DARKNESS

"Darkness Darkness, be my pillow / Take my head and let me sleep /
in the coolness of your shadow, in the silence of your deep."
--The Youngbloods [band] 1965-1969

"The winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, / And the clouds perish'd ;
Darkness had no need / Of aid from them---She was the Universe."
--George Gordon, the Lord Byron 1816

The Moonlight Sonata of Yiannis Ritsos

Critics say that all of Yiannis Ritsos poetry except for his 'Moonlight Sonata' is Communist propaganda, as this is his only nonpolitical work.

One need not be in agreement with an artist or poet's politics, sexual views or practices, religion, or madness to appreciate the ΘΥΜΌΣ (soul, or heart) found in his/her art.

Here then is an internet link through which you may read the poem in Greek and English:

http://greece.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2678

C J Cherryh about publishing scifi, etc.

This is an interesting rundown on publishing in the last 70 some years that helps explain why so many books are out-of-print and/or difficult to obtain.

http://blog.bookviewcafe.com/2010/02/04/words-from-the-wise-cj-cherryh/

indomitably I reply:

tho I be

blowing the curve

yet still

I will not swerve

not even

for cranky weasel