Dimitris P. Kraniotis

Land and water


Raining borders
That threaten me
And I break down doors
To get lost
Beyond deadlines
Inside bodies 
That I ignore


A stranger among 
my own sins
Stealing land and water
I will defend myself


With cutlery
I decorate the bread
That I buried as a boy
For dreams 
That are still hungry
And which I'm stealing irrationally



Blast furnace 


Early ash 
Of the blast furnace
Thrown into the sea
Like another emigration
Of our fate


The uncertain 
Of our will
And the impassable 
Of our morality


Every morning 
That we mourn dreams
Every night 
That we offer promises



Our heart’s visitors


A strange talk
With a stony garment
Threateningly hovers
In our every step
Cold drops of courtesy
Burn our breath


Did hope cease
To visit our heart?


The snow today
Isn’t white
It is colorless
Like the iris of our eyes
Like good morning
Which doesn’t come out of our lips


Did love cease
To visit our heart?


A torn poster
In the whirl of the wind
Our every word
Blue pebbles
Sunk in the blue of the sea
Our dreams


Did poetry cease
To visit our heart?



Courtyard without silences


The flower pot broke 
With the silences 
Our courtyard has grown


The last night was lost in the weeds   
The garden filled with gods
And the cry blossomed tonight
All alone she can no longer remember


If the darkness has illuminated
Weaving illusions
If the sun was trapped
In roots of Erinyes

Biography of Dimitris P. Kraniotis [Greece] 

Dimitris P. Kraniotis was born in 15 July 1966 in Larissa Prefecture in central Greece and he originates from Stomio (Larissa) where he grew up. He studied Medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). He lives in Larissa (Greece) and works as a medical doctor (Internal Medicine Specialist with MSc in Medicine at the University of Thessaly). He is the author of 11 poetry books in Greece and abroad. Also he is the Editor-in-chief of the anthology in English “World Poetry 2011” (205 poets from 65 countries). He has won many international awards for his poetry which has been translated in 36 languages and published in anthologies & magazines in many countries. He has been invited and participated in several International Poetry Festivals around the World. He is Doctor of Literature, Academician in Italy, President Emeritus of the World Congress of Poets (UPLI), President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets (Greece 2011), President of the World Poets Society (W.P.S.), Director of the Mediterranean Poetry Festival (Larissa, Greece), Chairman of the Writers for Peace Committee of PEN Greece and a member of World Poetry Movement (WPM), Poets of the Planet (POP), PEN Greece, Hellenic Literary Society, National Society of Greek Literary Writers, etc. His official website: https://www.dimitriskraniotis.com/