5 Poems by George Kalogeris
When I first heard George Kalogeris read his poems, I was immediately struck by their shimmering clarity. The selection of details and words was both precise and evocative. This is much harder to do than most poets would like to acknowledge. So honored and pleased to publish in Evergreen Review five new poems by this poet , who deserves a wider readership and a warmer regard. When he writes about Revere Beach, near Boston, he is also thinking of Giordano Bruno going to the pyre in Rome and Czeslaw Milosz remembering Warsaw while reading aloud his poetry. When he writes about Ellis Island Museum, he is also thinking about his mother's cousin who died at sea and contemporary Syrian refugees washing up on Greek islands. He is a bridge between the past and the present, Europe and America, tradition and the individual talent. He is reflective, amusing, mystical, and humane. I commend his poems to you.