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    Poetry from The Lady of the Pier
    Poetry from The Lady of the Pier
    Poetry from The Lady of the Pier
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    Poetry from The Lady of the Pier

    By Effrosyni Moschoudi

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    Joanna boards a flight from JFK to visit the Greek island of Sifnos again after twenty years. All this time, despite the distance and her life's circumstances, she's been holding on to precious memories from an old summer love. Now, she's determined to meet again the man she once left behind, hoping for a chance to prove she never forgot their old promise...

    The book contains a Greek short story of second chance romance and ten love poems from the Lady of the Pier trilogy. Readers who are not familiar with the series may equally enjoy them.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEffrosyni Moschoudi
    Release dateDec 2, 2015
    ISBN9781519986078
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      Poetry from The Lady of the Pier - Effrosyni Moschoudi

      A FEW WORDS FROM THE AUTHOR

      When Sofia falls in love on the Greek island of Corfu, she finds herself worrying about two things: village gossip, and the spirit of a lamenting woman that begins to haunt her dreams. Compelled by the spirit and her love for a boy, Sofia moves far away from home, entering a foreign world where the spirit awaits, haunting a derelict pier from a bygone era. The spirit has remained bound to this place, the West Pier of Brighton, for a great number of years. The locals have a name for her: ‘The Lady of the Pier.’

      Enchanted, Sofia writes a series of poems . . . you will find ten of them in this book. I hope they will inspire you in some way, the way they inspired my heroine Sofia to follow her heart, no matter the adversity.

      There are a number of themes in the Lady of the Pier trilogy, like the value of friendship, the importance of family, but, most of all, the irresistible power of heart over mind, and the sacred right that every person on this earth has for happiness and love.

      Sofia suffers for love, sometimes giving in to reason, only to be overwhelmed by her strong emotions, following her heart once again. The bonus short story An Old Promise that you will find at the end of this book, serves as yet another reminder that if you ignore your heart’s desires for the sake of reason, you are in danger of losing your way.

      I hope you will enjoy the short story as well as the poetry. I’m also including in this volume an exclusive excerpt from The Ebb (book 1 in the trilogy) that you won’t find as a free preview anywhere else.

      ADVICE FROM THE MOON

      Mother of tides

      Your magic word the sea abides

      Healer of pain

      Look at my heart, the wretched, the slain.

      Of gathering clouds you slide on the silk

      Of worrying souls the bread and the milk

      You are; as you were and always will be

      I’m longing for truth, your face to see

      I’m looking for answers, my dreams to come true

      Will they from the clouds one day come through?

      And then as She slid, majestically pale

      Behind grey veils, so silky, so frail

      She shone on my face and filled me with bliss

      Then blew these words like a motherly kiss:

      When morning should come

      Then whispered The Moon

      The Sun will awake and blind me too soon

      He puts me to sleep with powerful rays

      And blind I stumble throughout His days.

      At night, I’m The Queen, The Mother, The Guide

      But sometimes behind the clouds I should hide.

      And if your keen eye should try to find me

      Don’t blame the clouds that gather to hide me.

      Hold on to your dreams and hang on still proud

      I hear your pleas - you stare at the cloud.

      I haven’t gone out; I’m still all around!

      I hold all your dreams behind the cloud.

      And as I emerge from silver grey lines

      As clouds will then yield, as moonlight then shines

      One day your dreams at last will be there

      They’re already here my child,

      As long as at clouds you solemnly stare.

      LOVING YOU FOREVER

      It took a million days

      To seize another chance

      And yet the day she found him

      She

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