Vassilis Amanatidis

Πιγκουΐνος ή Πώς κλειδώθηκα έξω απ’ το σπίτι

Language: greek

Translations: french (PINGOUIN)

Πιγκουΐνος ή Πώς κλειδώθηκα έξω απ’ το σπίτι

Χτυπάει η πόρτα. Ναι;
τη ρωτώ, μα δεν απαντάει
Άρα κανείς
Και λέω Ας δω το ματάκι
μήπως κάποιος που είναι βουβός
ενεδρεύει

Ανοίγω: εκεί κάτω
Ένας πιγκουΐνος στο φως
Με μάτια φωσφόρου κλειστά
με κοιτάζει
Ντροπαλός, μα ξυνόταν και στην πλάτη
ξεδιάντροπα

Δεν ρωτάω Τι θέλεις εσύ
Καμπουριάζει ελαφρά
και μου δείχνει –
με φτερό σαν επίμονο χέρι– το
Σπίτι. Μα με μιας ξεγλιστράει
ποτ ποτ στα σκαλιά

Κοιτάζω: λείπουν τα έπιπλα, στάζει
η θερμάστρα μου χιόνι. Μα κλείνει
η πόρτα. Κλειδώθηκα έξω. Σαλεύει
στον διάδρομο μια μαύρη σελήνη

Την πόρτα χτυπάω Αχ, κλειδώθηκα έξω!
Μα δεν απαντάω
Άρα κανείς.
Και λέω Ευθύς, απ’ το ματάκι θα δω
αν εγώ κατοικώ
στο σπιτάκι μου ακόμη

Εμένα δεν βλέπω

μα στο σαλόνι
η Ανταρκτική:
Κάτασπρη
Ολόκληρη
Λάμπει –κυρτή

Vassilis Amanatidis

photo © Panos Michail

* 17.07.1970, Edessa, Greece
lives in: Thessaloniki, Greece

Vassilis Amanatidis was born in Edessa, northern Greece, in 1970. He was raised in Thessaloniki, were he lives. He studied History and Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Master and PhD in Art History). He worked as an art curator at the Thessaloniki Centre of Contemporary Art. He is currently working as a translator. He has published five collections of poetry: Dormitory: Nine nocturnal parables (Entefktirio, Thessaloniki 1999), House of ice (Kedros, Athens 2001), Thirtythree (Gavriilidis, Athens 2003), Summer indoors + six proofs of capability (To Oktaselido tou Mpilietou, Paiania 2004-2005), 4-D: Four-Dimensional Poems (Gavriilidis, Athens 2006). He has also published two collections of short-stories: Don’t eat me (Kastaniotis, Athens 2005) and Charybdi’s Dog (Kastaniotis 2008). His theatrical play The washbasin was staged in 2007 in Thessaloniki. His poems and short-stories have been translated in five languages, and have been included in anthologies, catalogues and literary journals in America, Canada, England, Sweden, Italy and Russia. He has participated as a performer in International Poetry Festivals and Poetry Readings.

photo © Panos Michail

Without apparent roots in contemporary Greek poetry Vassilis Amanatidis is connected with those works of literature which submit their grammar to the immense territory of the imagination. By combining phonetics, dramaturgy and narrative he creates, with particular care for structural composition, works that elude the usual divisions of genres and which aim to awaken the spirit and the senses of the reader.

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PINGOUINCOMMENT JE ME SUIS ENFERMÉ DEHORS

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PINGOUIN
COMMENT JE ME SUIS ENFERMÉ DEHORS