Smaragdi Mitropoulou was born in Athens. She has studied history and archeology at the University of Athens and had postgraduate history studies at the University of Cardiff, in Great Britain. She serves in secondary education. She is also a Creative Writing graduate (Diploma in Creative Writing) from the Writers’ Bureau College (Manchester, UK), and has studied theater writing at the International Theater Institute and directing at the Foundation of Culture in Tinos island. She is a member of the Greek Association of Literary Works and the Association of Greek Writers of Five Continents. She has been honored twice by the Fictional Larry Niven Prize for Literature ( « Fantasy » category). During Panorama International Literary Festival 2020-held in India by Indusscrolls Press in cooperation with Writers Capital International Foundation- she was honored by the Panorama Youth Literary Award 2020. She has published a theater play, two short story collections and a poetry collection.
SILENCE
My hours of silence are screaming
words never spoken
and truths hidden in a mirror.
My hours of silence are screaming
for the life I never lived
for everything I imprisoned
in a secret corner of my heart.
My hours of silence are screaming
for a dead dream
for the rain that soaked my existence
for a tear left
at the corner of my eyes.
My hours of silence are screaming.
Can anybody hear the scream?
Smaragdi Mitropoulou
