Rocío Acebal Doval, SpainThe PoemsIT' IS NOT YOUIt's not habit – that sly milestoneof death-. Neither is itgoing to weddings alone or escapingsome foreignbedroom on Sundays; even less so is it makingdinner for two and dining alone.It's not eventhe lo...

Leopoldo Castilla, ArgentinaThe PoemsNEVERto Daniel MoyanoIt is the same flythat buzzesthe same summer,the same flickering candle in the bedroomsand in the gallows the thunder;the same child, that man with his wet chestunder the rattled skies.There i...

Andrés Sánchez Robayna, SpainThe PoemsXΙΙΙ  (Hydra.)PASSING once more are the white cloudsin a time when there's no time. This is one hourof time and it's your body and it's the watersglistening under the sun of memory.(translate: Manos Apostoli...

Michalis Papadopoulos, CyprusThe PoemsThe disagreement For Cavafy, for Seferiswe are more or less in agreement   even withwhat they said that you didn't saywith words you put into their mouth    that they didn't speak thoughyou ha...

Ioanna Lioutsia, Greece The PoemsWhen I utter "freedom"When I utter the word "freedom"two images always come to mind:sixth grade boyswith bicycles in packsAugustaround the city's neighborhoods anda chubby Chinese teenagersecond generation immigrantwi...

Giannis Stoupas, Greece The dead The Poemsthe dead One day you leave for the storeforgetting your keys back homebut such is life, you take offyou shop and then return.you knock. you hear a weeping from within, lament. your ringing stays unheard.you s...

Ifigenia Doumi, Greece The curtains Caravan The PoemsThe curtainsThe balcony awnings are permanently down.The curtains are drawn closed. Once a month she replaces them.Washes and stores them awayand gets new ones to protect the family warmth,to keep ...

Filia Kanellopoulou, Greece Often, you sound Underneath the City The PoemsOften, you soundLike tombs they fall upon us,Our brothers, our cousins, our father and our mother.News headlines, like dirt they fall upon usJournalists, they burry us deeper a...

Sapfo Soutsou, Greece IN ITS LIQUID ENVIRONMENT The PoemsIN ITS LIQUID ENVIRONMENTThe jellyfishWas reflected in the glass's white bedDancing beautifully within its liquid environmentDuring the conference commotionno one listened to anyoneThe waves wa...

Sotirios Pastakas, Greece Σ Υ Σ Σ Ι Τ Ι Ο / FOOD LINE Σ Υ Σ Σ Ι Τ Ι Ο / FOOD LINE The PoemsΣ Υ Σ Σ Ι Τ Ι Ο / FOOD LINEYou would certainly have seenthe snuff from my cigarettebehind lowered awningsamong lovely ornamental plantsglowing at four in the m...

Miguel Veyrat, Spain The PoemsORPHIC HYMNS TO THE PRONOUNYou expert in the trajectory of star and sphereyou grab the rains of winds,enclosing the air and inside the running fountain you makethe firelight shine brilliant.You who treads, plowing the ea...

Liana Sakelliou, GreeceThe PoemsThe Experience of LoveHe drinks her inand feelsthe buzzing in her veinswhile muzzles search for the taste of the wild the shiver—he drinks herand she feelsa fountain welling upsnow meltscompressed metals flowthen a sha...

George Veis, GreeceThe PoemsTime's (Simple) Reversal«Through the orange tree's leavesthe day passes, cleaning its wingssilver words suspended: midday.With your right hand you indicate the sea,an absence of matter, tomorrow you 'll call itdeparture. I...

Dimos Chloptsioudis, GreeceThe PoemsManifestoΙIn front of your principles I will sacrifice my last verse. I will tame the insignificantexcitement of creation, shouting when you ask me to be silent, you foolishpoachers of delusionyou think you have go...

Η κριτική επιτροπή των βραβείων "Jean Moréas 2021" ανακοίνωσε σήμερα τις βραχείες λίστες καλύτερης ποιητικής συλλογής και πρωτοεμφανιζόμενου ποιητή / πρωτοεμφανιζόμενης ποιήτριας για το 2021.Την κριτική επιτροπή συγκροτούν:-Τριαντάφυλλος Η. Κωτό...

George Blanas, GreeceThe PoemsLISTEN: YOU MIGHT ENDURE TO THE ENDSwift is the Soulswift and soft.Remember it.If you are alive it is because it can runfaster than Lifeand pass through the holes of Deathunscathed.Life follows you, slow and stiff:pantin...

Giorgos Christodoulides, CyprusThe PoemsRoaming the worldI met the man who remembered everything because he lived in a country without erasers and he was miserable. I met the man who couldn't recall his own name because where he lived Alzheimer's gre...

Antonini Smyrilli, Cyprus Me and my Cat Clinical Case The PoemsMe and my Cat Today we have the bluesand no makeup onMe and my cathave this queer relationA perverse communication We refuse to compromiseto normalize We carry our griefand like magnetsth...

Aretaios Bezanis, Greece Daddy The PoemsSummer never endsSummer is overBut sweat is dripping from the hairsOf my faceIt is not from the heatWatermelon peels on the floorRotten peachesBlackAnd green figsNext to them a heartWarmTo remind you that summe...

Marios Chatziprokopiou, Greece I HAD YET TO MEET HELIOGAVALUS Rhythm of the world, Study II The PoemsI HAD YET TO MEET HELIOGAVALUSThe Doctor said:"Maybe there'll be no need foran Operation.Maybe with some toning exercisesat the gymthey'll be fine."A...