EVA Petropoulou Lianou
Eva Petropoulou-Lianou was born in Xylokastro, Greece. In 1994 she worked as a journalist for the French newspaper “Le Libre Journal” but her love for Greece won her over and she returned in 2002. She has published books and eBooks: “Me and my other self, my shadow”, “Geraldine and the Lake elf” in English – French, as well as “The Daughter of the Moon”, in the 4th edition, in Greek – English. Her work has been included in the Greek Encyclopedia Haris Patsis. Her books have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus, for the Student and Teacher library. Her new books, “The Fairy of the Amazon Myrtia “dedicated to Myrto with a disability, and Lefkadios Hearn, Myths and Stories of the Far East, illustrated by Sumi-e painter Dina Anastasiadou, were released in 2019. She recently published her book “The Adventures of Samurai Nogas san” in English by the publishing house OntimeBooks, based in England. She collaborates with the electronic literary magazine ‘The poet magazine’. She partners International Literary Union based in America; collaborates for the promotion of literature and promotes the work of Greek poets. Eva is a member of the “Association Alia Mundi Serbia”, the “International Society of Writers and Artists of Greece” and the “Piraeus Society of Letters and Arts” as well as the Corinthian Writers Society. She is President of Greece Association Mille Minds of Mexico; International Ambassador of e _magazine Namaste India; Advisor and Editor in chief Web Magazine Hubei China; Advisor Member of editorial board Las Olas del Arte Magazine Belgium, and Editor in chief Prodigy magazine USA.
Paradise is inside us
We need love
We need kindness
We need dreams
We need happiness
We are humans
I love humans
I decided to see the best version of them
More you see good
More the good is coming out
We need more poems
We need more storytellers
We need more Angels
Believe
Be gentle
Believe and do good
Paradise is inside us
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Hope for peace
(Syria, Iraq Armenia)
We pray as Jews
We pray as Christians
We pray as Muslims
If all those prayers were one
Nobody needed the war
We pray as children’s play
We pray as newborn look the sun
We pray as we see the sea for the first time
This think called virus came at night to our bed
Called dark angel try to take our souls
Try to take our dreams
Our existence
We call the source above
We pray to the Holy Spirit
The darkness came above our houses
The grey cloud near the windows
Nobody knew his name
They call it the Son of Krown
No bodies
No injuries
No blood
A body start to become
An empty bottle full of air
No breath
No move
Just an empty bottle full of water
We pray as birds sing in the forest
We pray as we travel to the Moon for the first time
We pray to Holy Spirit
Against the Beast
We must fight
And have no fear
No panic
Because at the End
The Angels and Him
Shall rise again.
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Homeland
In a small place
A place we call home
I make a nest with my little hands.
In a small place where the heart beat like a taboure
I make a window to look at the sky
In a small place that no one else can see or know his existence..
I call it my homeland
I build a strong house for my family
I feel safe and I hear the birds singing every morning
Homeland
Homeland
They sing to me.
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Good morning
My soul sometimes
Love
With passion
People are so far
My soul sometimes
Need affection
My soul for years
Leave with portraits
Portraits of people I love
Father
Mother
Brother
You
My soul sometimes
Become so small
Need air
Need hug
My soul sometimes
Is a child
That want to smile
My soul sometimes
Feel the sadness of the whole world
My soul sometimes
Is a bird that wish
To fly high
Travel far
See you
Give you a message….
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When surprises keep coming
DREAMS
Dreams are God’s plans
Dreams are the wishes of the Virgin Mary long live the heroes the goodness of people Dreams are the smiles of the Angels
Dreams are the colors of the rainbow Dreams are your words when they speak to me
Dreams are the love that makes everything strong and full of light …
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I need to write a poem
A poem that will serve as peacekeeper
Between the God and Humanity
Between the brothers and sisters
Between myself and my mood
I need to find the verses
Be completely different from the past
And so new to fit in the present
Need to have one truth
Justified and accepted
Need to write a new story
A new book about the life
Every single day is a new discovery
People become evil
Failure earn in so many levels
And love is replaced with food
People are divided
Between those who love the food
Between those who love the humanity
Need to write a poem about the fear
And the dark
But many of stars are shining
So must not afraid of darkness. But definitely need to re organize in our mind what the unknown is like?
People are divided
Between those who love the food
Between those who love the humanity
Is so, difficult to think with the stomach full
People forgot to love and they become
Slaves of their stomach
Little servants of this great stomach
That cannot filter anything
Poetry unites people
Poetry travels faster than the unknown words that remain unborn
In the mind of an author…
Need to write a poem
About the happiness
The smile of the children
The journey that never ends….
Who is the captain of the boat??
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Metaphor of hearts
The bird said if you ever decide to love me,
I hope you have two hearts with you to give me one…
The last one who told me that he loves me so much,
Deeply entered my old heart,
Made it fall apart and melt away..
Since then, I fly high without a heart with the clouds of the company..
So, if you love me
Keep that in mind
I’ll need a heart… a loan heart…
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Dear Soul
Close your eyes
Let your soul free
Open your heart to me
Hope I am the shoulder
You will cry
The eyes to see you’re good and bad
Life is full of small miracles
U are this miracle for me
Let your sorrow
Embrace your mistake
People come and go
Hearts and soul
Are meant to be together
In a moment
Suddenly without asking
Without talking
In a perfect magic moment.
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To the unknown man
Long distance relationship
Days you smile
Nights I cry
Days you become silent
I become so communicative
Birds are coming from far lands
Back to their nest
Wondering will you come to our nest
Long distance relationship
My why become so long
Your words are a rainbow
In my rainy moments
Hope the heaven hear my prayers
Soon you are free from unknown chains
Hear my heart beat
Hear my heart voice
More and more
Every day
Every night
Singing for you
My precious man…
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Wishing be a star
I could be a wish
No importance if I was big or small star
My wish it depends on the person that make it
Asking for peace and happiness
Wishing be a cloud
A Grey or a white
I could express the feelings of people who cannot speak
Rain day if they are sad
Sun day if they are happy
Wishing be a star
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For my father
Death took children and young people Death has always been like that Unfair… do you want to know about death?
It is slow and painful, does not discriminate, he comes suddenly and takes loved ones like lightning like a thunderbolt like a sharp knife… Keep them deep in your heart
Those who left…
Burn a candle for the soul to see on the dark path, put water near the candle to quench the thirst of the soul A pray, God forbid you say … God hears and acts!!
In my deepest fears
Alone I walk….
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