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"marabou: exotic bird, related to the stork, with white and gray plumage, a bare pink neck and head, and a characteristic inflated pouch at the base of its neck, a strong and thick beak, and very thin and long legs. It lives in Africa and Southeast Asia. The word comes from Arabic, where it means ascetic, hermit."
Marabou is the first poetry collection by Nikos Kavvadias and was first published in 1933 by Kyklos. Since then, it has been published 4 times by Galaxias (1961-1971), 16 times by Kedros (1975-1989), and from April 1990 to June 2000, 13 times by Agra.
It contains the following 22 quatrain poems (written with a methodical combination of partly paroxytone and partly interwoven rhyme): Marabou, A cadet on the bridge in danger, The cats of the freighters, A knife, Letter to the poet Caesar Emmanuel, Pilot Nagel, I have a pipe, The monkey of the Indian port, A black stoker from Djibouti, Gabrielle Didot, The sailors' prayers, Aboard the "Aspasia", Letter from Marseille, Captain Fletcher, Letter from a sick man, Mal du depart, Our bow, William George Allum, Kafar, Coaliers, Black list, Parallels.
The collection is dedicated to his friend Mema Galiatsatos.
It is adorned with a frontispiece by Giannis Tsarouchis.
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