Berengarten & Paschalis Nikolaou (p. 114); "Cavafy", tr. Richard Berengarten (p. 115); "Byron", tr. Roderick Beaton (p. 116); "T.S. Eliot" (p. 117), "Borges" (p. 118), "George Seferis among the Statues" (pp. 119-120), tr. Richard Berengarten; "Epilogue (from Dark Ballades and Other Poems)", tr. Alan Crosier (p. 121).

Selected Prose Writings:

From The Gown of the Goddess [Η εσθήτα της θεάς] (1988): "Poetry and Reality" [Ποίηση και πραγματικότητα] (an extract) (1989, 2004), tr. Chris Williams (pp. 125-129).

From Poetry and Translation [Ποίηση και μετάφραση] (1989, 2004): "Eight Positions on the Translation of Poetry", tr. Paschalis Nikolaou (pp. 130-132).

From Conversing with Cavafy [Συνομιλώντας με τον Καβάφη] (2000): "Cavafy's Poetry of Irony", tr. John C. Davis (pp. 133-136).

From Postmodernism and Literature [Μεταμοντερνισμός και λογοτεχνία] (2002): "Identity and Poetic Language" (an extract), trs. John C. Davis & Richard Berengarten (pp. 137-140).

Notes (pp. 141-146); A Select Bibliography (pp. 147-150); The Poet and the Translators (pp. 151-155).