SOFIA SKLEIDA

 

 

City Of Nations

 

The morning star has not been seen

for a long time.

In the earthly paradise

there is no space for all

Filled with false prophets

blank messages

and untold truths.

There are many arrows in our quiver,

amulets that release hypotonic outbursts.

Hollow contradictions in the city of nations…

 

 

Omen

 

We became simple time frames…

Like the endless hours that stabbed us

and the cold sunsets that dominated our bodies.

Now we imagine real ornaments,

in our prominent places

communicating liquid powder.

You deny the rain,

dried up.

You say you do not tolerate the wind

Τhe nature that fights you

Τhe world that competes with your glory

Υour selfishness

 Surpassed you

Yourself

Betrayed you…

 

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, Sentidos Spirituales.  She is a regular member at the Panhellenic Union of Writers and at the Association of Greek Writers.