FLP BOOK OF THE DAY: OUR CAVAFY by Constantine Contogenis
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These 45 translations from the Greek of Constantine P Cavafy range from revelatory view of neglected… #Cavafy #irony in #poetry #eroticpoetry #homoerotic #gay #Greek #history
The Ides of March (1911) (K.P. Kavafis; translated Peter J. King & Andrea Christofidou) O soul, beware of splendour! If you cannot master your ambitions, follow them with care and caution. And the higher you advance, the more alert and critical you need to be. And when you reach your pinnacle – a Caesar! – when you don the mantle of a celebrated man, above all then be careful when you walk the streets, a man of patent power with his retinue. And if it happen that a certain Artemídoros comes through the crowd around you, carrying a letter, urgently insisting: “Read this now, it’s something that you need to know”, don’t fail to stop. Don’t fail to put off every conversation, every piece of business, brush off those who greet you, give you honour (see them later); even let the Senate wait, and straightaway discover Artemídoros’ grave words.
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #greekpoem #translation #cavafy #kavafis
Flier for my first public reading of selected works by my beloved travelling companion Cavafy (+ two short plays) Circa 1985, Toledo, Ohio. #KirbyFairy #Cavafy kirbyfairy.ca
If you’re interested in the lecture I gave on C.P. Cavafy last night at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago here it is.
The first speaker is a brilliant specialist on Hellenistic Egypt.
#literature #Cavafy
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As much as you can
- Constantine P. Cavafy
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#PoemSky #Poetry #Cavafy
Coveer image for "Seeking Constantine" by Rik Roots
Another day, another self-published chapbook thing from me to the world. Enjoy! rikverse2020.rikweb.org.uk/book/seeking... (also: it's free to download and read). #poetry #cavafy #translation and lots of other tags I can't remember.
Image of a poster showing an old picture of Constantine Cavafy standing with his hand on a piece of furniture, with the information: "In converstaion with Gregory Jusdanis, Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, Tuesday 25th November 2025, 5pm. Free and open to all"
In converstaion with Gregory Jusdanis, Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography. Taylor Institution, Main Hall, Tuesday 25th November 2025, 5pm. Free and open to all, not to be missed!
#cavafy #greek #classics
My pilgrimage in #Athens continues. I spent the morning in the wonderful #Cavafy Archive, newly housed by the #Onassis Foundation. For me it was the first opportunity to consult actual manuscripts of Cavafy. A truly moving experience.
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This is a great year for lovers of #Cavafy. After the superb new bio by Jeffreys & Jusdanis comes this important new study by the brilliant Foteini #Dimirouli of @kebleoxford.bsky.social.
Excited to receive my copy of the new biography of #Cavafy. It has been favourably reviewed in several places already. Now it’s my turn to get to grips with this new life of the poet who initiated me, aged 15, into modern Greek poetry, into gay poetry, into a positive idea of gay life itself.
“Any interference of the State with the literary or scientific pursuits of the People is tyrannical in its origins, its essence and its effects.”
Constantine #Cavafy, reading note on #Gibbon’s “Decline and Fall” (2.13)
'No life is ever taken. Know you then that no one
is ever born, that no one ever dies.'
– from 'Eternity'
'Always keep Ithaca fixed in your mind.
Arrival there is your destination.'
– from 'Ithaca'
by Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis
#cavafy #kavafis #alexandria #greekpoetry #Gita
Took a solo walk from the hotel and found something I’d been looking for awhile. Brand new and $15!
#bookstore #cavafy #poetry
K.P. Kavafis - "Artificial Flowers"
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #greekpoetry #translatedpoetry #translation #kavafis #cavafy
Travel planning isn’t just about where you’re going—it’s about how it shapes you on the way there. From Bayliner dreams to Hawaiian breezes to a poem that hits different, here’s a reminder to experience your experiences.
#travelwriting #Cavafy #poetry #vss365 #ThisSideOfTheApple #blackwriters
Excited to get an early copy of David Harsent’s penetrating new versions of #Cavafy for daregale.com. Congratulations to poet and publisher.
Κ.Π. Καβάφης - «Στες σκάλες»
K.P. Kavafis - "On the Stairs"
#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #greekpoetry #translatedpoetry #translation #kavafis #cavafy
"The big Yes or No" is a poem I wrote in response to a Cavafy poem. I also give a translation of Cavafy's poem. The Cavafy poem was itself a response to Dante!
#poetrycommunity
#poetry #poem #reponsepoem #cavafy #poetsofbluesky #newpoem #dailypoem #yes #no #όχι
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