Greek Poet ILIAS FOUKIS

Greek Poet      ILIAS   FOUKIS
Poetry is the voice of the Gods

Sunday, December 25, 2016

IN TIMES OF PEACE Poem by ELIAS FOUKIS

IN TIMES OF PEACE



Good called on the tempests of Zeus 
to declare war 
against Evil.


Like a wild beast it rose up 
to kill evil 
and from the heights of the Heavens 
to exterminate it... 
to flatten it 
with the roar and power of thunderbolts.


Evil died...entered the ground 
the garbage of earth 
gave it a soul. 
It raised its head...stood up straight 
reentered the world in a driving rain.


Those were you see times of peace. 

Good lived on intoxicated 
wearing the laurels of triumph 
and the tuxedo of justice. 
It gave evil a pardon 
in the name of the coexistence of nations and ideas.


Wars and tempests were forgotten 
and the thunderbolts 
and as in the beginning 
lived together again in the name of peace 
so in a while war 
starts all over again from the beginning. 


Translation  by  PHILIP  RAMP

4 comments:

  1. THE element of surprise in the end or the twist so typical in the style of O Henry is also to be found in this work of Ilias Foukis. Undoubtedly, this is a divine poem by a great poet of our times .

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  2. allegory explains why evil exists . sublime poem .

    'reentered the world in a driving rain.'

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