Chris Zachariou
The Funeral | Cyprus Poems
Roses and carnations / frankincense and jasmine / the scent of burning centres /l aments and flaxen light...
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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
Mar 14, 2023
The River Acheron | Cyprus Poems
Together we sang lullabies / and on my guitar, I played her love songs / once taught me by the master...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 13, 2023
Giulietta | Cyprus Poems
then noon; penicillin / and a needle full of death / death, so much death / rains this morning on Verona...
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...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 11, 2023
A Century of Sleep | Cyprus Poems
I buried my songs / in a wooden hut / and in the shade / of scented candles / I saw the Trisagion grieve /in the young girl's tears...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 10, 2023
Ophelia Lost | Cyprus Poems
Ophelia is so beautiful / swimming in the murmurs of the morning / and in the red and purple sighs of sunset...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 9, 2023
The Epitaph | Cyprus Poems
She rises silently— / remote, pale, and peaceful. / Under the stern gaze of the saints / she shrouds herself in candlelight...
Chris Zachariou
Dec 20, 2022
My Day | Melancholy Poems
A poem set in Little Venice in London, about a solitary man who lives a lonely existence haunted by memories of lost love.
Chris Zachariou
Dec 10, 2022
The Summit | Poems of Despair
A poem about the realization of lost opportunities to live a full life by not taking risks but instead opting for a mundane existence.
Chris Zachariou
Dec 4, 2022
Sailing | Mosaics
A poem by Chris Zachariou on poetry and dreaming.
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