Based on true events – a story in series Stories never end I saw my mother very often, I went there two or three times a day. When my father died, my mother stayed on Parthenon Street with her brother...
Kira Karnezi
Kira Karnezi was born in 1986 in Athens and combines a wide range of activities and interests. She studied Law at the University of Athens, International Business Law at University College London and Psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her professional career includes practicing law in Greece and consulting in large organizations in England, specializing in human resources management and business analysis. In 2024, her first poetry collection "Cassandra and Other Truths" (published by Iolkos) was published, while in June 2025, the psychology textbook "Farewell to Toxic People" (published by iwrite) is expected. Her writing career also includes a science fiction book “A Convenient and Happy World” (published by Universal Journeys) and participation in collective works and anthologies since 2014. She lives in England with her family, where she combines her professional activity with writing, constantly seeking new ways to share knowledge and experiences.
My Articles
Venerable Epimeni – Part 19
Based on true events – a story in series With the Areopagites For a while, until my children grew up, I had no activity, my sole concern was raising them and this lasted about a decade. I did not have my own...
Myths as a Compass: How Archetypes Shape Greek Identity
We live in times when Greece faces challenges that would seem mythical: economic crises, geopolitical threats, social erosion. And yet, the answer to how to emerge unscathed from this modern labyrinth lies in our own myths - not...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 18
Based on true events – a story in sequels Love and degrees: an invisible dowry My daughter was an easy child, she didn't tire me at all. She was quiet at home and did well at school. Nothing bothered her, nothing bothered her...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 17
Based on true events – a story in series Letters, Mischief and Screwdrivers The children were born and raised in Koukaki, with few things of their own in this house. They had so much empty space that they used to not only play chase, but...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 16
Based on true events – a story in sequels In the previous: Moving to Menidi, far from her family in Athens, plunges Sevasti into melancholy. The melancholy worsens after the birth of her first child. You ask him...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 15
Based on true events – a story in sequels In the previous: Telemachus won the lottery and built a house in Menidi to marry Sevasti. The First Solitude of Time When I moved to Menidi from Athens it seemed very...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 14
Based on true events – a story in series The New Year's Lottery The first years of marriage were very difficult, our life was very difficult. When we got married, it wasn't that we were hungry, but we didn't have money. We lived only on his salary...
Memory of the innocent
Time is on the side of the young. They can simply wait longer. Time is on the side of the old. They can change more narratives. Time is on the side of the innocent. You had control over everything except my memory. A memory that erupted...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 13
Based on true events – a story in sequels In the previous: Telemachus suggests to his sister and Sevasti that they all go to the cinema together, but then he asks Sevasti to go out just the two of them. Sevasti hesitates, thinking about her sister...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 12
Based on true events – a story in sequels In the previous: Telemachus arranged the engagement and marriage of his sister, Helen, because if he did not marry her he could not marry himself. One Sunday in Helen's room When...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 11
Based on true events – a story in sequels In the previous part: Telemachus first appears in the courtyard asking for a room for his sister - there he meets Sevasti. Earth, wheels and engagements I brought a chair from the...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 10
Based on true events – a serialized story Rooms for Rent ― When I was a seventh grader in 1947, there were no apartment buildings, only rooms for rent. Rooms weren't just for vacations like they are now, entire...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 9
Based on true events – a story in sequels Traps made of love – Every night during the Occupation, my father listened to the station “Free Greece”, through this hidden radio he had found, together with his friend...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 8
Based on true events – a story in series A tree grows under the Acropolis ― Do you remember any other special incident from the Occupation? Something that impressed you? ― Of course I remember because I was the firstborn in the family and...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 7
Based on true events – a story in sequels PART 7 Author's note: The opinions expressed, as well as the geographical and historical references, reflect the personal memory and experience of the narrator as a child (born in...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 6
Based on true events – a story in installments PART 6 Hunger and hope: childhood memories of the occupation When the Germans occupied Athens, they appointed a government and a mayor as occupiers. They were not obliged to do so, but it seems...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 5
Based on true events – a story in series PART 5 The real language issue GEORGE LION was born in 1890 and left his island, which was then Italian, when he was 16. He stayed in Russia - St. Petersburg, Kiev and Odessa - for a little more...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 4
Based on true events – a story in sequels PART 4 Author's note The following text is based on true stories and memories, as experienced by a girl who grew up in an era full of contradictions. It does not express political positions,...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 3
Based on true events – a story in installments PART 3 The road to school There is only one photo of all three of Maria's children. Sevasti, the eldest, is about eleven years old, Eleni is a year younger and Nikolas, a baby, is ten...
Venerable Epimenimon – Part 2
Based on true events – a story in series PART 2 Return to Homeland 2 Maria's father kept her close to him on the day her son-in-law visited her. The house had the kitchen and shop on the ground floor and the rest of the rooms upstairs...
Venerable Epimeni – Part 1
Based on true events - a story in series PART 1 Return to the homeland The two brothers were too young for such a long journey, from Kalymnos to Russia. The eldest had only one more grade to finish the six-grade high school,...
The words
Words are birds. If you think you can tell them where to go, you're wrong. Words are stars. They show you your path, but they never let you reach them. Words are borders. They define what you left unsaid. Words are my country....
Cassandra
You read the stars in the sky. What do they say, light lantern. You brought them down, you made them a voice. But it has become dust in your throat. How can you convince others of something on which their salary depends. They will lose their honor if they listen to you. They have no problem changing....
Bottom
I dive to my bottom and find your pieces and those of my neighbors. All people seem to be broken in similar places. The deeper I go, the more similar the pieces are. I'll bring you some of mine, I'll take some of yours. Maybe to...
AND FROM HERE RIGHT
I'm getting in the car with you. The route to your house that was once mine. You'll give me a tour, you'll tell me about the turns. Straight, right, right again, behind the buildings. You'll tell me about the grand thefts, the petty politics and the local...
AFTER-
Immigrant. Who is an immigrant? The one who came from elsewhere, everyone, except the stones. A bad term, like cancer, for something so natural and inevitable. Stop resisting. Transfer. The one who is sent elsewhere by his job gets a transfer. More acceptable and...
EXIT GRID*
A man was calling me, Muse, multifaceted… A green notebook with poets. My mother's notebook. Seferis. Elytis. Ritsos. No woman. And Cavafy hidden until death — behind a glass. Sun, a lot of sun, and barren rocks tearing the blue. A hidden...