Helen S. Lamari, 1878-1912 <br />Poet and musician. <br />Died with the most frightful pains of the body <br />and with the greatest calm of the spirit. <br />—ATHENIAN CEMETERY <br /> <br /> <br />What peace reigns here! <br />As though the tombs also smile, <br />while the dead speak quietly <br />in capitals, deep in the dark. <br /> <br />From there they want to rise with <br />simple words into our peaceful hearts. <br />But their complaint, or what it is they say, <br />- they've gone so far away - is useless. <br /> <br />It's all there is, there, two crossed bars <br />of wood, Martzokis. There Vasiliadis, <br />just a big stone book. <br /> <br />And a plaque half-hidden in the grass <br />- thus now it's symbolised by Hades - <br />there's Lamaris, a forgotten poet.<br /><br />Kostas Karyotakis<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/tombs-2/
