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My Testament (Resist) & Postscript – Michalis Katsaros Poems
Agroikos
The Planetary Troupe of Domination continues to entertain us: sometimes with the instrumentalization of real, artificial or imaginary "pandemics", sometimes with the "catchy" planetary threat of nuclear catastrophe. So we cheerfully shout "Resist", through the great poetry of Michalis Katsaros.>>
March 12, 2022
And Death Shall Have no Dominion – Dylan Thomas
Agroikos
The poem "And Death Shall Have no Dominion", by the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, is dedicated to the death-ologists and death-lovers of Medicine, Epidemiology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical who systemic cooperate, at least the last two years, for the (well)coming of the Big Brother Brave New World.>>
October 8, 2021
Damastes (Also Known as Procrustes) Speaks
Agroikos
Because we still consider this period incomprehensible and the formation of its Normality, rather deliberately Non-Normal, we instruct to one of the most ecumenical important Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert to speak for us with his major poem “Damastes (Also Known as Procrustes) Speaks”.>>
March 11, 2021
Still I Rise, A Poem by Maya Angelou
Agroikos
At a time when the American police seem to have gone hunting for black citizens with painful results, we publish here the poem of the important African-American writer and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, entitled "Still I Rise". The poem is included in its poetic collection of 1978, that bears the title "And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems".>>
September 8, 2020
Eleonora, A Poem by Nikos Engonopoulos
Agroikos
During this incomprehensible period, we are accompanied by the "Eleonora" poem of the great Greek surrealist artist Nikos Engonopoulos, which is included in its poetic collection, that bears the timely surreal title "Do Not Distract the Driver". ... And what can we do if "The Driver is Asleep"?>>
April 3, 2020
When Black Men’s Teeth Speak Out – Yambo Ouologuem
Agroikos
Yambo Ouologuem, originally from Mali, West Africa, was one of the most important writers of the 20th century, although he was wrote only 3 books and a few poems in the French language. While his poetry has not been collected, here's a representative one, entitled ‘When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out’.>>
December 29, 2019
