Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/10/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I was in Alexandria last year, and the overbearing feeling I got was that poor Cavafy would be turning in his grave. Brilliant poet, though. Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter@bex.net> wrote: > C. P. Cavafy! Don't hear often of him. Called "The poet of the city", > referring to Alexandria (Egypt) and regarded as the foremost > (and least published?) modern Mediterranean poet. I first came > across him when I read Lawrence Durrell's "n-dimensional novel" > The Alexandria Quartet in college 40 years ago. > > Thanks for the reminder, and a nice find. How'd you come > across the poem? > > --howard > > > On Oct 16, 2008, at 7:40 PM, sonc.hegr@gmail.com wrote: > > I wish I had found this poem before I posted the museum shot: >> >> http://www.sonc.com/rome/pages/L1009525ed.htm >> >> SonC >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >