Manolis Aligizakis

Tasos Livaditis: Selected Poems Manolis Aligizakis

For years I've prepared myself for that big moment the miracle of the century, on the other hand you have to admit I'm one of a kind in my field - but, God, what happened, who betrayed me, where they found all the proof? The procedure was quick the district attorney to the point, "are you him?" he asked me, "him" I answered is there any worst charge?NightThe night is a door only the blind can see;darkness makes the animals hear betterand he staggered not from being drunkbut from his futile effort to climb upto the tower we had once lost. God Needs Our Help Pale and exhausted Jesus stood near the tomb. "Lazarus, come out" he yelled. They all waited. And the poor dead manwho felt that the fate of the world unfolded in this tomb what could he do? Earth was lost how could he leave the whole sky without a resurrection?