Light of Apollo,
breeze of nymphs;
Muses dancing,
celebrating Persephone’s return
O M
Abeliona
April 11, 2023
Η ψυχή χαλαρώνει
στην παρουσία Περσεφόνης
και χαρά Δήμητρας
Άνοιξη,
καλώς μας ήρθες,
μας εμπνέεις
The soul relaxes
at Persephone’s presence
and Demeters joy
Welcome Spring,
you inspire us
The child’s smile made my day;
simple things make us happy
Patience
It is not always evident
Family, work, stupid people
all add up to make us edgy
(Think not of the uncoordinated drivers)
Stress of thought, stress of living
can we not deal without it?
Friends
Difficult at first to ascertain
they are there
Sorting may take time
But when all is said and done
friends are something
we respect and are thankful for
Voyagers
Our lives
so different before
now intricately interdependent
Recharging of soul
of spirit
We take on the world
and enhance our happiness
Roots of nourishment,
washed away by intellectual erosion;
Naïveté and ignorance,
toxins of cultural illiteracy;
Ethnic identity compromised
at annual church festival
Odysseus
15 III 2023
POSEIDONIANS
by Constantine P Cavafy
The Poseidonians forgot the Greek language
after so many centuries of mingling
with Tyrrhenians, Latins, and other foreigners.
The only thing surviving from their ancestors
was a Greek festival, with beautiful rites,
with lyres and flutes, contests and wreaths.
And it was their habit toward the festival's end
to tell each other about their ancient customs
and once again to speak Greek names
that only few of them still recognized.
And so their festival always had a melancholy ending
because they remembered that they too were Greeks,
they too once upon a time were citizens of Magna Graecia;
and how low they'd fallen now, what they'd become,
living and speaking like barbarians,
cut off so disastrously from the Greek way of life.
“Gyro, Mousaka, Ouzo, OPA!”
Birds are singing,
Helios is smiling,
as are some humans;
Mesmerized by warmth,
love, continuity, beauty
Trees,
deciduous and not,
blossoms at hand;
Why are some
lacking life?
Nutrients of nurture,
empathy and soul,
not fermenting;
Birds communicating
rhythmic patterns,
sine wave chants
Humans would benefit
by observing
Trajectory continues,
extending to the warmth,
friends, energy, surroundings
awaiting
O M
8 February 2023
Convergence of smile,
energy, culture
Epiros beckons,
where nature is wedded
with spirit
5 Oct 2019
OM
Reflection, spiced by conversation;
travelers from afar and near,
Hellas, Netherlands, Slovenia, Israel,
adding to pastel of culture;
Surrounded by mountains, history,
where Lake mirrors positive energy
Notes from Ioannina
5 Oct 2019
OM
CELTIC TAPESTRY
Colours coalesce,
synthesis of hagiography;
Identity,
raison d'être
Book of Kells
from whence,
to where
and now
17 August 2019
Trinity College, Dublin
GAIA IN EIRE
Where Gaelic
colors culture,
clouds providing filter,
refreshing drops of rain,
cultural infusion;
Celtic aura
19 August 2019
In a kirk,
built early 1200;
Cultures fuse,
gods to gods,
poly- to tri–theism;
Poseidon to Nicholas,
Athena to Miriam/Mary
Continuity of faith,
embedded in monuments
18 August 2019
County Kerry
ΕΚΔΗΛΩΣΗ
Βγάζει το άκτι μου
βγαίνει στα λόγια
στη μουσική,
στις εκφράσεις,
στο χαμόγελο,
στην διάθεσή
Η ψυχή εκδηλώνεται
18 Αυγούστου 2019
O'TOBAHN
Leaving Donnybrook,
Smiles and friendly monologue,
purveyors of greetings
On road towards Galway,
asphalt traversed in green,
sky,
full of gray,
refreshed by mist
Memories that shall stay
18 August 2019
TEMPALL= ΝΑΟΣ
Culture synthesis,
continuity,
Ellas in Aran
19 August 2019
EIRE
Where rays of sunshine
come in form of rain drops
Smiling faces,
Celtic melody of spirit,
engaging in conversation,
open to visitors;
Nature,
even in its unaccommodating rhythm,
has been reined,
energizing human expression
21 August 2019
MALBAY MELODY
Lunch in quaint
Irish village
Repast served
with taste of smile
Music, not on menu,
restless fingers had their way,
on ivory palate;
Customer, leaving happy
commenting on "touch of magic"
20 August 2018
Milltown Malbay
County Clare
Towards Aran isles
Amalgam of polyglossy,
journeying to focus of culture;
Where Gaelic withstood
time and conquerer,
now welcoming all strata
of commercial invasion
19 August 2019
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