`Traverso: the position of a ship when it sails at reduced speed, as it receives the wind or wave from the side. Oblique, transverse.` Traverso is the third poetry collection by Nikos Kavvadias and was first published in 1975 by Kedros Publications (14 reprints until 1989) and, from April 1990 to February 1997, 9 times by Agra Publications. The collection is dedicated to Filippos Chatzopoulos and contains two poetic sections, Traverso and Filippos' Tales. It is adorned with a frontispiece by Yiannis Moralis. [Excerpt from the publisher's or edition's presentation text]