Eleftheria Thanoglou, GREECE Correspondence under the light of the August Full Moon The PoemsCorrespondence under the light of the August Full MoonFor the war prisoners and missing Cypriots ofthe turkish invasion and imprisonment of 1974At first,they...

Kostas Katsonis, CYPRUSThe PoemsJUSTIFICATION OF LIFEHere, that we happened to live as excommunicatedhere, that we happened to followthe footprints of some invisible dreamscreated during some nightshere, that happens to us to sleep calmly.that the al...

Sofia Kolotourou, GREECE Αnomimata Grapto minima The PoemsSIN I am a Woman burdened early on with Virtue - they supposedly cleanse me of age-old sins. And I, a priestess of wanton libations, Hecate, Astarte of sexual love and demon lore, in a male-co...

Nikolas Koutsodontis, GREECE STONE MARTEN The PoemsSTONE MARTENThe living thing that frightenedthe sleep of my first decadewalked with immense statureon the rocks over my grandmother's house.It was bleak with hairy armsand a desire to see me dead.Sha...

Kostas A. Kremmydas, GREECEThe PoemsInstead of a CV I often confess to the district registrarto judicial representativeswho search in vain for my name in the directoriesI confess to the golden vestments of the bishopsTo the open windows that wer...

Triantafyllos H. Kotopoulos, GREECEThe PoemsYes there Is an erroneous seaYes there Is an erroneous seaYou should write down the truth, you told me, your truthNo safety distance of 1.5 and 2 meters, no masksYou should utter feelings properly and tear ...

Vakis Loizides, CYPRUSThe PoemsTwo-three photosI always take with meTwo-three photos from my childhoodRarely do I look at thempracticing my memoryrecalling those photographed with me I remember the absent nonethelessIt is foolhardy to delete them No ...

Haris Melitas, GREECE THE EMPTY POEM VOLUNTARY The PoemsTHE EMPTY POEMI Wanted to write about the sun.They darkened it.I wanted to write about the tree.They uprooted it.I wanted to write about the earth.They levelled it.I wanted to write about the se...

Panagiotis Nannos, GREECEThe PoemsPyrographiesIn the great nightof summer sunflower,in the day of St. John of Klidonari, you snatched the wreath from the doorwith Mayan flowersin the sacred fireaccording to custom you threw.We changed our oathsin the...

Panayiotis Nikolaides, CYPRUS How can you love a poem  Out of context The PoemsHOW CAN YOU LOVE A POEM to Vangelis TasiopoulosHow can you love a poemwhen the deepest meaningof poetryis neither usefulnor fancyand among those writtenno poem was ev...

Michalis Papadopoulos, CYPRUSThe PoemsThe disagreement For Cavafy, for Seferiswe are more or less in agreement            even withwhat they said and you didn't saywith words you put into their mouth  &nbs...

Antonis D. Skiathas, GREECEThe PoemsOthers' memorials In the rain of March the discords pledged the truth of the mist and the lies of the woods. Hymns of time, for next day's despairs. Hubris in the everyday life of the diseased, death and its second...

Stylianos Stylianou, CYPRUSThe PoemsOur lifeHow long did we live, where, with whom?What do you know about all these, what do you remember?And if you have changed, how much have you changed?Will you be able to make the same decisions again?And what is...

Nadia Stylianou, CYPRUSThe PoemsGrieving Madonna of the North Grieving Madonna of the NorthFasten the boltSecure the warped doorlest you be foundby the winds the sounds the wailingof the mothers seeking to bury their childrena prayer stirredby their ...

Vangelis Tasiopoulos, GREECE BUTTERFLIES ARE RETURNED FALLING POMEGRANATE IN THE YARD The PoemsBUTTERFLIES ARE RETURNEDButterflies on cold nights stay in dreams.At dawnthey cowardly scareand leave what they harvested.Do not be surprised that they fly...

Andreas Timotheou, CYPRUSThe PoemsAMSTERDAMQueues of jovial facesin line to see the refugeof the girl from the synagogue.What fates had determined those other queues of yesteryearfor little Anna?Her days are inscribed on the wallsand breaths of dread...

Christos R. Tsiailis, CYPRUS Sphinx 2020 The things spring should The PoemsSphinx 2020You stopped us abruptlyyour mighty headyour fearful bodyblocked the coursethat for years we steered with prowess.Panicdisputegreat anticipationa few at the front we...

Erina Charalambous, CYPRUS TRUMPET CALL SEASTORM The PoemsTRUMPET CALL The elephant is alwaysin the room, you know it. Truly difficultto utter–constantly changesnames and shapes:hyperbaton polyptotonhomoioptoton and cyclicalmostly referentialself-ref...

Giorgos Christodoulides, CYPRUS The man with the doves On the bench of hell The PoemsThe man with the dovesDown the street, the dove whispereropens the cages every so often to free his charges.The birds briefly skim the house in circlesuntil, on his ...

Demetra Chistodoulou, GREECE Αποχαιρετισμός Διδακτική των πρακτικών τεχνών The PoemsSOLECISMSWith such sense of superiority this nightReveals the final destination.Like a Japanese warrior flauntingThe technique of prisoners' beheading.Indeed, there's...