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Manolis Aligizakis Page about poetry, prose, and translations of internationally recognized poets and authors.

Manolis (Emmanuel Aligizakis) has published more than 20 books of poetry, three novels, and eleven major translation works. His translation George Seferis-Collected Poems was shortlisted for the Greek National Literary Awards. His articles, poems and short stories in both Greek and English have appeared in books, magazines and newspapers in Canada, United States, Sweden, Hungary, Slovakia, Romania

, Australia, and Greece. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, Swedish, Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Urdu and Punjabi.

16/12/2024

Illumination In the darkness of my day I imagined the smile of a female youth and suddenly spring appeared among the curled pine needles sparrow’s chirp calling its mate that I firstly heard amid t…

14/12/2024

Around the whirl of passions I was the serenity I was the clear breath amid all the destruction untouched, flesh-less and godly oh, Paradisiacal desires and skies of endless lust has anyone enjoyed…

12/12/2024

At the Metro We held the same handrail our hands touched you smiled movements of the vehicle got us bumping on and getting far from each other, like our first dates sometimes you hesitated other ti…

05/12/2024

Warding off Truth He’d stop at once at the last moment; he wouldn’t finish his         phrase: he was afraid. We were afraid for ourselves too. Then he’d turn his…

28/11/2024

Peace of a Full Stomach Citizen watches TV ordinarily beer belly exposed tight tee-shirt jogging pants fluffy comfort mind mutated with fat extreme superiority over masses of colourful citizens far…

27/11/2024

                Footprints in the Sand, by Jodi Trujillo Art, Hawaii EVOLUTION We were nakedand then we saw the applewith …

25/11/2024

Code Name: Medusa We came, we saw, he died madam secretary said glance gleamed with satisfaction reincarnated Medusa petrified the infidels rock formations created shoulders severed tips of toes sh…

22/11/2024

JFK: The Last Independent President and the War Against the Deep State On November 22, 1963, as John F. Kennedy’s motorcade rolled through Dallas, the world witnessed the violent silencing of…

19/11/2024

Moonlight Sonata Το ξέρω η ώρα είναι πια περασμένη. Άφησέ με,γιατί τόσα χρόνια, μέρες και νύχτες και πορφυρά μεσημέρια,έμεινα μόνη, ανένδοτη, μόνη και πάναγνη,ακόμη στη συζυ....

14/11/2024

Long Listed for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Awards Eternal Dialogue The man said: I’m hungry and the woman put bread               on th…

09/11/2024

Potter At the edge of the village, we arrived at the half lit house with a small yard and bloomed jasmines. The air smelled of love undone as if all evil was forgiven. Before we entered, we heard t…

31/10/2024

Long \listed for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Awards Scenes in the Street Strange commotion, suddenly, in the street, people gathered, they gesticulated, words that the night and the sponge of people sw…

26/10/2024

Comparison He then talked of the Eternal Return. Horrifying words resembling spears that pierced bodies of men who laughed sarcastically and demanded: should they come back to surely be dressed bet…

24/10/2024

Poem by Vasilis Faitas CAFÉ ENTROPY Just outside my window in the fleeting life of the burbs a boy saved the world once turned his back to the void showing the momentary passing of the secret gathe…

23/10/2024

In the middle of November Mario received his first letter of deficiencies from the regulators. The letter of deficiencies was a summarized of concerns regarding certain details of the filing and al…

20/10/2024

Memory Yes, we lived, once, in the little white houses with the whitewashed fence, the shade of the grapevine near the lake’s song, though when we returned from faraway we found inside the house no…

16/10/2024

WEDNESDAY                       ad vagilias albas —Why doesn’t it get dark? Have a look if y…

11/10/2024

Self-Admiration He sits on a chair. He wishes to be quiet. He is. This is the door. This is the window. He sees them. Nice. There are houses, streets, and a garden. A gigantic leaf pendulates momen…

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