Thursday, 30 July 2015

Erato - a poem by Chris Zachariou

a beautiful butterfly
a beautiful butterfly



Lonely child

painting the meadow green
hands reaching for the moon
writing words to love songs

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Suffer the Little Children - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Vietnamese children burning
Napalm bombing of Vietnam

Men with God on their side
fly high in the burning skies.

Napalm death pours down
on little children fleeing in terror
their tiny bodies burning.

Wednesday, 8 July 2015

Selene - a poem by Chris Zachariou

A couple share a passionate embrace in the waters of a river under a moonlit sky. A poem by the Cyprus poet Chris Zachariou.
The Moon and her Lover

I asked Selene

"Will you be my lover?"

She smiled and said
"Meet me by the river when dusk begins to fall"

I went down
to the river and watched her bathe

Saturday, 4 July 2015

Forty Days And Forty Nights - a poem by Chris Zachariou

My love for The Son of Man and Christianity as a way of life is infinite, however, I find it impossible to believe in a metaphysical world.

This poem is my own personal view of God, Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Please do not continue reading if you are easily offended or intolerant of other peoples' views.

This poem is largely inspired by the novel 'The Last Temptation of Christ' by Nikos Kazantzakis.


Jesus
Jesus
An ancient war is being fought again.
The Fallen Angel mustered all his legions
and the battle rages on for forty days and nights.

The armies of the mighty kingdoms
have assembled in the desert
to proclaim to the sounds of trumpets
their allegiance to the great King.