XANTHI HONDROU-HILL,

 

Augmented Reality

 

Augmented reality

is producing my self-destruction

without way back

with me as observer and disinterest

with boundless network satellite tv

 

beautiful presenters

providing openhearted

the end of the world

of the others...

 

singing in to

self-destruction

with subscriptions

to euphemism

 

the end of the world

as companion of my solitude

 

To The Capitals Of Lockdown

 

Our days didn’t brighten up.

Even if the roads are all open

there is nowhere to go.

Here in this lane

we will survive the winter

until our values will shine

like functions

with mathematical perception.

 

Eternal Reminder

 

With the Perfection the sky joins the sea

 

the signs of Mörike's blue ribbon in the air,

 

the light of Odysseus Elytis, the peace of Pablo Neruda...

 

Among blossoming peach and cherry trees

 

wandering speechless

 

 

On the mountain tops

 

with a wild wish of youth in the mind

 

with a wild herb in the hand

 

looking down to the hills of natures passion

 

in breathless excitement

 

 

on the pebble beaches with open arms

 

embracing the width of the horizon

 

open boarders between countries and continents

 

overwhelmed by the blossoming breeze

 

with a poem on the lips, memories in the eyes, marks on the soul

 

 

spring is preserved in the hearts

 

through all seasons

 

throughout the years and decades

 

Throughout all our life spring remains

 

eternal reminder of unstoppable hope

 

XANTHI HONDROU-HILL

 

XANTHI HONDROU-HILL: Xanthi Hondrou-Hill has studied German and English Literature, Linguistics, Journalism and Public Relations Management in Germany. She has worked as Public Relations Manager at the Greek Consulate in Stuttgart, as teacher for German, Greek and English and is translating poetry from and to all three languages. She is an award-winning Greek poetess who gained international recognition. She is writing poetry since high school and her poems have been published in many international prestigious media and anthologies around the world. She has won in 2022 the first prize at the Gandhian Global Harmony Association and many awards in China, Ukraine, Philippines and Equator. She has been nominated as one of the 30 Stars worldwide in India. She is cultural Ambassador for OXYGEN PEN Sri Lanka, NAMASTE magazine in India and editor for poetry columns at www.faretra.info in Greece and HUMANITY in Russia, as well as co-editor for the international poetry magazine in China. Selections of her poetry have been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Slavic as well as in two Languages of India: Hindi and Bengali.