Portrait before dark / Liana Sakelliou ; translated by Aliki Barnstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sakelliou-Schultz, Liana, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Barnstone, Aliki, translator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poetry.

Losch, Tilly, 1904-1975--Poetry.

Losch, Tilly.

James, Edward, 1907-1984--Poetry.

James, Edward.

Genre:

poetry.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 pages)

Place of Publication:

Houston, Texas : Saint Julian Press, [2022]

Language Note:

Poetry in Greek with English translations on facing pages. Preface, acknowledgements, and biographical notes in English.

Summary:

Portrait Before Dark is an imagined dialogue between poet and arts patron, Edward James, and ballerina and 1920's star, Tilly Losch, which follows the course of their short, tumultuous marriage.

Contents:

Intro

COVER

Praise for PORTRAIT BEFORE DARK

PREFACE

Liana Sakelliou

Aliki Barnstone

I am the boy in a sailor suit.

Time was distilled

I don't need black-

Raw refusal blows between us

The scene needs nymphs,

You can tell sundry stories

Black boots, cotton batiste camisoles,

Your eyes scanned me.

You touched me and I began to grow

Petals sprinkle everywhere-

Time drives you around

I'll move the trees,

You mount the stairs into myth.

The need struck me

Your gaze is green or silver-

Travel preparations:

I hold your hands in mine

It happens the instant of goodbye,

Even with all the cold

I'll order a dress the tint of your green eyes

I dance to the music

You undulate in the waves

I was already drowned as a child.

Our love recalls

The one miracle, sovereign,

It comes from far, far away.

No longer do I see the trees

Deftly my fingers tell you

One night I saw my father

I wear sunglasses with owl frames.

The circle of creation spins

Once more music splits the air

Something rises like smoke

It was only a dream.

Noiselessly, the barnacled ghost ship

Like all else, I, too, was fleeting.

Thick ice freezes on my fingers

A part of me sat

You watch me straightening my pleats

From the edge of distance, you eyed

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Sakelliou, Liana Portrait Before Dark

ISBN:

9781955194075

1955194076

OCLC:

1293263604