Varvitsiotis, Takis / Βαρβιτσιώτης, Τάκης (1916-2011)

4.5487 The Eye in the Mirror: Selected Poems

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Title
"Introduction to the Poetry of Takis Varvitsiotis"
Pages
pp. xi-xv
Author
Friar, Kimon

From Leaves of Sleep [​Φύλλα ύπνου]​ (1941-1944) =
Title
"Ruins"
Pages
p. 3
Genre
Poetry

Title
"With the Swan"
Pages
p. 4
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Calmly Permit This Somnabulistic Star"
Pages
p. 5
Genre
Poetry

From Winter Solstice [​Το χειμερινό ηλιοστάσιο​] (1948) =
Title
"The Beaks of Birds"
Pages
p. 9
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Dreams Are Hung by a Thread"
Pages
p. 10
Genre
Poetry

From Entombment [Επιτάφιος​] (1951) =
Title
"(fragments) IV, V"
Pages
p. 13
Genre
Poetry

From The Wooden Horse [Ξύλινο άλογο​] (1950-1953) =
Title
"Chill Night of November"
Pages
p. 17
Genre
Poetry

Title
"You Were Born under the Shadow of a Bird"
Pages
p. 18
Genre
Poetry

From The Spelling Book [​Αλφαβητάριο​] (1954) =
Title
"When It Snows"
Pages
p. 21
Genre
Poetry

From The Birth of Springs [Η​ γέννηση των πηγών​] (1952-1957) =
Title
"Searching for the Sun"
Pages
pp. 25-26
Genre
Poetry

Title
"A Small Monument to the West Wind"
Pages
pp. 27-28
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Earth Is Not This World"
Pages
pp. 29-30
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Do Not Ever Say"
Pages
pp. 31-32
Genre
Poetry

Title
"To Federico Garcia Lorca"
Pages
pp. 33-34
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Nusch Eluard"
Pages
pp. 35-36
Genre
Poetry

From The Veil and the Smile [​Το πέπλο και το χαμόγελο​] (1958-1962) =
Title
"The Sky Is Very Blue"
Pages
p. 39
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Silence of the Moon"
Pages
p. 40
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Testimony of the Mirror"
Pages
p. 41
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Story of the Rose"
Pages
p. 42
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Snow"
Pages
p. 43
Genre
Poetry

Title
"White Form"
Pages
p. 44
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Memorial for Stephane Mallarmé"
Pages
pp. 45-46
Genre
Poetry

From Oceanides [​Ωκεανίδες]​ (1963-1965) =
Title
"Incomparable Ocean"
Pages
p. 49
Genre
Poetry

Title
"All the Hands of the Sky"
Pages
p. 50
Genre
Poetry

From The Autumnal Suite [​Η φθινοπωρινή σουίτα​] (1964-1970) =
Title
"End of the Season"
Pages
p. 53
Genre
Poetry

Title
"October Blood"
Pages
p. 54
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Why Should We Spin a Glittering Flash"
Pages
p. 55
Genre
Poetry

Title
"But the Bird Did Not Come"
Pages
p. 56
Genre
Poetry

Title
"What Else I Wonder"
Pages
p. 57
Genre
Poetry

Title
"I Have Nothing Now That Is Yours"
Pages
p. 58
Genre
Poetry

Title
"O Do Not Open Your Lips"
Pages
p. 59
Genre
Poetry

Title
"I Know that I No Longer Have Anything"
Pages
p. 60
Genre
Poetry

Title
"When the Poet"
Pages
p. 61
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Night under the Ceiling Rafters"
Pages
p. 62
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Reverie among the Ruins"
Pages
pp. 63-64
Genre
Poetry

From The Metamorphosis [Η​ μεταμόρφωση​] (1965-1971) =
Title
"Lacrimosa"
Pages
p. 67
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Now Only Silence Remains"
Pages
p. 68
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Punishment"
Pages
pp. 69-70
Genre
Poetry

Title
"It Is Neither the Livid Fingers of the Lightning"
Pages
p. 71
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Reposing under the Cold Stone"
Pages
p. 72
Genre
Poetry

From Humble Laudation to the Virgin Mary [Ταπεινός αίνος προς την Παρθένο Μαρία] (1971) =
Title
Humble Laudation to the Virgin Mary [Ταπεινός αίνος προς την Παρθένο Μαρία] (1971)
Pages
pp. 73-84
Genre
Poetry

From Three Poems of Love [?] (1972) =
Title
Three Poems of Love [?] (1972)
Pages
pp. 85-91
Genre
Poetry

From The Anna of Absence [Η​ Άννα της απουσίας]​ (1973-1974) =
Title
"If Your Eyes Were Once Violets"
Pages
p. 95
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Anna Longed for Life"
Pages
p. 96
Genre
Poetry

Title
"She Left Suddenly"
Pages
p. 97
Genre
Poetry

Title
"She Lives Inaccessible"
Pages
p. 98
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Black Room"
Pages
p. 99
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Anna of Absence"
Pages
p. 100
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Your Figure"
Pages
p. 101
Genre
Poetry

From Clasped Hands [​Ενωμένα χέρια]​ (1975)  =
Title
Clasped Hands [​Ενωμένα χέρια]​ (1975) 
Pages
pp. 103-116
Genre
Poetry

From Kaleidoscope [​Καλειδοσκόπιο]​ (1983) =
Title
"The Years Pass By Swiftly"
Pages
p. 119
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Dancing Girl"
Pages
p. 120
Genre
Poetry

Title
"And Thus Death Also"
Pages
pp. 121-122
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Ballad of the Horse"
Pages
pp. 123-125
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Marc Chagall"
Pages
p. 126
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Prince of the Scintillation of Seas"
Pages
p. 127
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Clocks Have a Music of Their Own"
Pages
p. 128
Genre
Poetry

From The Path [​Η ατραπός]​ (1984) =
Title
"Burying Withered Chrysanthemums"
Pages
p. 131
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Returning by Lamplight"
Pages
p. 132
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Do Not Seek Further"
Pages
p. 133
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The Dreadful Game"
Pages
pp. 134-135
Genre
Poetry

Title
"I Know Well"
Pages
p. 136
Genre
Poetry

Title
"If You Could Truly"
Pages
p. 137
Genre
Poetry

From Fragmenta or Vegetation of Minerals [​Fragmenta ή Η βλάστηση των ορυκτών]​ (1985) =
Title
"Amid the crystal…"
Pages
p. 141
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Every evening the humble hut…"
Pages
p. 141
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Run good-natured nereids…"
Pages
p. 141
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The streetlamp…"
Pages
p. 141
Genre
Poetry

Title
"The moon with her silver mantle…"
Pages
p. 141
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Scintillation that plays…"
Pages
p. 142
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Beatrice coupling of colours…"
Pages
p. 142
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Sometimes the kiss…"
Pages
p. 142
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Footsteps of the dead…"
Pages
p. 142
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Enraged rays that pierce the horizon…"
Pages
p. 142
Genre
Poetry

Title
"September approaches hesitantly…"
Pages
p. 143
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Names of flowers…"
Pages
p. 143
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Tomorrow is a bloodstained thread…"
Pages
p. 143
Genre
Poetry

Title
"My singular angel…"
Pages
p. 143
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Yellowish bony afternoon…"
Pages
p. 143
Genre
Poetry

Title
"How many roses…"
Pages
p. 144
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Since the stone cannot burst into bloom…"
Pages
p. 144
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Place your hand…"
Pages
p. 144
Genre
Poetry

Title
"To transform better…"
Pages
p. 144
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Generator of the most austere forms…"
Pages
p. 144
Genre
Poetry

From One Summer Again [Α​κόμα ένα καλοκαίρι​] (1980-1982) =
Title
"This Strange Tremulous Script"
Pages
p. 147
Genre
Poetry

From The Miraculous Catch [​Η θαυμαστή αλιεία]​ (1985-1986) =
Title
"In the Court of Miracles"
Pages
p. 151
Genre
Poetry

Title
"Do Not Weep at All for Dead Poets"
Pages
p. 152
Genre
Poetry

From Aroma of a Comet (Lyrical Improvisations) [​Άρωμα ενός κομήτη​] (1987-1988) =
Title
From Aroma of a Comet (Lyrical Improvisations) [​Άρωμα ενός κομήτη​] (1987-1988)
Pages
pp. 153-159
Genre
Poetry

Title
[Critical Appreciation]
Pages
pp. 161-162

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