Romiosini David Douglas There is Abdulaziz Al Farsi

There is Abdulaziz Al Farsi

on his rounds

Her work will also feature in The Best of Irish Poetry 2010 and a forthcoming Dedalus anthology of immigrant poetry written in Ireland

Over 200 of his poems have since appeared in magazines like Poetry Review

Flynn’s work is one place I might start my explanation

Romiosini David Douglas There is Abdulaziz Al FarsiThe word romiosini () or Greekness derives from the Byzantine idea that the Greeks are the true Romioi, the heirs of the Roman Empire. For hundreds of years under the Turkish occupation the flame of romiosini was kept alive in codes of honour, loyalty, bravery, love of the land, religious devotion and patriotism. For Yiannis Ritsos, the Greek Partisans of EAM ELAS in the Second World War were the heroic heirs to the romiosini of the mountain klephtes,