SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

Holy Lamentation- Pieta

 

The heavy and embarrassed look imprisons the sadness of the moment

The mourning of life

The Holy Virginity captivates and invites

The inanimate Divine Body completely surrendered

looks eternally youthful

perpetually moving

The pain of the soul overflows

and the Heavenly Kingdom receives

the only truth

crowning with glory our passions and fears…

 

 

 

Dual Existence

 

Lord of exhortations

Of hope

Of persuasions

Of wishes

Lord of the Powers

Of universal worldviews

 

As human nature

He taught our lives emotionally

Light up our inaccessible path

changed our short-sighted look

 

As a Godman

Scatter our malicious thoughts,

The mental humiliation

of our perishable texture

Be our fair judge

Bless us with Your great compassion…

 

 

 

Nuda Veritas*

 

You slept

The wave caressed you and you got lost

At a time when nature voluptuously conducted its classical symphony orchestra

You strayed

Went up

Crowned with daffodils

Maenades ** accompany you with libations and Dionysian ode

You desired other heavens

You traveled

When time stopped counting and the minute hands were praised the eternal silence

You nested in the arms of the cosmic deity

And now your spirit rejoices happily in the warmth of the heavenly priesthood ...

 

In memory of all those who left us too soon…

 

* The naked truth- Horatius, Carmina

** In Greek mythology Maenads were nymphs, followers  of  the Greek God of wine, Dionysus

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA was born in Athens. She is graduate of the Faculty of Filology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.  She has a MA in Pedagogy, a Ph.D in Comparative Pedagogy and a postdoctoral research certificate . He has also been trained and certified in the Braille language. Today she works as a teacher in the secondary education. She publishes articles in the Greek and international scientific journals, in conference papers and chapters books. She has been awarded for her participation in poetry and literary competitions in Greece and abroad. Her poems have been translated into Italian, English, Spanish, Albanian and Romanian. She published her first collection of pοetry (Thessaloniki, 2014) entitled Dream of Oasis, which has been translated and published in Italy in 2017 (won the second prize in an international italian competition). Her first Fairy tale entitled Geometrini published in 2016 and her second fairy tale entitled The Kingdom of Joy was published in 2018. Some of her published works are the following: Neologisms, Melismos , Ιn the Mediterranean, Poetic Reflections, Cappadocian theological references in handwritten verses, The teaching of classical languages in the Italian secondary education ,Poetic visions in Paintings, Didactic Trilogy: Body-Spirit-Soul, Educational Proposals. She is a regular member at the Panhellenic Union of Writers.