tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post7534794082890229910..comments2024-03-11T20:39:46.221+02:00Comments on vazambam: Two Poems by George Seferisvazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-3190645306367392772011-09-04T10:08:06.921+03:002011-09-04T10:08:06.921+03:00Tom,
I should be the one to do the thanking: Thou...Tom,<br /><br />I should be the one to do the thanking: Though all these poems are very familiar, reading them once again next to your selection of striking images reminded me of just how much Seferis' poetry has meant to me: A real master and mentor I always find myself returning to whenever I need sustenance:<br /><br /><i> A little farther<br />we will see the almond trees blossoming<br />the marble gleaming in the sun<br />the sea breaking into waves<br /><br />a little farther,<br />let us rise a little higher.</i><br /><br />--the penultimate poem from "Mythistorema"vazambam (Vassilis Zambaras)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14515165428574974933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5954130354262793169.post-3738958760716272382011-09-03T15:20:31.192+03:002011-09-03T15:20:31.192+03:00Vassilis,
It's so beautiful always to come up...Vassilis,<br /><br />It's so beautiful always to come upon anew any work by this poet who must be among the very greatest.<br /><br />To write out of, and into, the burden of history, in such a way as to also lighten its weight upon us by reminding us that spirit has always been there also, to relieve the weight of suffering and time -- genius must be the word for this rare gift. Never more apropos than at this moment.<br /><br />(Why is it that with Seferis, even "Secret Poems" seem to open out beyond the personal, into the... "celestialness", as you so well put it, of everything in this world?) <br /><br />In common appreciation of a master, perhaps these hopeful attempts at setting his poems into dialogue with images might be of interest.<br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/george-seferis-mathios-paskalis-among.html" rel="nofollow">George Seferis: Mathios Paskalis Among the Roses</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/george-seferis-memory-i.html" rel="nofollow">George Seferis: Memory I</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/george-seferis-under-mask-void-king-of.html" rel="nofollow">George Seferis: Under the Mask a Void: The King of Asine</a><br /><br /><a href="http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/george-seferis-white-eyes.html" rel="nofollow">George Seferis: White Eyes</a><br /><br />Πολλά, πολλά ευχαριστώ!TChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05915822857461178942noreply@blogger.com