ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

 

Echoes In The Fog

 

Walking in the fog

whispering your name

that lonely night

when uncanny noises

were heard in the distance afar

a burning tear dropped on my cheek.

Blind with desperate love

I screamed out of passion

in the desert of my feelings.

My words echoed in the fog

as a real friend ...

Then I stood still.

My body was on fire.

The wind covered my hair

with the petals of a rose

and an owl called the sound of your name.

Gipsy footsteps followed my path

and I never turned back.

©®Xrysoula Foufa

 

My Religion Is Love

 

Sacred thoughts in sacred places

build your temple.

Your heart as a piece of jewellery

stands there as if a temple itself.

A secret niche well hidden

in the inner self.

You kneel.

You pray.

You let yourself in God's hands.

Religion is love.

Love resembles religion.

The evil rests in exile.

Goodness prevails

like the mast of a ship in the sea vastness.

Love flows like water in a river

for every traveler to quench his thirst.

Loving hearts have no religion.

©® Xrysoula Foufa

 

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA

 

ΧRYSOULA FOUFA: She was born in 1971 in Farsala Greece. She graduated from the Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with honors in 1993 and then worked as a tutoring school owner for 6 years. After that, she successfully passed the ASEP exams and was appointed to the high school in Astakos Messolongi. She has been teaching   English in the 1st General Lyceum of Farsala since 2000. She attended various seminars on her subject as well as on psychology and environmental protection issues. She loves literature, poetry, travelling and dancing. She has been awarded several poetry prizes in national and global poetry competitions so far. Her poems have been included in Poetic Anthologies, newspapers, magazines. She participated in International Poetry Festivals. She is an elected vice mayor in her town. She had been the president of a local cultural club concerning Epirus traditions and customs for six years (2018-2024). She is a member of the Board of the Academy of Farsala and a member of the Board of the Chess Club in Farsala.