Chris Zachariou
Requiem | Cyprus Poems
Chants and prayers / "from earth to earth" / "from dust to dust" / olive leaves / burning in the censer...
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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 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
Aug 29, 2022
When Will I Find You Lord? | A Poem About God
Children are dying whilst we shamelessly claim kudos for taking control of our borders.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 18, 2022
The Assassin's Tale | A Tribute to Federico Garcia 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
Gethsemane | A Poem About God
A heartfelt search for divine connection unfolds as Judas encounters the presence of Jesus, balancing love with the shadow of the cross.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Veronica | Poems of Despair
A tragic love story with strong undertones of despair and betrayal, set against the backdrop of London’s Thames River.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Africa | Anti-War Poems
The starving people of Africa, the Western World's shame.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
A Sailor Has to Die | Cyprus Poems
The glorious colonel / —disguised as a future legend— / skulks in a musty cave, dispatching / urgent orders to his retreating army...
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