LONG LISTED FOR THE 2023 GRIFFIN POETRY AWARDS
Christ Turns 30
He went out to the front step. It was time for him
to leave. But to where? As a man he was afraid they
wouldn’t believe in him as a God they couldn’t
understand him. What could he do? He remembered
the animals, the sawdust, the children, the desert
of Galilee, the poor people’s supper “no, not justice”,
he thought, “no, something more” and as he took
his first step eons jumped over History and
time stayed still as he was already walking
towards the pitchers of Cana.
Manolis 