The Essential Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych

This essential collection introduces the poetry of Lemko-Ukrainian poet Bohdan Ihor Antonych (1909-37) to new audiences, and includes many first-time English translations, a biographical sketch by Michael M. Naydan, and a comprehensive introduction by Lidia Stefanowska, one of the world's leading experts on the work of this remarkable Ukrainian poet.

Acknowledgments       A Note on the Translation      MICHAEL M. NAYDAN A Biographical Sketch of the Poet      MICHAEL M. NAYDAN Between Creation and the Apocalypse: The Poetry of Bohdan Ihor Antonych    LIDIA STEFANOWSKA  Part I: From the Collection The Grand Harmony (1932–1933)      Musica Noctis De Morte I Ars Poetica II, 1 Liber Peregrinorum 3  Part II: From the Collection Three Rings: Long Poems and Lyrics (1934) Self-Portrait Three Rings An Elegy about a Singing Door An Elegy about the Keys to Love An Elegy about the Ring of a Song The Wedding The Country Tavern To the Wind A Landscape from a Window Goblets A Prince Maples The Village Christmas Kolyada The Green Gospel Primordial Summer The Snake The Forest An Elegy on the Ring of Night The Night A Late Hour Morning The Arrow Bitter Wine A Bitter Night A Night on St. George’s Square  Part III: From the Collection The Book of the Lion (1936) The Sign of the Lion Daniel in the Lion’s Den Ballad about the Prophet Jonah A Song about the Light before Time          The Samaritan Woman by the Well           Six Strophes of Mysticism Roses Carnations Peonies Tulips          Violets A Monumental Landscape The Square of Angels Apocalypse Starlion; or The Constellation of the Lion Magicopolis; or How Myths are Born Sands          The Round Dance   A Song on the Indestructibility of Matter A Prayer to the Stars Red Taffeta The Tale of a Black Regiment  Part IV: From the Collection The Green Gospel (1938)FIRST CHAPTER An Invitation To the Beings from a Green Star An Ecstatic Eight-Strophe PoemFIRST LYRIC INTERMEZZO The First Chapter of the Bible Two Hearts A Portrait of a Carpenter The FairSECOND CHAPTER The Sign of the Oak Duet The GardenSECOND LYRIC INTERMEZZO A Bird Cherry Poem A Sermon to the Fish Carp Spring Cherry TreesTHIRD CHAPTER Goldsea The Fleece A Prayer for the Souls of Drowned Girls Ambassadors of the Night To a Proud Plant, that is, to Myself The Lady of Diamonds The Home beyond a Star  Part V: From the Collection Rotations (1938) Rotations Cities and Muses Ballad of the Alley Forever A Ballad on Azure Death The Bottom of Silence The End of the World The Concert from Mercury Dead Automobiles Trumpets of the Last Day Ending  Part VI: From Poetry not Published in Collections A Lviv Elegy Green Faith A Prayer      Part VII: From the Collection A Welcome to Life (1931) The Mad Fish The Stratosphere The Bee Autumn About a Strophe Autobiography A Welcome to Life   General Index Index of Poem Titles in English Index of Poem Titles in Latin and Ukranian