Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleTHE FIRST DAY.AuthorsGlissant, ÉdouardAbstractThe poem "The First Day," by Édouard Glissant, translated by Mary Ann Caws is presented. First Line: The teller measures his word in immeasurable radiance. He goes, through; Last Line: original foam, the first sweat of salt. History, waiting.SubjectsFIRST Day, The (Poem); GLISSANT, Edouard, 1928-2011; CAWS, Mary AnnPublicationCallaloo, 2013, Vol 36, Issue 4, p849ISSN0161-2492Publication typePoemDOI10.1353/cal.2013.0205