Maria Laina. Rose Fear. Translated from the Modern Greek by Sarah McCann. Storrs, CT: World Poetry Books, 2017. 108 p. [Bilingual edition]. <Poetry>

ISBN 0999261312; 9780999261316 pbk

Contains:

TIME (pp. 11-39): "It blooms slowly, silently …" (pp. 10-11); "Mozart" (pp. 12-13); "Smoke" (pp. 14-15); "South" (pp. 16-17); "Naturally the voice is many voices …" (pp. 18-19); "The Turn of the Screw" (pp. 20-21); "All your carelessness will pass away …" (pp. 22-23); "Fear …" (pp. 24-25); "Narration" (pp. 26-27); "The Nature of the Thing" (pp. 28-29); "A sudden serenity threw him …" (pp. 30-31); "Zion" (pp. 32-33); "The seasons have vanished …" (pp. 34-35); "August 18, 1880 …" (pp. 36-37); "Draa Valley" (pp. 38-39).

WITCHES (pp. 41-67): "Sotto Vento" (pp. 44-45); "Poros Minor" (pp. 46-47); "The Pyre" (pp. 48-49); "It was her blood and she left with it …" (pp. 50-51); "Let her die then, let her die …" (pp. 52-53); "Bunraku" (pp. 54-55); "And still silent …" (pp. 56-57); "Heathcliff" (pp. 58-59); "The Aunt's Story" (pp. 60-63); "The Enemy of the Poet" (pp. 64-65); "On arid land …" (pp. 66-67).

TRAVELS (pp. 69-101): "Aswan" (pp. 72-73); "for Alexandra …" (pp. 74-75); "Nausicaa" (pp. 76-77); "and oh the journey in pallid boats …" (pp. 78-79); "Rain" (pp. 80-81); "Gentle Rain" (pp. 80-81); "but I still pray …" (pp. 82-83); "Luxor" (pp. 84-85); "Sarnath" (pp. 86-89); "Varanasi" (pp. 90-91); "Ozeig Street" (pp. 92-97); "Jamaica Tavern" (pp. 98-101).

Notes from the poet (pp. 103-105): "it has no flowers …" (pp. 104-105).

Maria Laina, Sarah McCann (p. 107).

Ρόδινος φόβος (Αθήνα: Στιγμή, 1992· Αθήνα: Καστανιώτης, 2002)