Poetry – Valia Gentsou

A lone figure at the edge of foaming waves on a wide beach, seen from above, her long shadow on the wet sand.

Poetry comes of its own accord and finds you, outside place and time. A click, a reversal, a birth.
There is a gap in time there. It is the moment when miracles rise on tiptoe. And then a “traveller” breeze blows. Every time, its force and its finality frighten me. Impossible to avoid it, to hide it under the rug. Poetry, then, for the hint, the transformation, the magic of shades and contrasts. Both darkness and light.

Valia Gentsou

At the end, the road was opening up

Poetry collection · Themelio · 2017

Reversed fairy tales

Poetry collection · Themelio · 2020

The outflow of the waters

Poetry collection · AΩ Publications · 2026

Reviews & interviews

Ο Αναγνώστης — At the end, the road was opening upReview Η Αυγή – Αναγνώσεις — At the end, the road was opening upReview Culture Book — Reversed fairy talesReview Paspartou — Reversed fairy talesReview Μωβ Κιμωλία — Reversed fairy talesReview Τέχνης Σελίδες — Reversed fairy talesReview Ποιητικός Πυρήνας — Reversed fairy talesAnthology Ποιείν — Reversed fairy talesReview