Zorba the Greek
...Zorba was a friend of mine
momentum of lunacy shine
insane shrieking lunacy
to venture to an exotic island.
Let's be free; snip the strap.
sardonic heart phratry man
Shamans are r...
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Categories:
retsina, analogy, joy, longing, love,
Form: Metrical Tale
The Waitress
...We came walking blind bends at dusk,
An overhanging fig picked fresh.
No pavements, just a nervous trust
that drivers would skirt our single line.
Hugging the roadside with torches lit,
Pho...
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Categories:
retsina, memory,
Form: Narrative
The Greek Festival
...~~~~~OPA~~~~~
This is the happiest day of my year!
At Saint Basil's Festival, in my heart.
You would see fireworks and hear the cheers.
Nothing can keep me from this Festival apart.
It's...
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Categories:
retsina, celebration, happiness, how i
Form: Rhyme
Play That Funky Bouzouki White Boy
...trying to sleep
take a simple nap
but the whirling
dervishes in my
mind won't stop
stomping or
dancing
and as i'm "one
who delights in all
manifestations of the
terpsichorean muse" my
me...
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Categories:
retsina, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Sap
...i pine
for your
pine tree
yes licking
not but a
knot
where the
sap spills
out and
where my
tongue in
mouth
takes in
it all so
say
thank
you
Retsina...
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Categories:
retsina, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Panagiota Cocktail
...Panagiota Acrostic
A Panagiota Cocktail.
INGREDIENTS
P~Phoebe, the moon goddess
A~Aphrodite the goddess of love
and beauty
N~Nike, the goddess of vic...
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Categories:
retsina, beautiful, fun, how i
Form: Rhyme
The Greek Taverna
...The Greek Taverna
Where can you be, dancer of my soul?
I want it be 1967 right now.
Where I can walk into the Minerva
Be seated by a handsome host,
And with my heart pounding..you are now wal...
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Categories:
retsina, joy, longing, love, lust,
Form: Rhyme
An Excercise In Alliteration
...The garrulous, Greek grape gatherers,
Joined joyously with jocund japes,
The olive pickers and Ostrich plucker’s,
Celebrating the seasons success in song.
The querulous quiver of musical quaver...
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Categories:
retsina, allusion, humorous,
Form: Alliteration
El Greco
...Sourlaki with chilli flakes
Halloumi salad
Batter-coated seasoned squid
with a Tzatziki
Semolina cake
Retsina
Class!...
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Categories:
retsina, food, places
Form: Epulaeryu