Eleni Vakalo (1921-2001). “Plant Upbringing” (an excerpt). Tr. Karen Emmerich. Read (in Greek and English) by Karen Emmerich, with a brief introduction. A reading (2:35 mins.). Bilingual. Part of the British School at Athens' (BSA) new podcast series #21poemsinto21, celebrating modern Greek poetry with authors, translators, and academics reading their favourite poems.
https://youtu.be/aClgPGDVYlc
From Eleni Vakalo, Before Lyricism (Translated by Karen Emmerich. Ugly Duckling Press, 2017).
Original: Eleni Vakalo, «Φυτική αγωγή». In Τοιχογραφία (Αθήνα: Οι φίλοι της λογοτεχνίας, 1956).