Nikiforos Vrettakos. Gifts in Abeyance: Last Poems 1981-91. Translated from the Modern Greek with an introduction by David Connolly. Nostos Books, 19. [Minneapolis, MN]: A Nostos Book, 1992. xix, 86 p.

ISBN 0932963072; 9780932963079

Includes: Introduction (pp. xiii-xviii).

From Liturgy below the Acropolis [Λειτουργία κάτω απ’ την Ακρόπολη]​ (1981): "Epilogue: The Poet" (pp. 3-4).

From The Distinguished Planet [Διακεκριμένος πλανήτης]​ (1983) Ascent: "Creation" (p. 7); "Ascent", "Ecstasy" (p. 8); "Morning Lucidity", "Poetry and the Wilderness" (p. 9). From Parenthesis: "The Secret Store" (p. 10). From The Tiny Trees in My Garden: "Sunday Encounter", "Fellow Residents" (p. 11); "Flower and Recollection", "Preparation" (p. 12). From Dimensions: "Identity", "Universal Attraction" (p. 13). From The Distinguished Planet: "Blood and Slave", "Minimal Light" (p. 14); "The Distinguished Planet", "Biblical Sketch" (p. 15).

From Sunlamp [​Ηλιακός λύχνος]​ (1985) Peace in Creation: "Revival", "Early Spring" (p. 19); "Words, Marble and Steel", "Indebtedness" (p. 20); "Transmutation", "Statue on the Hill" (p. 21). From Easter 1984: "Wondrous Night" (p. 22); "Fulfillment" (p. 23). Peace in the World: "The Refuge", "Weapons" (p. 24); "Nuclear Holocaust" (p. 25). Self-Doubt: "The Mistake", "Low Times" (p. 26); "State of Living", "Myth and Reality" (p. 27). Depth and Seeing: "Life's Depth", "Whisper of Hands" (p. 28); "Voices", "Monologue" (p. 29).

From Gifts in Abeyance [​Εκκρεμής δωρεά]​ (1986) Upsurge: "Morning Stroll", "Euphoria" (p. 33); "Perpetual Return", "Ecstasy", "Preparation" (p. 34); "The Greek Language", "Wind of Life" (p. 35). Investigation: "The Ten Commandments", "The Two Universes" (p. 36); "Insects' Eyes", "Final Studies", "Selecting" (p. 37); "The Two Flocks", "A Different Voice" (p. 38). The View Below: "Contention", "Decline of Hands" (p. 39); "Fading Darkness", "The Nebula" (p. 40); "The Chorale and the Dream" (p. 41). Fulfillment in Solitude: "A Short Letter", "Withdrawal" (p. 42); "Participation in the Galaxy", "The Tulip" (p. 43); "Remembrance of Wasted Blood", "Evening Stroll" (p. 44). Inner Journal: "Perpetual Release", "The Things I Said" (p. 45); "The Unknown", "Out of Abundance" (p. 46); "Response" (p. 47).

From Choir [Χορωδία​] (1988) Poems for the Same Mountain, I, II, III, VI, VIII, IX, XII, XIII (pp. 51-54); "Neither", "Choir" (p. 55).

From The Philosophy of Flowers [Η φιλοσοφία των λουλουδιών]​ (1988) "'Love'" (p. 59); "Question and Response" (p. 60); "The Word", "Morning Helplessness" (p. 61); "The Magnitude", "Flowering Plateau", "Meditation" (p. 62); "Welcoming" (p. 63); "Faces of Flowers", "Voices of Flowers" (p. 64); "The Flowers Pray for the Children" (p. 65).

From Encounter with the Sea [Συνάντηση με τη θάλασσα​] (1991) "When It Saw Me…" (p. 69); "It's Me…" (p. 70); "After Harvesting…", "Yes, I Remember…" (p. 71); "I Emerged…", "My Ear, in This Place…" (p. 72); "A Kaleidoscope…", "I Stood Here…" (p. 73); "My School Book", "There, Frenzied Waves…" (p. 74); "We Are…", "And When…" (p. 75); "Everything I Spoke to…", "I'm an Old Man…" (p. 76); "Epilogue" (p. 77).

Nikiforos Vrettakos, Biographical Note (pp. 79-82); Appendix I: List of Works (in Greek) (pp. 83-84); Appendix II: Vrettakos in English Translation (pp. 85-86).

Also in Greek Letters 6 (1991): 90-130.