Long Listed for the 2023 Griffin Poetry Awards
Unemployment Days
He dreamed of a much useless killing that would
finally prove the reason for each fateful event or perhaps
a habit that could leave some free time to the people
that come evening time even the worrisome could have
a little forgetfulness and the humble a complete pew;
other times he spread the yellow overcoat on the window
like a complaint and then he fell into deep sleep since
it was winter and the flute, hanging in the stony house,
knew how fast forgetfulness arrives.
Hellenic Canadian Literature 