Writing sample:

Fireproof Body

Words are being stashed away in dark closets

Waiting for someone to arrange them in order

to let their scent fill the dusk

Artesian frescoes perpetually water the encounters

in fertile soil the seeds are planted

dragons of stone teeth, rose in sharp morning

In anticipation of rapid developments

Reddish-yellow glow at the mouth of hell

The fireproof body radiates warmth

On the mountainside they hid their swords

They resist the urge to cross the square

They choose to remain silent

They have not overcome the incident of youth

Unjust Slaughter

Countless teenagers were wiped out with dreams

They didn’t have time to celebrate with sarcasm

The troubled souls roar

Called to rest with unfulfilled erection

They were sacrificed by a wrong decision

Consolation refuses to cooperate

Words a sore of time

Ash sprinkles the silence

The chariot deposits flowers in the freshly dug chaos

A painful abyss, forever separating us

George H. Zotos was born in Piraeus. At an early age his family moved to Thessaloniki, where he studied, worked and lived for a long period of time. For a decade he lived in the USA in various states and New Zealand. For the last ten years he has been living in Cyprus. USAvarious states and New Zealand. For the last ten years he has been living in Cyprus.