Katerina Anghelaki Rooke. Selected Poems. Translated by Manolis Aligizakis. Victoria, B.C.: Ekstasis Editions Canada; Surrey, B.C.: Libros Libertad Publishing, 2019. 136 p.

ISBN 9781771713405; 9781926763521 pbk

Manolis Aligizakis, Foreword (pp. 5-6); Chrysa Nikolaki, Introduction (pp. 7-10).

Wolves and Clouds (1963): “The Vitos Calendar”: ‘First Day’ (p. 15), ‘Second Day’ (p. 16), ‘Third Day’ (p. 17), ‘Fourth Day’ (p. 18), ‘Sixth Day’ (p. 19), ‘Ninth Day’ (p. 20).

Poems 1963-1969 (1971): “Sleep and Dawn in This Land”: ‘I’ (p. 23), ‘II’ (p. 24), ‘III’ (p. 25), ‘IV’ (p. 26), ‘V’ (p. 27), ‘VI’ (p. 28), ‘VII’ (p. 29), ‘VIII’ (pp. 30-31), ‘IX’ (p. 32); “Erotic Poems after Death”: ‘I’ (p. 33), ‘II’ (p. 34), ‘III’ (p. 35), ‘IV’ (p. 36), ‘V’ (p. 37); “Three Poems about Sorrow”: ‘I’ (p. 38), ‘II’ (p. 39), ‘III’ (p. 40).

The Scattered Papers of Penelope (1977): “Penelope Says” (pp. 43-44); “On Earth” (pp. 45-46); “Where I Was Born One Could Lose Everything” (p. 47); “Winter the Teacher” (p. 48); “Time for a Person in Love” (p. 49); “Last Light” (p. 50).

Adverse Eros (1982): “In the Forest” (pp. 53-54); “I Have a Stone” (p. 55); “Heat” (p. 56); “The Cicada” (p. 57); “The Fountain” (p. 58); “Writing” (p. 59); “Season for a Fall” (p. 60); “Helen” (p. 61).

Empty Nature (1993): “Oestrus for Death”: ‘I’ (pp. 65-66), ‘II’ (p. 67), ‘III’ (p. 68), ‘IV’ (p. 69), ‘V’ (p. 70), ‘VI’ (p. 71); “Three Poems of the Heart”: ‘Heartache’ (p. 72), ‘Place of the Heart’ (p. 73); "War Calendar": ‘13th Day or On Land Now’ (p. 74), ‘14th Day or Abolishing the Internal Self’ (p. 75), ‘15th Day or The Lesson’ (p. 76), ‘16th Day or End of the Face’ (p. 77), ‘17th Day or Another Elegy’ (p. 78), ‘18th Day or New Order of Things’ (p. 79), ‘19th Day or What We Know of Sleep’ (p. 80), ‘20th Day or The Short Phrase’ (p. 81).

The Beautiful Desert of the Flesh (1996): “The Wind Perks Up” (p. 85); “The Source of Tears” (p. 86); “The Plain” (p. 87); “The Transliteration of Nightmare” (p. 88); “The Initiate” (pp. 89-91); “It Appeared in Other Poems Too” (p. 92).

Only the Matter (2001): “Only the Matter” (p. 95); “Antediluvian Oestrus”: ‘A’ (p. 96), ‘B’ (p. 97), ‘C’ (p. 98), ‘D’ (p. 99).

Translating the End of Life into Eros (2003): “Translating the End of Life into Eros” (p. 103); “The Term Sky” (p. 104); “Shape and Contents of Hope” (p. 105); “Secrets of the Profession” (p. 106); “Recipe for Life” (p. 107); “Atmospheric Poetry” (p. 108).

Anorexia of Existence (2011): “Existential Questions and Answers” (p. 111); “The Goddess Habit” (pp. 112-113); “What Poetry Gives, What It Takes” (p. 114); “The Moon Vanishes Too” (p. 115); “Simple Bed” (p. 116); “Unexpected Development” (p. 117); “Alienation of Attraction” (p. 118); “The Blessing of Absence” (p. 119); “Nature with One Meaning” (p. 120); “Stowaway in a Dream” (p. 121); “The Causality of Tears” (p. 122); “Season of Antipathy” (pp. 123-124); “Total Destruction of the Ego” (p. 125); “Life Saving Details” (p. 126); “Reminders of Eros” (p. 127); “Poetic Postscript” (p. 128).

“The Poet” (pp. 129-130); “The Translator” (pp. 131-136).