The Book of Cosmos -a poem by YANNIS YFANTIS

A difficult but frequently asked question that a writer faces is - ''why do you write?"

At times, the writer gets provoked and dismisses the question. But that question is answered in a

beautiful way by the Greek Poet Yannis Yfantis.

THE BOOK OF COSMOS

Only one book has been written

and it has been written by things and not by words

Only one book has been written

and it has been written by Cosmos through Cosmos for Cosmos.

Cosmos is the book of Cosmos.

Cosmos has no beginning and no end

but when the poet reveals Cosmos

It looks like creating Cosmos from the beginning.

There is only one book to be read

and this is the book of Cosmos.

To write means to read the book of Cosmos.

All my writings are nothing but underlines in the book of Cosmos.

All my writings are nothing but designs, notes, on the margin of its pages.

To write means to point out to the people

to try to share with them

the beauty or the horror I read in the book of Cosmos.

For no one can bear to read the book of Cosmos alone.

Yannis Yfantis:-

Greek Poet and author of Temple of Cosmos (1996)

Courtesy This too was published in the Journal of Literature & Aesthetics, July – December2001, Vol.1 and No.1 under the chief editorship of Dr. S. Sreenivasan, the veteran English Professor in Kollam. I got the old copy of the Journal from Hari Books Karunagappally.