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Constantine Contogenis

CONSTANTINE CONTOGENIS's collection Ikaros (2004) won a First Prize from Writer's Voice. He co-translated Songs of the Kisaeng: Courtesan Poetry of the Last Korean Dynasty (1997). His work is in Joining Music with Reason: 34 Poets, British and American: Oxford 2004-2009, chosen by Christopher Ricks (2011), and Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry, ed. Dean Kostos (2008). Other publications include Paris Review, TriQuarterly, Chicago Review, Crazyhorse, Literary Imagination, New York Quarterly, Yale Review.

Two Poems by C.P. Cavafy
translated from the Greek by Constantine Contogenis

August 4, 2022 Contributed By: C.P. Cavafy, Constantine Contogenis, Howard Skrill

Washington (wsq) dripping red by Howard Skrill

He said he banged into a wall… or fell down.
There was no doubt some other reason
for his wound, his bandaged shoulder.

Filed Under: Featured Poetry, Poetry Posted On: August 4, 2022

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