Papageorgiou Theofanis was born in 1986 in Athens Greece. He studied economics in bachelor and master’s degree and holds a PhD from National Technical University of Athens in the field f political economy.
He has authored two books of poetry in Greek “Plintirio Astron” (Laundry of Stars) and “H Thalasa me ta 150 Epipeda” (The sea with the 150 levels). His first book was selected in the short list of the Hellenic Authors’ Association for the prize of the first-featured poet. Several poems of him have been translated in English and Spanish. Currently, he is working as a lecturer in National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
The defeat that we thought of
as not belonging to us
greater since it was
from its shadow
shorter since we were
from our sum
located us in the map
as this cloud
that dropping the counterweights
stood above us
and broke into two
Youth 30 years old
His entire life
was the making of symmetry
he did not have other identity
nor a job
maybe he could not speak
his aim was to uproot
the world
and create another
symmetrical
as if the practices of the heart
are sighing from symmetry
or four eyes
are ever symmetrical
as is the practices of the heart
are sighing from symmetry
or four eyes
are ever symmetrical
Poetry in this post: © Papageorgiou Theofanis
Published with the permission of Papageorgiou Theofanis