Absurd Athlete by Yannis Kondos Jonathan Reeder His decision would have been

His decision would have been informed by realities of war

among other things

but take the same sharp-focused eye to other places

Her main themes are drawn from a life of transitions: childhood

as well as through industrial landscapes and urban spaces

Absurd Athlete by Yannis Kondos Jonathan Reeder His decision would have beenShortlisted for the 2005 Corneliu M Popescu Prize for European Poetry Translation (September 2005) The 'absurd athlete' is contemporary man running. Running with a headwind. He skirts mountains, lakes cities. Difficulties one after the other. Fires, wars, grumbling, families. [] And he runs and runs, while his fellow athletes have finished and carried off the prizes and acclaim. Alone, he runs time's cycle. [] he smiles and thinks of escaping, of