Nostalgic Muse: Poems in Greek and English on the Experience of Emigration (The Hellenic Muses) - Softcover

The poems of the present collection, published in Greek and English on facing pages, are inspired by the experiences of a Hellene living abroad. The word “nostos” refers to that peculiar emotion felt deeply in the hearts of all sensitive people who find themselves far away from the place where they were born, grew up and lived. It is the intense desire, characteristic of exiles and emigrants, to return home to the Motherland. Divided into the units Living Abroad, Hellenic Beauties and Glories, and Nostos, this collection of poems deals with the pain of separation from persons and things beloved, the strong memories that the emigrant brings with him, and his yearning for the final return, like Odysseus’s fabled return to Ithaca. Since the poet had the good luck to be born in Greece, his personal “nostos” is filled with the many colors of that sun-kissed land, which boasts so many physical beauties and historical glories.