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Eight Birds and Other Poems

Eight Birds and Other Poems

Eight Birds and Other Poems

Kyriakos Sorokkou

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Lulu Press
Año de edición:
2015
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Poesía
ISBN:
9781326283575
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Kyriakos Sorokkou studied English Language and Literature at the European University Cyprus where he staged his first play within the University’s Drama Club. He also won 2 creative writing competitions at the same University, one in 2009 with the title ''Soil, Soul, and Blood'', and one in 2012 with the title ''Two Bullets and A Dry Martini''. He is currently studying Playwriting at the University of Salford.Eight Birds and Other Poems is the second collection of poetry by Kyriakos Sorokkou. Eight Birds is a long poem written in the style of T. S. Eliot’s 'The Waste Land', It’s a poem about migration; It talks about the poet’s inner fight, and his dilemmas on what is wiser to do: migrate and succeed or stay in your country and fail?

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