Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, trans. by Karen Emmerich The Language of Eldorado Egill's poetry conjures up a

Egill's poetry conjures up a territory far beyond the normal scope of language

Preoccupied with demise and loss

its winds and sand

Poems are sourced with the scientific articles and papers whose narratives and wonders they explore

the only place

Before Lyricism by Eleni Vakalo, trans. by Karen Emmerich The Language of Eldorado Egill's poetry conjures up aBefore Lyricism includes six book length poems: "The Forest" (1954), "Plant Upbringing" (1956), "Diary of Age" (1958), "Description of the Body" (1959), "The Meaning of the Blind" (1962), and "Our Way of Being in Danger" (1966). Each of these, apart from Plant Upbringing, was published as a separate book, which Vakalo herself designed. (Plant Upbringing was originally included in the volume Wall Painting, of which Vakalo later repudiated all but this