Nostos and Algos

In Nostos and Algos a mature poet tells a simple story, yet underlying it all is a tension formed by intense and captivating images. This collection, Manolis’s best so far, is full of the subtle and the unexpected — you are left to imagine what might occur. There is a sense of expectation in many of the poems, and this keeps them from feeling dry or overwrought. Most fascinating is how Manolis captures a sense of motion just before that motion begins, almost an anticipation of a gesture...