(The remains of a city gate of Old Andissa) I’m restless, waiting for the next shock: the trembling of the earth, thundering like a heavily loaded truck passing by, the glasses, lamps and paintings shaking …
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Author: Smitaki
My dear Emi
For a dear friend
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Mt Lepetmnos
About the highest mountain of Lesvos: Mt Lepetimnos.
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Holy men
About Saint Nicolas, Santa Claus, Ayos Vasillios, Three holy Kings.
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year Poem
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Sitting next to the fire
About the different kinds of heatings and cooking fires.
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Lesvos under the moon and stars
About different moons, sun- and moon eclipses.
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The Empire of Stones goes China
(Lesvos; photo: Tzeli Hadjidimitriou) The latest Chinese National Geographic published a big article about the Petrified Forest of Lesvos. Woaw, are we going to have a Chinese run on Lesvos now?! I’m sure that the …
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Dragon children
A mythological monsters, dragons, painted dragons and glass lizards.
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Lines of passage
(The Halim Bey Mansion, Mytilini) Last week a fire spat smoke over the capital Mytilini; the next day the smoldering fire was put out by rain. The refugee camp of Moria was partly burned down …
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