Chris Zachariou
Persephone Leaving | Greek Mythology Poems
When Persephone came back to me a rainbow of colours exploded in my grey life. I had waited for her for so long, I could only see the...
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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
Oct 16
Persephone Returns | Greek Mythology Poems
A poem drawing upon the tale of Persephone's annual journey between the underworld and the earth symbolizing the cyclical nature of life.
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...
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