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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
May 12, 2023
A Short Biography of Lorca | Federico Garcia Lorca
Federico Garcia Lorca: Passionate Spanish poet, rooted in Andalusian culture. Lorca was executed during the Spanish Civil War.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 18, 2022
The Assassin's Tale | A Tribute to Lorca
A death poem dedicated to Lorca, Spain's greatest poet, who was murdered by Franco's thugs on 19 August 1936.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Gypsy Virgin | Andalusian Poems
A story of love and lust. A beautiful girl in Cordoba dances with the gypsies in the town square and drinks wine dripping from the moon.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Passion Play | A Tribute to Lorca
The gypsy and the dwarf whimper. /
They are frightened of the man /
wearing a black sombrero /
and with jackdaw feathers on his lips.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Flamenco | Andalusian Poems
In Andalusia, the fusion of Moor and European cultures has produced fiery music and sublime architecture.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Guitar Laments | A Tribute to Lorca
A poem in honour of Lorca, Spain's greatest poet, who was murdered by Franco's Phalangists in 1936.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Notes From Andalusia | A Tribute to Lorca
An evocative poem set in Andalusia that explores the question of who holds ultimate power in society.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Cordoba Nights | Andalusian Poems
Forgotten thirsts and sinful cravings/stir in the breasts of shrivelled maidens;/bewildered and ashamed, they press their/palms in prayer...
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