Poems of Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greece)
The Red Poem
I painted red
The sky
Days that I lost myself
And denied myself
Laughing without reason
I lived those
I painted red
The water
I drowned in tears
And saved me
Forgetting my guilt
I cheated myself
I painted red
This poem
With words I erased myself
And resurrected myself
Writing in blood
I avenged myself
Illusions
Noiseless wrinkles
On our forehead
The frontiers of history
Shed oblique glances
At Homer’s verses
Illusions
Full of guilt
Redeem
Wounded whispers
That became echoes
In lighted caves
Of the fools and the innocent
©®Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis (Greece)
Short Bio of Dr. Dimitris P. Kraniotis:
Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 1966 in Larissa Prefecture in Greece and 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 11 poetry books. He has won many international awards for his poetry which has been translated into 37 languages and published in many countries. He participated in many International Poetry Festivals. He is Doctor of Literature, Academician, 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/