Demosthenes Agrafiotis’s poem « Letter » has been published in Otoliths, a magazine of many e-things.
Translated from the Greek by Angelos Sakkis.
Delphi, 03/21/2001, Lisbon, 06/21-25/2001, Rome, 06/26/2001
Letter
what letter leads to the white what letter denies the color what letter poses the problem what letter exercises moderation what letter traverses poetry what letter betrays the language what letter fits the prophesy what letter locks-up the place of divination what letter facilitates the dissolution what letter implies power what letter entrenches the occasion what letter drives the correlations what letter collapses before the question what letter shuts the mouth what letter heals through writing what letter provokes the invisible what letter assists gods and semi-gods what letter still insists for reciprocity what letter goes “poof” and “gaah” what letter recognizes the nightingales of Delphi what letter misses the landscapes and the sunshine what letter stays afloat with nothing what letter declares internationalism a farce what letter does the hand-sign what letter imposes a noon siesta what letter makes flatlands unbearable what letter is responsible for the failure of the poem what letter is suitable for sucking up to authority what letter leads to grooming the mustache what letter accommodates blinding what letter cultivates exception what letter specifies difference what letter is responsible for rhyming what letter goes well with sour faces what letter keeps the rhythm what letter relieves boundaries from their boundaries what letter gives in to cleanliness what letter promotes the illusion of sufficiency what letter cements a friendship what letter is becoming to the absence of sadness what letter prevents the promotion of the poet what letter brings back calmness to the other sea what letter conjugates betrayal what letter does not turn into fireworks what letter renders poetic justice what letter avoids airports what letter refuses to become an allusion what letter spews out all identifications what letter is confused with its usage what letter prepares its escape to meaning what letter prostitutes its combinations what letter gets mixed up with references what letter is charged for the value of its use what letter