Xristos Tsoukas – My First Cousin the Author and Poet

Xristos Tsoukas – My First Cousin the Author and Poet written by Bianca Ghikas May 19, 2020   I have known Xrhstos my whole life, he was born two years before me in Athens, Greece;  He was the first born to my […]

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Vincenzo Marseglia – Astri

Astri written by Vincenzo Marseglia Astri che di spazio vi nutrite e nel mistero voi gioite. Vi muovete nel profondo girando per il mondo, ed io vi guardo… estasiato, sono sempre sopraffatto dal ciel che mi sovrasta, e dalla vastità dell’immensità. Voi […]

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Rosa Marseglia – ‘O Vesuvio

‘O Vesuvio written by Rosa Marseglia   Muntagna maistosa Che t’aize mmiez’o mare. Attuorno a te tanta bellezze… Surriento,’o golfo e Napule e a luntano te guarde l’isola di Capri addò pure Tiberio l’imperatore l’ha apprezzata. Spisso si stato nfame e malamente, […]

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Rosa Marseglia – O’ mese e maggio.

O’ mese e maggio. Mai può mancare per me il ricordo della mia cara mamma, che non è più. Questa piccola lirica ricama con parole semplici il ricordo perenne e si va indietro agli anni della mia fanciullezza, fatta di ricordi felici […]

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Rosa Marseglia – My Aunt aka Cousin and Neapolitan Poet

Rosa Marseglia the Award winning Neapolitan Poetress written by Bianca Ghikas May 18, 2020   Rosa is the daughter of my maternal grandmothers first cousin and my mother’s godmother.  Rosas Great-grandmother  and my great-great-grandmother are the same person, in other words her […]

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Vincenzo Marseglia – Nu saluto ‘a Maria

This poem was written by the son in law of my maternal great-grandmother’s Sister Berenice Di Nocera Ventriglia.  Vincenzo was married to Titina Di nocera, both deceased now, and had quite a few children one of them is Rosanna Lettillo Marseglia, my […]

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Bianca’s Dad wrote this poem for Xristos Tsoukas Baptism

  Για την βάπτιση του Βουλι written by Bianca’s father : Dimitrios Ghikas on March 15, 1949   Απ’ τότε που γεννήθηκε της Σάσας ο δουδουκος Στα ζάρια το είχατε Και έτσι προσπάθησε να βρει την νονά Ο Βουλις πως σας έβλεπε […]

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Η Kαρδιά…

Η καρδιά… written by: Baggelis Tsoukas Την πληγωμένη την καρδιά αν θέλεις ν’ αποκάνεις δωσ’ της ακόμη μια σπρωξιά, δωσ’ της και μία μαχαιριά, έτσι, για να ‘σαι σίγουρος ότι θα την πεθάνεις. Γιατί κορμί χωρίς καρδιά είναι σαν άδειο τάσι, κάτι […]

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To Bianca and Neri and their families written by : Xristos Tsoukas , Athens, Greece on May 2, 2020 Μια μέρα σαν κι αυτή ήταν κι εκείνη που βγήκανε οι φίλοι μου παρέα και βρέθηκαν –που λες;! –στη Σαντορίνη, που όλα τότε […]

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