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

Aug 6, 2022

Oblivion at Last | Toxic Love

Navigating the tumult of toxic love, the poem unfolds a turbulent journey, where waves of despair echo the tumultuous emotions within.

Chris Zachariou

Aug 6, 2022

I Will Bake a Cake | Cyprus Poems

My 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 Zachariou

Aug 6, 2022

The Words We Leave Unsaid | Poems of Death and Grief

Five sat around the table / eating ice cream and apple pie / but in between the laughter / and the sips of wine / silence fell...

Chris Zachariou

Aug 6, 2022

The Ballad of John O'Kelly | Poems of Despair

A sombre reflection on the gritty realities of London's underbelly, intertwining themes of betrayal, despair, and profound loneliness.

Chris Zachariou

Aug 6, 2022

Remember me

I had no bread, I had no wine / and no redemption from the Sin. / I had no... flowers, I had no shrine / under the elderberry tree...

Chris Zachariou

Aug 6, 2022

The Cemetery | Cyprus Poems

I see their names carved in stone / on marble crosses with roots of bone...