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Charoula Verigou - Badiou

Hermits of the night

Hermits of the night

With words of fortune tellers on the lips to fight, your shadow the light of oblivion, calls me with an empty shell circle the shape of the cup inside. How are endurances tested tonight, the soul has opened up again, other journeys, I don't have you, but neither remorse nor guilt, I'm bored with living the same and the same. Elsewhere the...

Are you afraid?

Are you afraid?

You are afraid, the awakening of the world within you, you grow old, your thoughts deepen, the darkness lights up, old openings, lightly shadowed by desire, the lips half-open, the flames intoxicate you, but these gray, cloudy shoulders do not leave you. Now the twilight is rushing more, this time when they dance...

Hermits of the night

Hermits of the night

With words of fortune tellers on my lips, fighting, your shadow, the light of oblivion, calls me with an empty shell in a circle, your form again within. How tonight the endurance is tested, the soul has opened up again, other journeys, I don't have you, but neither remorse nor guilt, I'm tired of living the same and the...

My eyes are watering.

My eyes are watering.

 Part 2 I remember the first time I cried when I handed her the spelling test and she signed it and next to it a ten with a tone. "Why are you crying, my child? What happened to you? You haven't made a mistake. Not one, in fact, and what beautiful letters! What a grade you have...

Charoula Verigou - Bandiou, prose writer and poet, (literary pseudonym Zoe Diktaou) was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, in 1962. She grew up in Tzermiadon on the Lassithi Plateau. She is a graduate of the Corfu School of Tourism Professions. She has worked in the Hotel Sector, as well as in Tourism Education and Training Schools. She collaborates with the Online Magazines: Poein, Fractal, Peri ou, Open book, etc. Her lyrics have been set to music. She has participated in several conferences and seminars. Her work to date includes the books:

Tomorrow, an olive tree in the middle of the homeland, Poetry collection
Lassithi, Topos Megas – The Cup of the Gods, Narrative
Tomorrow, the words are a touch of salt, Poetry collection
Athivoli cloves and memory cinnamon, Short stories
Tomorrow the words will be ears of corn, Poetry collection
The others are hanging out clothes and you are hanging out roses, Short stories
A Race for Harigenia, Novel
Tomorrow, autumn is falling, Novel
Moon Stories, Children's Literature

In digital version:
"Tomorrow, the old reasons for the oyster", Mantinades
"Neither the first in Paris, nor the last in the world" (Short Stories of Women)
"A poetic tribute to autumn"
"Corfu, chisel of the soul, light in the rain", Short story, Bilingual edition (Greek + English)
"Sugar is your name and your kiss is sweet", Short story

He also participates in the following collective projects:
Letters of poetry,
Monologues,
Literary Paths,
Literary Hologram
Our Erotokritos (testimonies)

Charoula Verigou - Badiou

Hermits of the night

Hermits of the night

With words of fortune tellers on the lips to fight, your shadow the light of oblivion, calls me with an empty shell circle the shape of the cup inside. How are endurances tested tonight, the soul has opened up again, other journeys, I don't have you, but neither remorse nor guilt, I'm bored with living the same and the same. Elsewhere the...

Are you afraid?

Are you afraid?

You are afraid, the awakening of the world within you, you grow old, your thoughts deepen, the darkness lights up, old openings, lightly shadowed by desire, the lips half-open, the flames intoxicate you, but these gray, cloudy shoulders do not leave you. Now the twilight is rushing more, this time when they dance...

Hermits of the night

Hermits of the night

With words of fortune tellers on my lips, fighting, your shadow, the light of oblivion, calls me with an empty shell in a circle, your form again within. How tonight the endurance is tested, the soul has opened up again, other journeys, I don't have you, but neither remorse nor guilt, I'm tired of living the same and the...

My eyes are watering.

My eyes are watering.

 Part 2 I remember the first time I cried when I handed her the spelling test and she signed it and next to it a ten with a tone. "Why are you crying, my child? What happened to you? You haven't made a mistake. Not one, in fact, and what beautiful letters! What a grade you have...

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