Author: George Kalogeris
George Kalogeris is associate professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston. His interests focus on Greek and Roman literature in translation. His most recent book is Dialogos: Paired Poems in Translation.
Midnight Mass
Even before the Easter candles were lit, Illuminating the grainy lines of their faces There in the darkened church, I knew how tired And weighted down those immigrant laborers were, And just by hearing the creak of their crowded pews. At stroke of midnight, when everyone rose to sing Christos Anesti, and I could believe …
Medicine Ball
That brute dull thud of its lumpy leather pelt. An exercise in oblivion’s blunt obtuseness. No wonder you turned around so I could see How you rolled your eyes, still sharp enough to know That this was dementia, and it was time to pass The medicine ball around in a mind- less circle, Wheelchair by …