POETRY

• “Bear Wear Essentials”, Gavrielides Publishers, Athens 2006.
• “Slender Leper Balance”, Gavrielides Publishers, Athens 2010.
• “Travel Self-Agency”, Kalligrafos Publishers, Athens 2016.
• “Perimeter”, Smili Publications, Athens 2023.
• “Delicados equilibrios”, transl. José Antonio Moreno Jurado, Padilla Libros Editorial y Libreria, Seville 2024.

ESSAY

• “Hospice”, preface Nassos Vagenas, Kalligrafos Publishers, Athens 2013.
• “Guerilla - the texts of the crisis”, preface Kostas Vergopoulos, Kalligrafos Publishers, Athens 2018.

ANTHOLOGY

• «“By eternal life is promoted”. The poet Alexandros Soutsos (1803-1863)», Introduction-Anthology Yannis Stroumbas, Takis Sinopoulos Foundation-Gavriilides Publications, Athens 2019.
• “Argyris Chionis. Greek poets - The generation of the ’70s”, Introduction - Anthology Yannis Stroumbas, Govostis, Athens 2020.

STUDY

«“The vagueness of boundaries”. The hyper-real element in the literary work of Argyris Chionis», Smili, Athens 2021.

Charisiou Vamvaka 9, Komotini 69132

GRADING ESSAYS

He rowed in the broken white
between fragments, red waterways
of unruly weariness
whirlpools pulling at his oars
his stamina broken down
in the chaotic scaffold of cigarette smoke
in the cold decomposition of coffee
in the maudlin reenactment of memory
and whirlpools, only whirlpools
drawing the wreckages of respite
deep into the dilated void
of his eyes
 
On the desk, in the full light of the lamp
insomnia fired at the lids.
 
(from the Collection of Poems “Bear Wear Essentials”, Gavrielides Publishers, Athens 2006)
 

VEHICLED SEASONS

Winter, summer
you romp before me in your convertible
the soft top closed in winter
pulled back in the summer
As if we all wait for you
to know that the seasons are turning.
 
One convertible does not announce spring
nor any other season.
I do not own a convertible.
But if you look at the booster seats
of my hatchback sedan
you will find all seasons all year round:
beach sand
paper flags from the October Day parade
carnival confetti
dead Maypole flowers.
 
(from the Collection of Poems “Slender Leper Balance” Gavrielides Publishers, Athens 2010)
 

MY OCEAN BALL

That beach ball which from my child self
the wind and wave stole away
cradling it far off
in the dark quiver of the deep
I finally yesterday regained
in the ocean of memory.
 
(from the Collection of Poems “Travel Self-Agency”, Kalligrafos Publishers, Athens 2016)
 

AGAINST THE WINDOW

Subway windows
needless, one would say, in the tunnel         
pitch-dark
nothing really
to see outside
 
Outside. Who needs it?
Inside is where beauty lies.
Grandmothers with grandchildren
Teens smiling and joking
Young couples
All health and freshness
Enjoy!
 
Enjoy
Discreetly.
Never straight in the eye.
Avoid misunderstandings.
Admire at the window.
Against the window.
 
(from the poetry collection “Perimeter”, Smili Publications, Athens 2023)
 
 
Translation from Greek: Eleni Hall Manolaraki

Aikaterini Stathopoulou Award 2024 of the Academy of Athens for the poetry collection “Perimeter” (Smili, Athens 2023).