Poetry Corner
by Lawrence Spiro

A Poet is Born!

Eleni Begetis Anastos, whom we have featured here several times, came out with her own book of poetry: Big Mama, published by Turn of River Press.

Eleni has volunteered to sell her book and give 25% of each sale to support PoemAlley’s efforts to promote poetry and other forms of writing in the Stamford, CT community. Yours and Eleni’s generosity would be put to good use. The book price is $19.95. There are three ways to obtain a copy:

If in Stamford, CT:

• Pay Curley’s Diner (62 W. Park Pl., Stamford) a visit on Saturday or Sunday
• and pick up your copy directlyfrom the author, Eleni.
• Sundays, at the social room of the Unitarian Church in Stamford.

• If you want it mailed to your house, call Eva-Maria at (203) 862-9837 with address, etc.

“My root in Sparta,
my branches in Stamford,
I am Eleni Begetis Anastos,
a child of the universe,
unknown poet.”

The Troubadour of Love

Someday I will die
I can’t hold back time
But the few yellow pages I leave behind
If anyone bothers to read their lines
I hope he can see through the words
That I am a troubadour of love
People that groan like a pine

Carrying the weight of the snow
In bucolic land or high plateau
In city or by the sea
Any race or color or creed
I feel their fatigue. I’m spent in my soul,
For I am their troubadour of love

I know I can’t find cover against death
One cannot lock the door against fate
We must go whither our road goes
Insignificant amongst other forgotten souls
I will lie in a simple grave
under a simple stone engraved
The Troubadour of Love