The Garden of Medussa presents a selection of short lyric poems from Antonios Paspatis’s poetry collection, published as an appendix to his book The Garden of Medussa: A Love Trilogy. Written in an intimate and direct voice, these texts move through themes of desire, devotion, solitude, and the fragile intensity of human connection. Across nocturnal scenes, seascapes, and moments of emotional reckoning, the poems trace the persistence of love as both refuge and unrest.
The project is part of the subthemes Writing After – Catastrophe, Memory, and the Archive of Loss, The Poetics of Care – Intimacy, Tenderness, Repair.
Author
Antonios Paspatis
Antonios Paspatis is a Greek poet and retired financial consultant based in Kalamata, Messinia. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto (BA, MA) and Columbia University (MIA) and worked in banking before pursuing a long career as a freelance financial consultant. His poetry is included in his collection The Garden of Medussa, published as an appendix to his first book. Sixteen of his poems received the Plato Award at the 11th Global Poetry Competition K.P. Kavafy during the 3rd International Cultural Forum 2025.
