ACCOMPLISHMENT
Things that I strive to accomplish
which my graceful essence can’t erase
mature flower autumn collected
given instigation come next spring
yet seeing through their eyes
keeps my burning heart beating
famine invited where the night sleeps
in cruel darkness nature bestows
I annul the power of visceral
pity alluding, background hidden
branches welcome up from the ground
and spread all over the world
HARASSEMENT
When harassed by the long winter night
reflect on sweat pale face
graceful award of the invincible
the poor clothes you’re wearing
only then ask about his shadow
from days of victory and kingship
to mention everything
but not to lie in the eyes of dawn
external fear, greatness lacking
yet merit will hide in fireworks
when I’ll claim: I am not your slave
pay your debt as night ends
you prove their high virtue
makes grace of lost things
observe, be mindful
of your hreatd beats
ALLUTION
When a moment bends and sadenns time
and the final night covers the flower of day
when I watch strength vanish in a haze
silver of his pale skin
when I gaze the old I in darkness
things that nature gave to the world
passing shadow laced green strenght
go touch the abundant foliage
of his virtue I wonder,
the suffering of a martyr
powers of the world rebuke
against the scythe of the ages fool’s drill
unless the grace faces the alluded.
CERTAINTIES
Certainties I understanding
though I have my doubts
yet I can’t foresee what fate brings
occasional poverty, an epidemic
the next omen I can’t foresee
provide sun in darkness
from under the soil they all come
forecasts and omens of the gods
my eyes all the struggle observe
wraths listed black destination
things that pass and mention nothing
allow yourself time to conserve
successes and fatalities anew
points of needle that end suffering
ROOTS
When I realize that everything’s already gone
I enjoyed that single moment
into which this large margin fades
the phrase of Apollo entry in order
when I see a man working hard
skyscrapers they think heaven to reach
lifting the sap that grossly suffers
the day finally becomes a memory
cosmic legality, fate ubsurd
eternal youth, gaze invincible
when the time does justice to its fate
take your source early at dawn
suffering cruel against the drill
when root makes wise of the one
Eric Ponty por Manolis Aligizakisis
Manolis was born on the island of Crete in 1947. Educated in Greece (BA in Political Sciences, Panteion Supreme School of Athens) he served in the armed forces for two years, and emigrated to Vancouver in 1973, after which he worked in several different jobs. He attended Simon Fraser University for a year, taking English Literature in a non-degree program. He has written three novels, a number of collections of poetry, which are slowly appearing as published works, various articles and short stories in Greek as well as in English.
After working as an iron worker, train laborer, taxi driver, and stock broker, he now lives in White Rock where he spends his time writing, gardening, and traveling.
Towards the end of 2006 he founded Libros Libertad, an unorthodox and independent publishing company in Surrey, British Columbia, with the goal of publishing literary books most other companies reject, thus giving voice to people who are not listened to by conventional publishers.
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