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Alternative title: Eikosiduo Poiemata
Issue Details: First known date: 1977... 1977 Twenty Two Poems : Greek-English
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Daglish, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Vasso Kalamaras , 1977 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Landscape and Soul "Today the heavens weep on misty fields" Landscape and Soul (to My Two Countries Greece - Australia)i"Today it is raining,", Vasso Kalamaras , Reg W. Durack (translator) Vasso Kalamaras (translator) single work poetry (p. 9)
Note: Greek translation on p.8
"I wanted in the touching of our palms" The Handshakei"Our palms touching, I wanted", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 11)
Note: Greek translation is on p10.
Sorrowi"These are the dead who have the gravest hurt;", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Greek translation is on p.12
Thalamosi"Deep in the secret dungeons of the soul,", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 15)
Note: Greek version on p.14
Mirrorsi"I can't abide some mirrors which reflect", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 17)
Note: Greek version on p.16
The Crowdi"The flocks of Wild birds pass, the milling crowds,", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 19)
Note: Greek version on p.18
Revolutioni"They are crouched behind the barricades!", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 21)
Note: Greek version on p.20
The Good Old Timesi"At the first budding of the qunice-tree flower", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 23)
Note: Greek version on p.22
Lonelinessi"There are some moments in a time of plague", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 25)
Note: Greek version on p.24
A Womani"I looked her in the eyes, this unknown soul", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 27)
Note: Greek version on p.26
Without Lovei"I saw within my brother's eyes", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 29)
Note: Greek version on p.28
To You...i"What then if you are absent far from me?", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 31)
Note: Greek version on p.30
Evenings on the Farmi"Oh quiet, lonely evenings on the farm,='Esucha apobrada, monachika tes farmas", Vasso Kalamaras , Reg W. Durack (translator) Vasso Kalamaras (translator) single work poetry (p. 35)
Note: Greek version on p.34
Without Sympathyi"Deep in the whites of those two eyes", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 37)
Note: Greek version on p.36
Worthi"In this, and each new trial", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 39)
Note: Greek version on p.38
Kissingi"Such strength and pleasure", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 41)
Note: Greek version on p.40
Quietudei"In all this storm of sense and of desire", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 43)
Note: Greek version on p.42
The Old Womani"The little lady in the half-lit church,", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 47)
Note: Greek version on p.44-45
The Fortressi"Here in this bare city", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 49)
Note: Greek version on p.48
Xechastekame "Taxame" We have been forgotteni"Although we vowed our ships would travel far", Vasso Kalamaras , Vasso Kalamaras (translator) Reg W. Durack (translator) single work poetry (p. 51)
Note: Greek version on p.50
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Greek , English
Notes:
Greek and English texts on facing pages.
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Works about this Work

A Diasporic Journey: Greek-Australian Poetry in Bilingual and English Publications Helen Nickas , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013; This article 'is an attempt to give an expository overview of some of the major Greek-Australian poets of the first generation who arrived in Australia in the fifties and the early sixties. They are: Dimitris Tsaloumas (from the island of Leros, arrived in 1952 and settled in Melbourne); Vasso Kalamaras (from Athens, arrived in 1951 and settled in outback Western Australia before moving to Perth in 1960); Yota Krili (from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1959 and settled in Sydney); Dina Amanatides (also from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1958 and settled in Melbourne); and finally, Antigone Kefala (a Greek from Romania who went first to New Zealand in 1951 and finally settled in Sydney in 1960).'
Untitled Manfred Jurgensen , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , June vol. 1 no. 1 1984;
Vasso Kalamaras: Twenty-two Poems Margaret Carroll , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 8 1978; (p. 39-40)
Untitled Brian Dibble , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , November vol. 3 no. 9 1977; (p. 34)
— Review of Twenty Two Poems : Greek-English Vasso Kalamaras , 1977 selected work poetry
Untitled Brian Dibble , 1977 single work review
— Appears in: Artlook , November vol. 3 no. 9 1977; (p. 34)
— Review of Twenty Two Poems : Greek-English Vasso Kalamaras , 1977 selected work poetry
A Diasporic Journey: Greek-Australian Poetry in Bilingual and English Publications Helen Nickas , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 February no. 41 2013; This article 'is an attempt to give an expository overview of some of the major Greek-Australian poets of the first generation who arrived in Australia in the fifties and the early sixties. They are: Dimitris Tsaloumas (from the island of Leros, arrived in 1952 and settled in Melbourne); Vasso Kalamaras (from Athens, arrived in 1951 and settled in outback Western Australia before moving to Perth in 1960); Yota Krili (from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1959 and settled in Sydney); Dina Amanatides (also from the Peloponnese, arrived in 1958 and settled in Melbourne); and finally, Antigone Kefala (a Greek from Romania who went first to New Zealand in 1951 and finally settled in Sydney in 1960).'
Untitled Manfred Jurgensen , 1984 single work criticism
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , June vol. 1 no. 1 1984;
Vasso Kalamaras: Twenty-two Poems Margaret Carroll , 1978 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , no. 8 1978; (p. 39-40)
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