Chris Zachariou
Persephone Leaving | Greek Mythology Poems
When Persephone came back to me a rainbow of colours exploded in my grey life. I had waited for her for so long, I could only see the...
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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
Oct 16
Persephone Returns | Greek Mythology Poems
A poem drawing upon the tale of Persephone's annual journey between the underworld and the earth symbolizing the cyclical nature of life.
Chris Zachariou
Mar 23, 2023
Pampered Mandolins | Cyprus Poems
Often, I go back to that little street / with its lime-washed high walls / and to the silence of its olive groves / and acacia trees...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 22, 2023
A Shilling for a Dream | Cyprus Poems
“you” she whispers in the moment / of her timid sunrise, beyond the words / of pious priests and sombre masters...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 21, 2023
Thirteen Silk Verses | Cyprus Poems
I’ve cast my crumbling / journal to the winds / and now only the breeze /
will ever know her secret...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 20, 2023
Eurydice of the Summer Dusk | Cyprus Poems
I glimpsed her fleeting glance / through the needles of the pines / and the unsullied whiteness of the sand...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 19, 2023
Three Sighs Before Sunrise | Cyprus Poems
the white flower in the meadow / the pristine cove and the fragile sand / the ease of dusk in summertime...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 17, 2023
The Harvest of the Souls | Cyprus Poems
A shadow fell across the land / like the wrath of a forgotten god / a giant stain on the summer sun...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 16, 2023
The Underworld | Cyprus Poems
Death called for her on a Summer's day at noon / and now she lies by the river / ready to begin her journey / to the World of Gloom...
Chris Zachariou
Mar 15, 2023
The Funeral | Cyprus Poems
Roses and carnations / frankincense and jasmine / the scent of burning centres /l aments and flaxen light...
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