POETIC DELIGHTS BY DIMITRIS P. KRANIOTIS-GREECE

 

Stolen receivers

Engraved rocks

With pictures

Of intense feelings

Naked wood-frames

With paintings

Of faceless garments

Delusions in succession

Of inactive volcanoes

Fields under extinction

Of childhood

Furious wounds

In set-up trials

And we, command-givers

Stolen ideas receivers

Traces of kisses

To the supposed end

Of unfulfilled loves

And countless hardships

To the so many alibis

In adults’ lies

And artificial passions

Suddenly You

With the pace

Of the passers-by

Stumbling upon you

To leave behind you

Traces of kisses

The “don’ts” and “zeros”

The night

That strangled

The endless moments

I had wished

To live

Passed by

Without my lighting up

The candle

I had longed

To warm up

All the “don’ts” and “zeros”

AUTHOR:

Dimitris P. Kraniotis-Greece:

Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 1966 in Larissa Prefecture in Greece and grew up

in Stomio (Larissa). He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

and obtained a Master of Science (MSc) in Medicine at the University of Thessaly. He

lives in Larissa (Greece) and works as a medical doctor (internal medicine specialist

physician). He is the author of 11 poetry books. He has won international awards for

his poetry which has been translated into 36 languages & published in many

countries. He participated in several International Poetry Festivals around the

World. He is Doctor of Literature, Academician, President of the 22nd World

Congress of Poets (Greece 2011), President of the World Poets Society (WPS),

Director of the Mediterranean Poetry Festival (Larissa, Greece) and Chairman of the

Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Greece. His official website:

https://www.dimitriskraniotis.com/