I See, My Meadow, I See

About the Book

My Meadow: The eternal landscape of our souls under the sunlight and darkness of the aspects of modern life, such as SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS: And we were wondering – what were the first of us following? We didn’t know, – not even this time. FAMILY: Your fears are the robbers of my happiness, Mum. Send them to prison and give me a hug. LOVE: Additionally, love’s cosmogonic action finally induces catharsis or disaster like every healthy storm. TRAVELLING: A take-off – that’s the point. Whichever take-off – but now. SCIENCE: Whenever time drifts by you it becomes integral and moist. Whenever you push the time you find it uncompressed. ART: I think that this is the way that poetry is used to appear. Through cracks. On the wall. ILLUSIONS: Panthers with chained hunger stalk the end of the party. ENVIRONMENT: But you aren’t listening to me, city, you aren’t. And you are making noise. If you can’t speak spotlessly, at least shut up. MOURNING: Acceptance of the perishable stoically, reception of the death well meaning. Perhaps even for the most beloved. And coconuts in free fall.

About the Author

Nina Yiannopoulou is a neurologist and works in a national hospital in Athens. She was born in Atalanti, Greece in 1966. She is married and she has two children. ‘I see my meadow, I see” is her second collection of poems. The first one named “The collector of yellow clams’ was edited in Athens by Melani editions in 2009.