Poem
Miltos Sachtouris
THE CANARY
They placed him there where the wind blows most wildthey pledged him to the bitter frosts
they gave him a black garment
and a red tie
a sun pierced with a nail that would drip
black glasses
blood on top of the poison
a staff
and a canary
they placed him there where pain springs
they gave him to death
that he’d shine of silver
© Translation: 1997, David Connoly
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: The charioteer, New York, 1997
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: The charioteer, New York, 1997
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THE CANARY
They placed him there where the wind blows most wildthey pledged him to the bitter frosts
they gave him a black garment
and a red tie
a sun pierced with a nail that would drip
black glasses
blood on top of the poison
a staff
and a canary
they placed him there where pain springs
they gave him to death
that he’d shine of silver
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, New York
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, New York
THE CANARY
They placed him there where the wind blows most wildthey pledged him to the bitter frosts
they gave him a black garment
and a red tie
a sun pierced with a nail that would drip
black glasses
blood on top of the poison
a staff
and a canary
they placed him there where pain springs
they gave him to death
that he’d shine of silver
© 1997, David Connoly
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, New York
From: The seal or the eighth moon, issue 37-38
Publisher: 1997, The charioteer, New York
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