Micro poetry is my starting point of creation. I see the poems as sparks of ignited creativity. They are seeds, some of which will evolve into poems, or short stories or stay as they are. Please click on them to read.
Foreverness is in our eyes.
This is a collection of poems illustrated by the larger than life paintings of Safwan Dahoul.
"This poetry collection is your passport to a profound exploration through life's intricate cycles, unraveling emotional and mental landscapes, finding escapes from selfcreated labyrinths."
Author House
Published in 2023 by Author House
Safwan Dahoul is one of the foremost painters in the Arab
world. He has repeatedly shown how contemporary modes of
figuration can describe the psychic terrain of a region that is in constant flux.
He is known for his melancholic and monochromatic works that present influences from the Cubist style to Assyrian and Pharaonic art.
The dream series explore the physical and psychological effects of alienation, solitude and longing that punctuate the human experience at various stages in life.
Partly autobiographical, this seminal body of work uses the formal properties of painting to recreate the subconscious sense of enclosure that surfaces during
times of Chrysis.
The artists recuring female protagonist facilitates this visceral experience trough her contorted body, often vacant eyes, and minimized yet monumental physicality.
This is a fragment from a reading at Maritime Museum in Elsinore, Denmark
I chosed to do it in this intriguing setting - a brilliantly remodeled old dock in the harbor housing The Maritime Museum of Denmark in Elsinore. I greatly encourage you to visit this place also housing a charming coffeeshop where I did my reading.
The art from the book and also showed in this film is by Safwan Dahoul.
The music is composed by Robert Rabis.
This is the first poetry book I published -
a project started by the artist Ragnhild Lunden for her exhibition at the bienal in Venice May 2022.
Her art inspired me to write poems. The book was launched both in English and German thanks to the excellent work of my friend and poet Michael Pilath.
Click on the pictures above to listen to my readings (Antonia) in English or (Michael) in German
