Poem - Ashes

 

 

 

 Ashes

Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greece)

 

The fireplace

Was eager

To put a fullstop

 

In the sentence

Where the road

Of my dreams

Stuck

Upon the word of happiness

 

With sparkles

Of wet logs

I collected

From the inside of me

That I dared

To turn to ashes

 

 

 

Biography:                      

Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 1966 in Larissa Prefecture in central Greece and he grew up in Stomio (Larissa). He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He lives in Larissa (Greece) and works as a medical doctor (internal medicine specialist). He is the author of 10 poetry books. He has won international awards for his poetry which has been translated in 36 languages and published in many countries. He participated in International Poetry Festivals. He is Doctor of Literature, Academician in Italy, President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets (UPLI), 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/