{"id":7213,"date":"2020-09-28T10:57:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T10:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marialampadaridoupothou.gr\/?page_id=7213"},"modified":"2020-11-14T14:24:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:24:49","slug":"%ce%ba%ce%b9-%ce%b7-%ce%ac%ce%b2%cf%85%cf%83%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%8d-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%b2%ce%b7%ce%ba%ce%b5-%cf%89%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%b3%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%bf","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marialampadaridoupothou.gr\/en\/%ce%ba%ce%b9-%ce%b7-%ce%ac%ce%b2%cf%85%cf%83%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%8d-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%b2%ce%b7%ce%ba%ce%b5-%cf%89%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%b3%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%bf\/","title":{"rendered":"And the abyss rose up to my knees"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<p><strong>I wrote for this poetry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Poetry has always been for me the raw material of my books, the metaphysical element of my vision. Poetry is the primordial material of lost memory, or else, the walking of the soul on the abyss. Today, as the journey reaches an end and I am reviewing my life over the course of time, I feel that this is just what I want to say.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<p>I give back to you one by one the starlights<br \/>I was gifted<br \/>and those gratuitous autumns<br \/>the first rains of love<br \/>the view of the Unspoken<br \/>to you, Maria<br \/>from a desolated time<br \/>time consumed by the tears<br \/>and it shines upon the old heavens<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4><em><strong>I saw you, Lemnos<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>I saw you, Lemnos<br \/>Gleaming from stirred memories<br \/>Inside the seeds of your earth<br \/>I who laid my longings to rest in your blood<br \/>And raised from your earth my sunken land<br \/>Alone<br \/>I stood on the prow of my star<br \/>Carrying myself around in ephemerality<br \/>your landscapes<br \/>Cyclical movement of the eternal!<\/p>\n<p>I saw you, Lemnos<br \/>Swathed in the fate of blood<br \/>Proudly abolishing death<br \/>Upright on the mane of the waves<br \/>Recanting death again and again<br \/>Cyclical ascent on my race's glory<\/p>\n<p>I saw you<br \/>Muse once more raising the new times<br \/>Bearing blissful memory<br \/>I who spent centuries inside your earth<br \/>Seeking the sunken words<br \/>Pebbles polished by time<br \/>I who lived in the heart of your sun<br \/>And in the night of myth<\/p>\n<p>I saw you<br \/>White and surrounded in waves<br \/>Rising from the night of your legend<br \/>And Selene as the sign for Sapho<br \/>Your golden ivory parts<br \/>With Alcamenis hands chiseling<\/p>\n<p>This is how I carry you<br \/>A watery transparency<br \/>In my time on this earth<br \/>I<br \/>Earth of your earth<br \/>A transient little stone from your rock<br \/>And at nights times pass before my eyes<br \/>My soul<br \/>Sleepless memories<br \/>Unfolding<\/p>\n<p>Anemoessa<br \/>In your matin's longings gold and ochre<br \/>And when your legends wake in my dreams<br \/>It is you<br \/>Who carry in my veins gentle times<br \/>You alone on the waves<br \/>Eternally travelled<br \/>In time<br \/>and glory<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>From the collection of poetry The abyss rose up to my knees<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/marialampadaridoupothou.gr\/en\/book\/%ce%ba%ce%b9-%ce%b7-%ce%ac%ce%b2%cf%85%cf%83%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%bc%ce%bf%cf%8d-%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%ad%ce%b2%ce%b7%ce%ba%ce%b5-%cf%89%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%bf-%ce%b3%cf%8c%ce%bd%ce%b1%cf%84%ce%bf\/\">Connection to the book<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0388\u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c8\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9&#8217; 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