The Moon Child and the Angel - a poem by Chris Zachariou

moon child

impish fairies
bait the child
with handfuls
of red berries

‘don't eat the berries’
cries her father
‘don't eat the berries’
begs her mother

Bacchus and Ariadne - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Bacchus and Ariadne by Titian

Bacchus dressed in
skins and fine purples
comes riding to the shore;
debauched and sinful
he craves the willowy nymph
drowning in a sea of lilies.

Flowers for Leonard - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Leonard Cohen

Thank you

for the beauty
the word
and for the song

the wisdom
and the light

Aberfan 1966 - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Aberfan 1966

an avalanche
of death slid

down the mountain

crying..

screaming..

choking..

voices fading

The Virtuous Owl - A Poem by Chris Zachariou

A studious young girl

Our wise goddess, 

you craved sainthood

but doubts racked your body.

A tortured mind, 

you lived a sinless life

in your books and abstinence.