In my poetry, I try to include all aspects of the human condition. Love and pain, sin and redemption, life and death and all that lies in between.

Chris Zachariou

Nov 11, 2023

The Madonna of the River | A Coming-of-Age Poem

My green-eyed Madonna / screeches and writhes in the mud / with tobacco-chewing rednecks.

Chris Zachariou

Mar 23, 2023

Pampered Mandolins | Cyprus Poems

Often, I go back to that little street / with its lime-washed high walls / and to the silence of its olive groves / and acacia trees...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 22, 2023

A Shilling for a Dream | Cyprus Poems

“you” she whispers in the moment / of her timid sunrise, beyond the words / of pious priests and sombre masters...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 21, 2023

Thirteen Silk Verses | Cyprus Poems

I’ve cast my crumbling / journal to the winds / and now only the breeze / will ever know her secret...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 20, 2023

Eurydice of the Summer Dusk | Cyprus Poems

I glimpsed her fleeting glance / through the needles of the pines / and the unsullied whiteness of the sand...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 19, 2023

Three Sighs Before Sunrise | Cyprus Poems

the white flower in the meadow / the pristine cove and the fragile sand / the ease of dusk in summertime...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 17, 2023

The Harvest of the Souls | Cyprus Poems

A shadow fell across the land / like the wrath of a forgotten god / a giant stain on the summer sun...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 16, 2023

The Underworld | Cyprus Poems

Death called for her on a Summer's day at noon / and now she lies by the river / ready to begin her journey / to the World of Gloom...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 15, 2023

The Funeral | Cyprus Poems

Roses and carnations / frankincense and jasmine / the scent of burning centres /l aments and flaxen light...

Chris Zachariou

Mar 12, 2023

Requiem | Cyprus Poems

Chants and prayers / "from earth to earth" / "from dust to dust" / olive leaves / burning in the censer...