[Tassos Denegris]. The Wild Boar Speaks. The Collected Poetry of Tassos Denegris. Translated by Philip Ramp. Beeston, Nottingham: Shoestring Press, 2017. 256 p.

ISBN 9781910323441

Note: Since the poet admits that he has introduced many changes in the original text of the collections which he publishes in this book (omitting and adding poems, retitling poems, changing the order of poems), we prefer to give here the full contents.

Contains: About the Author (p. 1); Instead of Prologue: the subject is never anything other than you (pp. 3-4).

Death in Kaningos Square [Θάνατος στην πλατεία Κάνιγγος: Ποιήματα 1952-1969] (1975) (pp. 5-44): "Cold War" (p. 7); "Sacred Way" (p. 8); "White Horse" (p. 9); "Elegy for Dead Youths" (p. 10); "Epitaph" (p. 11); "Death of an Old Woman Who Became a Nun" (p. 12); "Procedure" (p. 13); "The Example of Leonardos" (p. 14); "Perversity" (p. 15); "Four Poems for Eleni" (p. 16); "Loukianou Street" (p. 17); "The Spies" (p. 18); "The Epileptic's Dilemma" (p. 19); "Sex on the Brain" (p. 20); "Ioanna" (p. 21); "Unconditional" (p. 22); "Close-up" (p. 23); "Extreme Despair" (p. 24); "The Assassination of Nikephoros Fokas" (pp. 25-26); "Verdict" (p. 27); "High and Dry" (p. 28); "The Generals" (p. 29); "Faust and Indian Cannabis" (p. 30); "My Participation in a Successful Rocket Launching" (p. 31); "Equilibrium Is Maintained" (p. 32); "Bossa Nova" (p. 33); "Town Planning" (p. 34); "Death in the Square" (pp. 35-36); "Lent" (p. 37); "The Slivers of Day" (p. 38); "The Coronation" (p. 39); "Ballad for Jane Fonda" (p. 40); "King's Palace Hotel" (p. 41); "Greece, the Land of Miracles" (p. 42); "Unnatural Procedure" (p. 43); "6" (p. 44).

The Blood of the Wolf [Τό αίμα του λύκου] (1978) (pp. 45-76): "The Spirit of Bossa Nova" (p. 47); "Momentary" (p. 48); "Passion and Where It Leads Me" (p. 49); "The Blood of the Wolf" (p. 50); "Modus Vivendi" (p. 51); "Signs and Wonders" (p. 52); "Ostracism" (p. 53); "Judgement Day" (p. 54); "Spring Fever" (p. 55); "Desperado Again" (p. 56); "The Scandal" (p. 57); "Traffic Accident" (p. 58); "Anathema" (p. 59); "Tyrants Should Be Afraid" (p. 60); "Massacre in My Mind" (p. 61); "Announcement" (p. 62); "On Spring" (p. 63); "Ode to a Photomodel" (p. 64); "Kyrie Eleison" (p. 65); "What I Have to Say about Emancipation" (p. 66); "I Don't Know What to Say Anymore" (p. 67); "Lilith" (p. 68); "The Sun Sets as We Approach Patras" (p. 69); "The Sweetness of Nihilism" (p. 70); "Leveling" (p. 71); "The Conclusion Is General" (p. 72); "Νυν υπέρ πάντων αγών" (p. 73); "Priscilla" (pp. 74-76).

Sulfur and Apotheosis [Θειάφι και αποθέωση: Ποιήματα] (1982) (pp. 77-122): "The First Murder of the Cat" (p. 79); "Sunset" (p. 80); "Northern Suburbs" (p. 81); "The Intruder" (p. 82); "The River" (p. 83); "The Great Paranoiac" (p. 84); "I Love Peace but While I Am Speaking They Are Preparing for War" (pp. 85-86); "The Little Condottiero" (p. 87); "Portrait of a Kindergarten Teacher" (p. 88); "The Portent" (pp. 89-90); "Outside My Window" (p. 91); "The Title Is Difficult" (p. 92); "Mushroom of Night" (p. 93); "My Dead Leader" (p. 94); "Lucky Luciano" (pp. 95-96); "Interpretation of the Poem" (p. 97); "Polyphonic" (p. 98); "Sovereign Sky" (p. 99); "The Foliage of Fear" (p. 100); "Self-defense" (p. 101); "The Forgotten Boat" (pp. 102-103); "Black Thorn" (p. 104); "Pimp in a People's Court" (pp. 105-106); "Music Carried Me off" (p. 107); "The Second Murder of the Cat" (pp. 108-109); "Her Eyes" (p. 110); "Sunset in the Midwestern States" (p. 111); "Impressions from a Reading of Poems in Japanese" (p. 112); "On the Poem Again" (p. 113); "Patriotism" (p. 114); "Not to Mince Words" (p. 115); "In the Sky" (p. 116); "National Depression" (p. 117); "Torture of a Citizen without Any Details" (p. 118); "Confidences" (p. 119); "Images from an Excursion" (p. 120); "Cosmogony" (pp. 121-122).

Instantaneously [Ακαριαία] (1985) (pp. 123-159): "October" (pp. 125-126); "Los Angeles" (p. 127); "Postwar" (pp. 128-129); "Instantaneous" (p. 130); "New Orleans" (p. 131); "The Bright Idea" (p. 132); "Invitation for Polo" (p. 133); "Descending" (p. 134); "Ritual" (p. 135); "Saint John Rendis" (p. 136); "September Moon" (p. 137); "The Ugliness of a Day" (p. 138); "The Ghoul" (pp. 139-140); "Summer Summary" (p. 141); "The Wind Brings" (p. 142); "The Same Otherwise" (p. 143); "Countdown" (p. 144); "Inmost" (p. 145); "The Evolution of the Landscape" (p. 146); "The Showdown" (p. 147); "Untitled" (p. 148); A Day" (p. 149); "Horrific Confirmation" (p. 150); "The Other Version" (p. 151); "Eloquent Puzzlement" (p. 152); "Chrysostomos Smyrnis Street" (p. 153); "The Beginning of Autumn" (p. 154); "The Magical Procedure" (p. 155); "The Barons of the Hospitals" (p. 156); "Stable Point" (p. 157); "Child's Poem" (p. 158); "Disagreeable Poem" (p. 159).

The State of Things [Η κατάσταση των πραγμάτων] (1989) (pp. 161-184): "The State of Things" (p.163); "Blurred Photograph" (p. 164); "View from the Window" (p. 165); "Lightning Bolts" (p. 166); "Ugliness of Civilization" (p. 167); "Uncommon Snow" (p. 168); "Bluntly" (p. 169); "Zen" (p. 170); "Eastern View" (p. 171); "Ayia Marina, Attica" (p. 172); "Essence of the Landscape" (p. 173); "After a Sudden Rain" (p. 174); "Spark" (p. 175); "Dead End" (p. 176); "Confession" (p. 177); "Two Birch-trees Converse" (p. 178); "31 December 1985" (p. 179); "Aegina" (p. 180); "Dematerialization" (p. 181); "The Picture Blooms" (p. 182); "Bitter Confirmation" (p. 183): "Dublin" (p. 184).

The Spirit of Defense [Το πνεύμα της άμυνας](1999) (pp. 185-216): "Two Sketches on Madness" (p. 187); "I Am Something Inconceivable" (p. 188); "I Was Struggling to Expel" (pp. 189-190); "Epitaph for the Hated Murderer Duft" (pp. 191-192); "The Straw in the Darkness" (p. 193); "In Praise of the Moon" (p. 194); "Perama" (p. 195); "The Trauma Hospital" (pp. 196-197); "The Heat Wave of 1987" (pp. 198-199); "Games Time Plays" (p. 200); "The Spirit of Defense" (p. 201); "Nostalgia for the Future" (p. 202); "Childhood Years" (p. 203); "In the Park at the Old People's Home" (pp. 204-205); "High Fever" (p. 206); "The December Incidents" (p. 207); "Loukia" (pp. 208-210); "Solitude Sharpens the Sense" (p. 211); "What a Pity" (p. 212); "The Altar of the Homeland" (p. 213); "Delicate Balances" (p. 214); "Uninhibited Poem" (pp. 215-216).

The Old Boar Speaks [Μιλάει ο αγριόχοιρος. Ποιήματα 1932-2008] (2008) (pp. 217-243): "An Implacable Image" (p. 219); "Strange Ideas" (p. 220); "Elegy for the Fall of Constantinople" (p. 221); "The Castle of Kythera" (pp. 222-223); "The Nightmares" (pp. 224-225); "In Memory of One Who Committed Suicide" (pp. 226-227); "Reggae" (p. 228); "The Millenium Nears Its End" (p. 229); "The Poem Knows Nothing of Obstacles" (p. 230); "Relatives of The Victims Ascend" (p. 231); "1998" (p. 232); "Question" (p. 233); "Commentary on the First Part of The Deer Hunter" (pp. 234-235); "Park in Stockholm" (p. 236); "Days of November 2003" (p. 237): "Outrageous Poem" (p. 238); "Florence" (pp. 239-240); "Medellin" (p. 241); "In Conclusion" (p. 242); "The Wild Boar Speaks" (p. 243).

Afterword: Victor Ivanovici, "The Poetry of Tassos Denegris and Its 'Generational' Axes" (pp. 247-255).

Note on the Translator (p. 256); Note on Victor Ivanovici (p. 256).

Μιλάει ο αγριόχοιρος. Ποιήματα 1952-2008 (Αθήνα: ύψιλον / βιβλία, 2008)