An Almost Pure Empty Walking (national Poetry Series)

In His Debut Collection, Tryfon Tolides Weaves Together Poems That Speak Of Desire, Loss, And Small Joys. Tolides Was Born In A Tiny Village In Greece And His Work Is Rooted In The Mountains And Wind And The Deep Interior Of That Place; His Poems Express A Longing And A Searching For Peace, For Home, For Beauty, For Escape. These Poems Constitute A Lament, Whether They Concern Themselves With The Difficulties Of Assimilation Or The Question Of Whether It Is Possible For People To Live With One Another In A Spirit Of True Understanding. They Prove That The Physical And The Metaphysical Can Share Residence, Can Even Be One And The Same.--jacket. Immigrant -- Almond Tree -- Circus -- The First Thing : Ousia -- Etymological -- All Summer -- The Mouse And The Human -- Surveillance -- Where You Will End Up -- Something Inside Myself Keeps Me -- Calm Spring Day -- In New York City -- From Mount Athos -- Delivery -- The Package Store -- Praying Or Love Poem -- I Have Two White Stones -- The Third One -- Bone Marrow Biopsy -- A Doctor's Analogy -- The Tree -- I Tell Her What I Know -- Returning From Greece -- The Man With The Flying Car -- Meeting -- Not For A Reason -- No Matter What -- Love Note -- A Perfect Day -- Watering -- Siesta -- Agora -- Commerce -- Magic Voice -- More Sense -- The Little Box As Less Than Absolute. Tryfon Tolides.