Penelope in Pamvotida

The little bee saw
her white five-petaled lilies.
They perfume her innocence
it is not naivety
they are the golden stamens
that stand upright
as the Cyclopean walls
of her strong soul.

Τhere in her castle
as a Nereid dances
with flutes that enchant
bravery, decency, empathy!

She weaves like Penelope
in the Pamvotida lake
a spidery, feathered dress
although her lover
has stopped seeing her
and he is passing her by!

What if Odysseus does not come to her?
A multitude of suitors
in the stone castle
of the hill of Kiapha
they besiege her, they claim her
but Penelope escapes.

She climbs
on the brilliant chariot of the sun
to find her beloved
in the depths of tomorrow
a strong love  awaits her soul…

(Pamvotida is a lake)

©®Andromachi Benekou

Andromachi Benekou was born in Greece.
Her love for books and evolution prompted her to study economics, pedagogy and postgraduate studies, (with three financial scholarships for excellence from the State Scholarship Foundation. I.K.Y.)
She is an award-winning poet and writer, in Greece and abroad. She is also a painter and puppeteer.
She has six poetry collections, her poems have themes of Peace, Ancient Greece, Greek History, the values of freedom, solidarity, love, romance, children etc
She has taken part in poetry festivals and her poems are published in translation in various magazines and anthologies in Greece and abroad.
She was distinguished for her original puppet-poetic work and for her volunteer work in institutions of Ioannina, with the promotion of Greek literature and culture from 2002 to the present.
She was honoured as a founding member of the World Day of C. P. Cavafy and two of her visual constructions “Kithi” (mascot of the Guitar Museum) and “the guitar fountain” are exhibited at the Guitar Museum in Volos, Greece.