"Song of the Seven Islands"
"Your waters dazzle like a floor of diamonds
Westward your tides
Grope and caress the shores of Italy.
In a circumference of blue the seven islands
Foam-chiselled, rise, dissolve,
Join hands and dance upon the waves.
Zakynthos drowned in flowers
Cephalonia seamed with toil
Kythera and Paxoi
Corfu the enchantress of the mind and heart
Ithaka a mariner's ryhme in stone
Levkas the watch-tower of the Armatoli.
From the Ionian shore
From the Ionian sea
Since Homer, since Solomos,The poet's song, the statesman's art
Haunted these islands like sea-birds......................."
Beautiful and illustrated perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThank you Gloria,
ReplyDeleteAnd welcome to my corner of the world!
A quick glance through your site makes me excited to have made a new virtual friend.
I look forward to more exchanges.
/Jessica
What a beautiful poem.
ReplyDeleteI've tagged you to do a Meme...can you pop over to my blog to have a look? Don't feel obliged of course!