Profound and totally in keeping with the title of the local poets' event: “Amphibian fate.” Amphibian is a compound word, Amphi- meaning "on both sides" and -bios meaning "life" in Greek. Who said we are going to crash? We never even arrived.,” Tell me, does separation kill? It wounds, it does not kill. "I want a boat, oh river, made of cardboard, like those with which students play by the banks of rivers. This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the visit to the Yarra River of Kavvadias, a poet who confided in our major riparian artery: The only other Greek literary figure of note to enjoy such a connection is Stratis Tsirkas, who lived in Sydney for five years in the fifties. Furthermore, we are all pretty chuffed that one of the premier poets of Greece has an Australian connection. So who was this Nikos Kavvadias who visited or shores and why did a group of local poets pay tribute to him on 5 June 2011, in a tribute concert at the Melba Hall, Melbourne University, entitled “Amphibian Fate?” The short answer is because he is cool and because they could.
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