Chris Zachariou
Yesterday’s Café | Melancholy Poems
"Yesterday’s Café” delves into themes of love, loss, and the passage of time, rendered through a tableau of autumnal reflection.
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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
Atthis Loves Another | A Tribute to Sappho
Sappho’s pain at the loss of Atthis. She wishes her a happy life while secretly she still hopes for her return.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Why Not? | Mosaics
It is nearly impossible to stay friends when lovers part but one remains in love.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
The Troubadour | Melancholy Poems
An introspective journey through longing and betrayal, "The Troubadour" explores the complexities of love in melancholy verse.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
A life Looking at the Door | Melancholy Poems
The poem portrays a reflective journey through memories tainted by both sweetness and sorrow evoking a sense of introspection and longing.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
A Very Serious Altercation | Toxic Love
I kissed your broken hopes / I warmed you with gasping breath / and prayed to the gods / that you would never leave me...
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Till We Have Built Jerusalem | Political Poems
Cotton fluffy clouds / sailing in clear blue skies / English roses blooming
in perfect English gardens...
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Atthis Abandons Sappho | A Tribute to Sappho
An imagined view of the blossoming of an affair between the two lovers and a testament to the enduring power of love and the pain of loss.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Sappho and Anactoria | A Tribute to Sappho
Sappho mourns the end of her relationship with Anactoria and begs Aphrodite's help to overcome the pain of her loss.
Chris Zachariou
Aug 6, 2022
Rumours Of Your Sainthood | Melancholy Poems
Α poem capturing a deeply personal and introspective journey through the evolution of a relationship and the transformation of an individual
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