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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
Aug 6, 2022
A Hero of Our Times | Melancholy Poems
Τhe poem delves into the anguish of a narrator whose idyllic vision of domestic bliss is ruptured by the actions of a charismatic interloper
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
A Wrecked Life | Melancholy Poems
In “A Wrecked Life,” from “Melancholy Poems,” regret consumes as the poet reflects on lost chances and the enduring ache of past mistakes.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Tiger Lilies | Toxic Love
All that noise and sabre-rattling. / Really! / And you threatened me with bloodshed at the trenches and the barricades...
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Little Butterfly | Toxic Love
You flirted so sweetly. / Oh, how you laughed when / he teased you and how / cute you looked, blushing
the way you did...
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
My Welcome Guests | Melancholy Poems
A lyrical journey where memories cascade like an avalanche, weaving tales of love's tender embrace and the bittersweet echoes of parting.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Words | Toxic Love
Exploring the tumultuous realm of toxic love and the depths of the human experience and emotions.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Street Party | Toxic Love
A poem that explores the feelings of loss and sadness, experienced even in crowded places by those abandoned when love ends.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Muse Has Fled | Toxic Love
A poem that reflects on love ending and feelings of loneliness and loss by the one abandoned.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Who Are You? | Toxic Love
In 'Who Are You?' the poem unveils toxic love's tumult, vividly painted in dark hues, unravelling the essence of lost connection.
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...
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