Τὸ μαρτύριο

Μίλτος Σαχτούρης

Irises, by Claude Monet

Μοσχοβολοῦσε τὸ φεγγάρι
σκύλοι μ᾿ ἄσπρα λουλούδια στὸ κεφάλι
περνούσανε στὸ δρόμο ἐκστατικοὶ
κι ὁ δρόμος κάτω ἔφεγγε ἀπὸ κρύσταλλο
καὶ μέσα φαίνονταν
τὰ σφυριὰ καὶ τὰ μαχαίρια

Μέσα στὰ χέρια μου ἔσπασα τὸ κρύσταλλο
Καὶ τότε εἶδα τὸ κόκκινο τὸ σύννεφο
νὰ μεγαλώνει ν᾿ ἀνάβει τὴν καρδιά μου
καὶ τ᾿ ἄλλο τὸ γκρίζο σὰν καπνὸς
ν᾿ ἀδειάζει ἀπὸ μέσα μου νὰ φεύγει

 

http://users.uoa.gr/~nektar/arts/poetry/miltos_saxtoyrhs_poems.htm

10 Island Cities around the World

Written by touropia on July 6, 2010 in Beaches and Islands, World – 8 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the ultimate Robinson Crusoe feel on several uninhabited islands around the world. The islands listed in this post were also once uninhabited but after being settled became so heavily urbanized that the built-up areas eventually took over the entire island, forming island cities.