IOANNIS KARAJOLI

IOANNIS KARAJOLI

Earth’s Gravity

Let your soil and passion embrace us

to make us

reveal our secrets!

Let your sky embrace us,

the sky that colours our love,

so we can learn the language of the earth in order to start a new life.

Earth, I love your smell!

Within you the soul gets mature and from my ash

a new love will rise,

and endless roots will be fed with my ash,

roots that will form a myth and

a thousand novels!

The Ship

Leaving with my back

looking with my eye

my only light, the moon.

My only companion, the wave.

The memories are beautiful

in nature.

Flights of joy to the ports of happiness

having the moon as a guide,

upon the wild waves

I travel across the Aegean’s darkness

and I get lost.

Travelling from Piraeus Harbour

Siros

A metropolis rises from inside the vast sea.

A bride of the Aegean seeks her match in vain.

She crawls on the high stairs seeking secretly

the blue sky for a fiancé.

A lively town with theatres and cafés

An oasis with beautiful people

A city with many buildings

Scheduled by specialists.

Everywhere beautiful diamonds of the past follow us

They still have something of their old charm

Everywhere at the palaces of the Aegean

Syrians full of life and happiness,

there, in those distant winter nights,

share their dreams with us on land.

The ship has just arrived

The Turkish delight and halva perfume

is waiting to sweeten

the dear passengers.

A wonderful world is hiding under

the velvet dusks

of the Endless Aegean Sea.

IOANNIS KARAJOLI

IOANNIS KARAJOLI: Is a Greek poet, born in Syria on 09/01/1951 in Efrin city, north from Aleppo. His family is of Kurdish origin. He spent his early childhood in the city of Efrin where his father served as e Prefect. His mother, Amina Seicho, was a gifted and charismatic woman, with numerous artistic qualities. His father, Adnan Karajoli, was a writer- lawyer who fought for the rights of the beloved Syrian people. In the spring of 1955, the Karajoli family was relocated to Damascus, where they had previously resided. He had the opportunity to study in beautiful Romania, at the Bucharest Dentistry School and he finished his studies by acquiring the specialty of Orthodontist. After he completed his course of studies, he had the opportunity to visit Greece, after being invited by his Greek fellow students. Since then, 34 years of creative work have passed, delving in the area of orthodontics and literature. He is a founding member of a Greek association for Orthodontic study and research, with an Honorary distinction at the 9th Pan-Hellenic orthodontic congress (Athens 2006)

He barely felt as a foreigner in Greece. He received the love of the Greek people and he still enjoys it, here in beautiful Thessaloniki, Macedonia. In the summer of 1985, the Muse bestowed her gift on the poet, thus he started writing his first verses. His first poetic collection was published in 2011 under the title “Colors of an Era “, from ALDE publishing. His second poetic collection was published in 2018 under the title “Hellenic speech, Light of the World “, and his third poetic collection under the title “The daughter of the North “, and his forth poetic edition under the title “ The Moon of the Orient “ and his last poetic collection under the title “ Love And Tenderness . He is a member of the Litterateurs Association of Northern Greece and of the cultural social institution “Amphictyonic League of Hellenism”. He received ‘Honorary Distinction’ at the 4th International Poetic Contest on “Hellenic speech, Light of the World” (Thessaloniki, May 3rd, 2014) . He gave a lecture at the 3rd International Amphictyons Congress on : The History of Hellenic-Syrian Culture, they took place at the French Institute of Thessaloniki (May 2014) , at the festival: Celebration of Multilingualism on: Language and Communication (Municipality of Thessaloniki, May 30th and 31st 2014) at the “1st Panhellenic Contest –Bequest of Nana Kontou 2010” by the Association of the Smyrnian people of Asia minor in northern Greece , with his poem titled “Smyrna” (Thessaloniki, November 20th 2010). His work under the title “Colors of an Era “  was published on the magazine “Critique of Language and Art , positions and views “ (50th issue ,May –July 2015). He became a member of  WIP  and  Peace Ambassador   branch  of   SYRIA  in  2018. He  lives  in  the  town  of  Thessaloniki – Greece .