Nikos Engonopoulos – Poems

The Gods are Jealous
Lord, how painful, terrible, big problem! Are
the Gods jealous? I mean, not whether the Gods
are jealous or not, but whether the Gods are jealous
or jealous!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1926763734

Entropy

Unfinished Odyssey
The underground wind blows
my mind will be an unapproachable loneliness
the tree leaves imprison
reflections
from the moment I disembark
there is a sadness in chaos
unfinished Odyssey looks at
the eons’ decadence
the universal poets have for some time died
inside the words that constantly change
their meaning
the world isn’t always the same
with the one that revolves
it looks through depths
and fools us.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPCRLJC6

Chthonian Bodies

Accentuation
Over the meaning of a syllable
voice thunderous and persistent
description of sacred things
bowing to no one
condoning no murder
brandishing no sabre
only abundant benevolence
spiritual festivity of free men and
land welcoming friend and foe
reverence to ancestral gods
need for food, yearning for peace
longing for the igloo’s warmth
equanimity, cross unwanted
just one thought: stand unfettered, men
of this land and live forever

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1926763424