Suffer the Little Children - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Napalm bombing of Vietnam

Men with God on their side
fly high in the burning skies.

Napalm death pours down
on little children fleeing in terror
their tiny bodies burning.

Selene - a poem by Chris Zachariou

The Moon and her Lover

I asked Selene

"Will you be my lover?"

She smiled and said
"Meet me by the river when dusk begins to fall"

I went down

to the river and watched her bathe

Forty Days And Forty Nights - a poem by Chris Zachariou

My love for The Son of Man and Christianity as a way of life is infinite, however, I find it impossible to believe in a metaphysical world.

This poem is my own personal view of God, Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Please do not continue reading if you are easily offended or intolerant of other peoples' views.

This poem is largely inspired by the novel 'The Last Temptation of Christ' by Nikos Kazantzakis.

Jesus

An ancient war is being fought again.
The Fallen Angel mustered all his legions
and the battle rages on for forty days and nights.

The armies of the mighty kingdoms

have assembled in the desert

to proclaim to the sounds of trumpets

their allegiance to the great King.

A wrecked life - a poem by Chris Zachariou

A Lonely Woman in Despair

A short span of happiness.
I reach out and touch a memory—
a glimpse from another life.

Circe and the Siren - a poem by Chris Zachariou

Echoes of Enchantment 

Ithaca, Ithaca, Ithaca.
Behind your iron gates
I was once a prisoner.

Tiger Lilies - a poem by Chris Zachariou

butterfly

All that we buried deep

has now risen to the fore.

The anger, the fury and the rage.

This reveals to me so much more

than your rhymes will ever say.

Little children - a poem by Chris Zachariou

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Rachel with a yellow star

on her tiny little arm
walks into the jaws of death.