Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022Winter Tales | Cyprus PoemsA mystic poem of frozen landscapes, pirates, and forbidden allure, weaving a tapestry of enchantment and danger.
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022A Sailor Has to Die | Cyprus PoemsThe glorious colonel / —disguised as a future legend— / skulks in a musty cave, dispatching / urgent orders to his retreating army...
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022The Troubadour's Flute | Cyprus PoemsA poem about the power of art to capture a moment in time, and the beauty of innocence.
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022July 1974 | Cyprus PoemsIn the brutal summer heat / machine-gun fire rages on / Corpses are rotting in the streets / mothers keen their dead sons...
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022I Will Bake a Cake | Cyprus PoemsMy darling son / there is a cry for war / across the land / by those who have no sons / and it calls for you to go...
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022A Shameless Thief | Cyprus PoemsA quick shower behind the mouldy curtain/with cheap soap, cheap shampoo/and an even cheaper scent...
Chris ZachariouAug 6, 2022The Cemetery | Cyprus PoemsI see their names carved in stone / on marble crosses with roots of bone...