a new translation by Aliki Barnstone. This is the first time I’ve read Cavafy and I must say the poems are hauntingly beautiful. Cavafy has the amazing facility to evoke a historical moment, distilling it down to a dreamy essence and leave you the reader standing in its presence to make of it what you will.
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5. The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy
10 months ago
An elderly couple across the
11 months ago
alley from me is working through the husband’s rehabilitation following a stroke. Yesterday I went over and volunteered to clear their sidewalks and driveway for as long as they wanted me to. Its an odd feature of my state that some folks positively love showblowing or shoveling snow. The husband is one of those happy people so in my offer I was careful to say, “until Norbert can get back at it.” Norbert’s wife got all choked up and agreed.
Over lunch I bumped into a club member I haven't seen
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in six months. “My God! How much weight have you lost?” This was the most gratifying thing I have heard in years.
