On the Altar Greece

On the Altar of Greece is the winner of the Gival Press poetry award. Donna J. Gelagotis Lee combines the sharp resourcefulness of the observer with the powers of the visionary. Her poems travel both in time and in memory to Greek villages and to Athens.

The Women	p. 11
Arrival of the 6 a.m. Ferry	p. 13
Unremarkable moment	p. 15
Not Another Ordinary Day	p. 16
Visitor	p. 18
The Confusion of Time	p. 20
On Lesvos	p. 21
Hand to Hand	p. 23
First Married	p. 24
Ritual in Molivos	p. 25
Along the Coast	p. 26
The Fisherman	p. 27
The Seaside Platia	p. 29
Foibi	p. 31
Marianna Crocheting	p. 33
Theodora	p. 35
Your Wife	p. 37
Nights with the Olive Trees	p. 38
In the Sacrifice of Women	p. 39
Readying for the Olive Harvest	p. 40
Waiting	p. 41
The Cook's Wife	p. 42
Free	p. 44
Wild Rabbits	p. 45
Afternoon in Paleo Faliron	p. 46
Late Morning in Ano Glyfada	p. 47
After Siesta	p. 48
Ioanna	p. 49
At the Laiki	p. 51
By the Edge	p. 53
Seized	p. 55
Hall	p. 56
It would have been helpful to know	p. 57
Split	p. 58
Fish heads	p. 60
First Night in Athens	p. 62
Journey for the Bread	p. 63
Chocolate Croissant	p. 64
Woman in Ano Glyfada	p. 66
Turncoat Sea	p. 68
Confession	p. 69
Gone Swimming	p. 71
Alone	p. 72
Echoes of Battle	p. 73
Athens in August	p. 74
Escape to the Night Air	p. 75
The Acropolis at Noon	p. 76
Athens at Dusk	p. 77
Cafeteria on Syntagma Square	p. 78
To the Olive	p. 79
House	p. 80
English Teacher	p. 81
Neighbors, Paleo Faliron	p. 82
Expose	p. 83
The Kamaki's Ashtray	p. 84
To the Female Octopus	p. 85
In Utter Silence	p. 86
Too Far	p. 88
In a Vacuum of Night	p. 90
The Meal	p. 91
Village at Noon	p. 93
Freedom	p. 94
French Fries and Tzaziki	p. 96
The Cove	p. 97
In My Mother-in-Law's Kitchen	p. 98
One Road	p. 100
Misconstrued	p. 102
Remembering You	p. 103
History	p. 104
Glossary	p. 106
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