Absurd Athlete by Yannis Kondos Seren with Spanish and English versions

with Spanish and English versions on facing pages

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and was the Lamont Poetry Selection of the Academy of American Poets

Absurd Athlete by Yannis Kondos Seren with Spanish and English versionsShortlisted for the 2005 Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation (September 2005) The 'absurd athlete' is contemporary man running. Running with a headwind. He skirts mountains, lakes cities. Difficulties one after the other. Fires, wars, grumbling, families. [] And he runs and runs, while his fellow athletes have finished and carried off the prizes and acclaim. Alone, he runs time's cycle. [] he smiles and thinks of escaping, of