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November 2007 Front Page


this issue


The Travelling Poet
more from Dave Besseling
... page 2


Emerging Poet
an introduction to the poetry of Ana Stjelja
... page 3


Interviews
the Muse interviews Dimitris P. Kraniotis
... page 4




featured book



Dunes



Dimitris P. Kraniotis
Greece



Dimitris P. Kraniotis is an award-winning Greek poet. He was born in 15 July 1966 in Stomio, a coastal town in central Greece. He studied at the Medical School in Thessaloniki. He lives and works as a medical doctor specialized pathologist in Larissa, Greece. He is Founder and President of World Poets Society (W.P.S.), the Editor and Director of the online poetic libraries “Greek Poet”, “International Poet” and “Hellenic Words”, the Editorial Director of the Greek medical magazine “Hippocrates”, President of the Economic and Social Council of the Prefecture of Larissa, a Member of the Editorial Board of the Greek literary magazine “Graphi” and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Larissa Medical Association and Larissa Medical Society. He is a Member of several organizations including the Hellenic Literary Society, International Society of Greek Writers, Larissa Writers and Poets Society (former Vice-President and President), Greek Society of Medical Writers, World Academy of Arts and Culture (WAAC), World Congress of Poets (WCP), United Poets Laureate International (UPLI), International Writers and Artists Association (IWA), Union Mondiale des Ecrivains Medecins (UMEM), International Society of Poets (ISP), Poetry Society of America (PSA), The Academy of American Poets, Poetas del Mundo (Chile) and Bilingual Poets and Writers for Peace (Argentina). Also he is 2007 Poetry Ambassador (by the National Poetry Month Committee, USA) and Love Ambassador (by The Love Foundation Inc., USA). Four of his poetic collections have been published: “Traces” (poems in Greek), Larissa, Greece 1985, “Clay Faces” (poems in Greek), Larissa, Greece, 1992 , “Fictitious Line” (poems in Greek and translated into English and French), Larissa, Greece 2005 and "Dunes" (selected poems translated into French and Romanian), Bucharest, Romania 2007. Central theme in his poetry is contemporary man, his impasse, his worries, his fears, his hopes and dreams. His poems have been translated into English, French, Romanian, Dutch and Portuguese. He has won a number of international literary awards for his poetry (in Greece, USA, UK and France), which has been published in many countries around the World (USA, UK, India, Algeria, China, Korea, Brazil, France, Australia, Canada, Germany, Belgium, South Africa, Italy, Nigeria, Argentina, Taiwan, El Salvador & Turkey). He is featured in several encyclopedias (the online encyclopedia “Wikipedia” in 35 languages, the online Greek encyclopedia “Live Pedia”, the “Big Encyclopaedia of New Greek Literature of Haris Patsis” and the “Who is Who in Greece”).



To obtain a copy of the featured book or other publications by Dimitris P. Kraniotis please use the following link:

www.dimitriskraniotis.com








in the spotlight




Nicoletta A. Poulakida
Athens, Greece


Nicoletta is a 35 year old Greek poetess who has been writing on the internet since 2001. Seven of her poems have been included in anthologies; her work has also been featured in various E-mags such as Tryst, Global Inner Visions, Abctales Mag (issue 5) and on the personal webpages of other poets. Also has had poetry featured in Fuselit magazine.




selected poem



The postscripts

Dear Ceiling

No matter where I’ve been
No matter what I’ve seen
You are the sunrise and the sunset of my life!
Yours truly,

The raven.

Raven

What the two of you had is over,
Stop sending letters of love to my love!

The floor.

Dear Window

Is it true? Has the Ceiling forgotten me?
Has it?

The raven.

Dear Raven,

Since the day you left many things have happened,
Now there’s a spiral stairway, and a second floor.
The window has decided to be bricked
After letting you go; so in love
With you it was.
Yours sincerely,

The door.

PS: And a second ceiling of course, and a new raven.
PPS: Have you found a new home?

by Nicoletta A. Poulakida



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