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Today, when the festivities of the beautiful world begin, with all the porphyry instruments of the heart, and of good hope, they called out my name, with the megaphone (as though I was deaf)
and they showed me the itinerary of my journey, hurry beloved brother, they told me, the Polymnia is whistling to take you on board.
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Σήμερα, που αρχίζουν τα πανηγύρια του ωραίου κόσμου, με όλα τα πορφυρωμένα όργανα, της καρδιάς, και της καλής ελπίδας, μου φώναξαν τ’ όνομά μου, με το μεγάφωνο, (λες και
είμαι κουφός)
και μούδειξαν το ποστάλι του ταξιδιού μου, βιάσου φιλάδελφε, μου είπαν, σφυρίζει να σε πάρει, η Πολύμνια.
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.
