Since Childhood
Carefree voices
are heard from the south.
Memories come
back to reheat life.
Auspicious,
remind me
timeless verses.
I ignore the
misplaced cases
and I listen
carefully
Vague voices
become visible beings
Frame the existence
I finally live!
Fatherland
The soil is
light, almost mythical
Airy ornaments
float in the ether.
Sunlight
embroiders the fragrant flavors
and the Delphic
landscape lies in eternity.
You occupy my
memory,
my childhood
impressions
the carefree
winter Sundays
the braided hair
of youth
the teenage
smiles
the musical
cycles of my life
the dreamy seas
of the mind
the pure and
beautiful moments
the summer
expectations.
You exist, you
resist, you consign and you surrender…
Turbulence
Deafening sounds
surround us
Strong winds,
painful…
Anger overcomes
our flesh
Eternal the
cycle of life
We are immersed
in absolute darkness
We cannot catch
up
The endless
journey
And the last
hymn accompanies us
Salvation in a
Godless homeland is unbearable…
SOFIA SKLEIDA
SOFIA SKLEIDA was born in Athens.
She studied Philology 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, A rustle of
silence,Lyrical verses of paintings. She is Vice President of the Zakynthian
Cultural Institute, Member of the judging committee for new members of the
Association of Greek Writers,a regular member at the Panhellenic Union of
Writers and at the Association of Greek Writers.
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