Santorini – The naked child

The poem ‘Santorini’ by George Seferis, from ‘The naked child’ collection. Bend if you can to the dark sea forgetting the flute’s sound on naked feet that trod your sleep in the other, the sunken life. Write if you can on your last shell the day the place the name… Continue reading Santorini – The naked child

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Ode to Santorini by Odysseas Elytis

Ode to Santorini poem by Odysseas Elytis. You emerged from a thunderpeal’s entrails, Shuddering amid repentant clouds, Bitter stone, proved, proud, You sought the sun for the first-martyred witness, To confront perilous splendor together, To head out to sea with a cross-bearing echo… Continue reading Ode to Santorini by Odysseas Elytis

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Footsteps to Santorini

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Santorini – The naked child

Ode to Santorini by Odysseas Elytis