ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

 

Dawn 

Voices scattered around

in summer natural scenery 

on lakes buried in languish greenery

far away

on lonely paths of beauty

-extraordinary beauty - 

that accompany the sun. 

The rays of splendid light

burning the hearts of lovers

trembling embraces

of hands searching the touch of flesh

wholeheartedly 

purely

unceasingly… 

Till eternity becomes 

a breath of their universe 

a kiss of their lips. 

Midnight 

Too bad, you said once

while talking overseas 

amidst the vastness of the sky. 

Too bad, echoed your words 

in the darkness of the night 

falling as pieces of charcoal 

on velvet colours of firewood. 

Harshness appealed the solitude 

hardness insisted once again

touching the emptiness that prevailed. 

Too bad, said the moon 

in its glorious reflection 

hidden behind scattered clouds. 

Irrevocable words

uttered by lips

made for kisses. 

Too bad, dearie! 

That's life! 

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA: She was born in 1971 in Farsala, Greece. She graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with honors in 1993 and then worked as a tutoring school owner for 6 years. After that, she successfully passed the ASEP exams and was appointed to the high school in Astakos Messolongi. She has been teaching   English in the 1st General Lyceum of Farsala since 2000. She attended various seminars on her subject as well as on psychology and environmental protection issues. She loves literature, poetry, traveling and dancing.  Poetry prizes have been awarded to her for her poems in national and global poetry competitions so far.  She is an elected vice mayor in her town. She had been the president of a local club concerning Epirus traditions and customs for 6 years (2018-2024). She is a member of the Board of the Academy of Farsala. She has got three children.