Love happens only once Just like the measles You take it only once Your heart is a firework flashing heavenwards no second time in your lifetime. Meteor-like, it blazes for a moment but bang goes the illusion. "Love conquers all" Not always A hoax perhaps An indulgent delusion definitely
Bio: Sofia Kioroglou is a Greek poet, writer and perennial traveller to the Holy Land and Egypt. She was a featured poet of the week at Poetry Super Highway (April 3-9, 2017). Her recent entry to the Festival for Poetry was singled out at the Best of February 2017. Her poems can be found online and in print in Lunaris Review, In Between Hangovers, Galleon Literary Journal, Pengician, Galway Review, Verse-Virtual, Peeking Cat Poetry Magazine, Fractal.gr, Your One Phonecall, Halcyon Magazine,Dumas de Demain, Books’ Journal, Poetic Diversity, Every Writer, Winamop, Communicators League, Outlaw Poetry, Aenaon, Basil o’ Flaherty and Aiolika Grammata. She was one of the winners in the International Competition of Epok.gr this January and her work won a distinction in the Poetry Contest of Unesco Club for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece. Her work received a special mention in Winningwriters Magazine this February.