paulos-ioannou
Toronto, Ont, Canada
Paulos Ioannou is the author of four full-length poetry collections written in Greek. His Greek poetry is greatly influenced by the tragic events in Cyprus and the inter-communal strife between Greek and Turkish Cypriots. Aeolus House published his first full-length poetry anthology in English "The Age of Hydra” in early 2009. "The Age of Hydra" was translated into Spanish. He is also the editor of the “Monday Nights at Butler’s Pantry” anthology featuring four poets: Honey Novick, Naomi Hendrickje Laufer, Don Stabler and Joan Sutcliffe. / His poetry anthology "The Torontonians, the good, the bad and the other" published by CAN/CYP publications in July 2010 is dedicated to Toronto and each section portrays a facet of our city.His latest poetry anthology is dedicated to Dionysus
The great equalizer
stood by the bed
watching his laborious breathing
and the pain quaking the emaciated body.
It's almost time.
No more layoffs to increase profits
lock-outs to break the unions
hidden caches to avoid taxes
mergers and acquisitions
under the table payments
price fixing, loan sharking
no bribing and extortions
no naive women to exploit
The great equalizer
stood there watching
with pity and loathing
patiently waiting
The end of the line.
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 8:13 PM UTC
I was at the Agora
when I accidentally noticed
Achilles hiding in the shadow
of the lonely olive tree
the last greenery in the heart of Athens
You are dead, I said, the dead
do not associate with the living.
How wrong can you be, he said,
I am more alive now
after two thousand years
than I have ever been
Look around
I am in every history book
in every school
in every poem
in every treatise
I am known by all
as it was prophesied
What more should I ask?
Apr 19, 2016
Apr 19, 2016 at 8:08 PM UTC