From Σημειωμένες Διαφάνειες / Noted Transparencies
Within the dark of anguish
I inhabited your footsteps
these you told me
are the yeast of resurrection
Ανάμεσα στο σκότος της οδύνης
τα βήματά σου έζησα
αυτά μου είπες
είν’ το προζύμι της ανάστασης
George Mouratidis is a poet, translator and the co-director of the 2019 Greek Writers Festival. His debut collection Angel Frankenstein was published in 2018 by Soul Bay Press.
Nikos Nomikos was born in Alexandria, Egypt and emigrated to Melbourne in 1964. He is the author of nine poetry collections, of which
Noted Transparencies (Owl Press, 2016) is the first to appear in English. His poetry and artwork has received awards from the Art Union of Victoria, the E.E.A.M.A. (Association of the Hellenes of Egypt and the Middle East), the Society for Greek Studies, the S.A.E. (Council for Hellenes Abroad) and the International Academy for Letters and the Arts in Athens. His latest poetry collection,
Η Πορεία της Βαθιάς Πηγής (The Course of the Deep Well-Spring), will be published in 2017.