SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA

Bleed

 

Memories

Underground currents that carry false slogans on stone walls

Impressions

Mortal suns struggling to fool the west

Fleeting expressionless faces thirsting for redemption

Condemned petitions of eternal purification

in the name of a disarmingly tragic truth

Revivals

Trojan horses that change historical events cheering the divine inspiration

Recommendations

Humility

Alms

Greatness of soul

Clear look

Tender mind ...

 

Destiny

 

Heart does not put strongholds

Invincible castles

Doesn’t know conquerors, righteous, unjust, rebels, intriguer

 plotters

Only noble knights

Imagines them on horseback in love

Who will come to crown it with the gifts of love, compassion and charity

To offer myrrh

To anoint chrism

Sprinkle with frankincense

And so pure as it will be

 to distance from her weaknesses

 passions and mistakes and to communicate

 a nama of love and forgiveness ...

 

Parthenon Light*

 

Howling wind shakes your soul,

penetrates it

It’s the miracle of divine creation and inspiration

Called maternal instinct

What nourished you

Woman and mother

Tireless companion and nurturer of emotions and rebirth

Fighter of life

Stable companion and sustainable resource of cell replacement

Unforgotten

Glorious and holy

You vibrate our universe

You constructively disturb our thinking

You move our self-reflection

You inspire with modest motives

You give unconditional love

You care bloody wounds

You fill with gold-embroidered stars our daily life

You strengthen the Virgin greatness and compassion ...

 

* Dedicated to all the women of the world who daily and anxiously strive to improve and beautify our world

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

SOFIA SKLEIDA:She was born in Athens. She studied Filology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens where she obtained her BA, MA in Pedagogy, Ph.D in Comparative Pedagogy and a postdoctoral research certificate . She obtained a certification in the Braille language. Today she works as a teacher in the secondary education. She took part in conferences and published articles in the Greek and international scientific journals, in conference papers and chapters books. She was awarded for her participation in poetry and literary contests in Greece and abroad. Her poems have been translated into Italian, English, Spanish, Albanian, Romanian and Bangla,Her first poetic collection entitled Dream of Oasis (Thessaloniki, 2014), was translated and published in Italy in 2017 (won the second prize in an international competition in Milan). Her first Fairy tale entitled Geometrini was published in 2016, her second with the title  The Kingdom of Joy 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,  Cor ad Cor Loquitur , A Second Life , Α trip to the country of “the meeting” , Let there be light.  She is a regular member at the Panhellenic Union of Writers and at the Association of Greek Writers.