DIASPORIC LITERATURE - diasporic.org - eBooks4Greeks.gr
DIASPORIC LITERATURE - diasporic.org - eBooks4Greeks.gr
DIASPORIC LITERATURE - diasporic.org - eBooks4Greeks.gr
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POETRY English LanguageBurning Flowers (Vienna)Ge<strong>org</strong>e NikolopoulosAthens, Greece1st Prize in the LiteraryCompetition of Greek-Australian CulturalLeague, 2010Night train to Viennariding through the foggy countryside;outside the darkness and the rain,inside the shadow and the painyou’ve f<strong>org</strong>otten the firebut the flames still burn in the night so brightit has happened beforeso it can happen again.Burning flowersin the empty streets at midnightwhatever happensit has happened before, long agowe were just burning flowerswhile the shadows gathered among uswe were just burning flowersright before the storm.Another night on the roadfrom Berlin to Viennaall the way to Viennawe were dreaming of the past.The past lies aheadthe future’s left behind us;no room for the presentin this glorious scheme of things.Well, these flames still burn in the night so bright;has it happened before?or will it happen again?12Diasporic Literature/Διασπορική Λογοτεχνία/Literatura de Diasporic - http://<strong>diasporic</strong>.<strong>org</strong>Issue 1 Vol. 1, Μarch 2011
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