Tag: personal poems
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“Mar Sabba” by Sofia Kioroglou
Mar Sabba – Poem by Sofia Kioroglou Dotting the wilderness of the Judean Desert hanging dramatically down the cliff edge of a deep ravine Mar Saba stands imperiously, overlooking the Kidron Valley Despite the restriction on women entering the main compound, I feel an impalpable presence here at the Women’s Tower Hopefully, I know this…
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Το “Αποθανάτισε την στιγμή” στο Fractal
Αποθανάτισε την στιγμή 21/09/2016, 10: Ποίηση: «Αποθανάτισε την στιγμή…» Της Σοφίας Κιόρογλου // * Είσαι ο βορράς και ο νότος μου οι δείκτες της πυξίδας που κρατώ ψάχνοντας κάποιον προορισμό. Μην μπερδεύεις τα συμφραζόμενα και μην ψάχνεις να βρεις νοήματα κρυφά εκεί που δεν υπάρχουν. Εστίασε τον φακό της καρδιάς σου σε εμένα και αποθανάτισε…
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‘Σεϊδανάγια’της Σοφίας Κιόρογλου
Τι να ζητήσω Δέσποινα; Ποια έκκληση να κάνω που να μην την ξέρεις; Πάντα εις την βοήθεια μου προστρέχεις, τα λόγια της καρδιάς μου ανοιχτό βιβλίο με δάκρυα διαβάζεις Σεϊδανάγια, έρχομαι στην ταπεινή μονή σου επισκέπτης στης Ιερουσαλήμ την αγκαλιά Σου δέξου με, κι όταν τα φώτα της εκκλησίας σβήσουνε το κερί της φιλανθρωπίας κράτα…
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“Like the measles” in Winamop’s July edition
http://www.winamop.com/sk1603.htm Like the measles Love happens only once. Just like the measles You take it only once Your heart is a firework flashing heavenwards no second time in your lifetime. Meteor-like, it blazes for a moment but bang goes the illusion “Love conquers all” Not always A hoax perhaps An indulgent delusion definitely
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“He that is greedy”in the Poetry against Inequality Anthology
Originally posted on Notes from my personal diary: POETS AGAINST INEQUALITY Anthology of Poetry Poems by: Fabrizio Frosini, Pamela Sinicrope, Galina Italyanskaya, Kelly Kurt, Souren Mondal, Srijana KC Neupane, Udaya Tennakoon, Negar Gorji, Tapera Makadho, Ellias Aghili, Sayeed Abubakar, Alexandro Acevedo Johns, Kareem Akadri, Saadat Tahir Ali, Denis Andrei, Tia Attwood, Kasiviswanathan Balakrishnan, Anna…
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The destruction of the Cultural Heritage of Cyprus by Turkey ? Or orchestrated by the United States? How US foreign policy practised the ” divide and rule” regarding the Cyprus dispute. Analysing through CIA’s revealed papers
Originally posted on Observer of the Near East: ? Our story starts with this short film, which was an initiative of the Committee of Cyprus Occupied Municipalities, portrays the destruction of the cultural heritage of Cyprus by Turkey that has been taking place in the northern part of Cyprus since the Turkish military invasion in…
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DENY THE OLD MAN- poem by Sofia Kioroglou
Deny the old man and lift the cross on your shoulders Open your eyes and allow them to be filled with light By constantly changing the goalposts of virtue, you walk the path leading to perdition.
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“He that is greedy”in the Poetry against Inequality Anthology
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The rose of Sharon- Poem by Sofia Kioroglou
Between Jaffa and Mt Carmel The Rose of Sharon will blossom the Lily of the Valleys, the Bright and Morning Star
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“The Chaghoura”by Sofia Kioroglou
In a small chapel 20 miles north of the city of Damascus Saidnaya rises above the town, like a fortress. No matter where I go, the Chaghoura, the beautiful gazelle will appear in my dream like it did to Justician, bidding me to betake myself to her shrine
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My poem “Jerusalem” now published in the Guardian
https://witness.theguardian.com/assignment/56e97316e4b0072e644fc078/1967873 To mark World Poetry Day on Monday 21 March, we celebrate the act of creating poetry by handwriting a poem. A selection is published in the Guardian
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Via Dolorosa- Sofia Kioroglou
I see my Lord, the Way, the Truth and the Life He moveth on wearing a crown of thorns, carrying a cross I see my Lord crawling on the raggedy way leading to Calvary the blood from his forehead smarting His eyes. I am just another bystander witnessing the razor sharp lash cutting into His…
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