My name is Danae, I live in Athens, Greece and I work as a psychologist in a Dementia day care centre. I write since my teenage years. The last seven years I wrote Poetry and short stories, even blogs.
I have lots of inspiration but my personal time is around two hours a day. I am a working single mother.
My first readings and inspirations were many. I will always distinguish Gabriel Garcia Marquez as my favourite writer also Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Herman Hesse and many others. As for poets, Pablo Neruda, Federico Garcia Lorca, Vladimir Mayakovski and many Greek poets such as Yiannis Ritsos and Tasos Leivaditis (my favourite) .
Throw a pebble on the water and let it jump three times.
Bring her a flower, not a dozen of roses.
A living flower, a cyclamen rooted deeply in warm soil,
just place it on her window,
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Smile to me the land is green,
cherry blossoms, mandarin,
the greatest things are to be seen,
come and hold me be my queen.
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Whisper to me a song goodnight
and place me in your hug
the hug that has the limit of starry skies.
I don’t mind that you have muddy wings
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We are all tiny pebbles
at the end of the beach,
next to the rocks
where the wave angrily splashes.
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