In the next posts, we will meet you with our semi-finalists. We will show you their semi-final’s poem and interview about them and their impressions about Mili Dueli. Also, you will see what they answer on some interesting situations.

Note: Semi-final duels starts in September, 5. We have two semi-finals where we will show 25 authors in each one. So, this is TOP 50 poets in competition where have been presented 545 authors.

SECOND SEMI-FINAL

Mentor:Nermin Delić

11. LENA KYROPOULOS

	SEMI-FINAL POEM:	1. DUŠEVNI MONOLOGDah je skakutao po duši. Dvije riječi su ga bockale: moram i želim. Oči su zanijemile – ne mogu pogledom odgovoriti ništa. Suze ne žele padati ispod kože. Osjećala sam se kao da su svi znali šta se dogodilo noć prije. Prsti su tražili izlaz iz moždanih soba… kroz džepove jakne. Gurali su tkaninu. Gurali su strah. Glava mi se napinjala. Moje dostojanstvo je postalo prestrašen noj. Govorim i oni kažu da vrištim. Gledam i kažu da sam slijep.. Ime mi je istina, ona koju poričete. Zovem se lakoća, ono sam što jesi Odazivam se na zagrljaj, onaj koga se toliko bojite dodirnuti. Moje ime je život. Otišla sam kući pitajući se imam li u ruci pravi ključ ili pravi brak? Bila sam klovn u vlastitioj odjeći. U ogledalu nisam bila sama. Gore, na lijevom ramenu ležale su tuđe pobjede. Dogodilo se kada su me udarali do smrti iza toaleta naše škole, jer sam autist. Ovdje dolje, na desnom bedru, imala sam 25 udaraca poslije ponoći jer sam gej. Na leđima još uvijek imam tugu petorice mačo-muškaraca koji su me hrabro silovali samo zbog zabave – jer sam crn. O Isuse, Allahu, Budo ili kako ti je ime, Bože… ožiljci su utabani čak i ispod kože. Ja sam mačka koju je neki kul – klinac bacio sa šestog kata za poprilično veliku opkladu. Novi sam terminator životinja… upravo sam ubila mačku majku i njene bebe… zaista sam tako kul! Drvo sam u Amazonu koje je izgorjelo za profitnu marku nove prehrambene industrije. Riba sam sa želucem punim antibiotika. Starica sam u autobusu kojoj niko ne ustaje da ponudi svoje mjesto. Zovem se Istina. Ime mi je Svjetlo. Zovu me Zagrljaj. Ja sam Život. Plakala sam more i tražila u njemu potragu za strašću ljubavi. Ja V O L I M S E B E. Sve dok zvijezde ne čuju moju tišinu i postanu tople kapljice ljubavi Odjek će uvijek govoriti… VOLIM I JA TEBE! 2. The monologue of my soul I remember my breath going up and down on the axis of my soul. Two words surrounded me. Must & want. Want & must. My eyes were pinned on the pavement. They didn’t dare to answer to any look. My tears stubbornly refused to become rain under my skin. I felt like everyone knew what happened the night before. My fingers were searching for an escape door from the room of my brain through the pockets of my jacket. They were pushing the fabric They were pushing my fear. My head bented. My dignity a scared ostrich. I went home . It was the first time that i wandered ,if i had the right key , or my whole life long i had the lock one. I felt like the clown who dedying his role from above to wear the clothes of himself, but this time in the right size. I looked my face in the mirror. No i wasn’t alone. I started counding my wounds one by one. Top on the left shoulder i remember one more time their hillarious victory. It took place when they have punched me until death behind the toilets of our school because i am autistic. Here down on my right thigh I had 25 kicks after midnight because I am gay and they hate the way i breath. On my back i still have the sorrow of these five macho men who raped me bravely just for fun, because i am black! Why?Why? What i have done so wrong my God? Ispeak and they say that i am screaming. I look and they say that i am blind. God tonight whispered me… MY NAME IS TRUTH THE ONE YOU DENY MY NAME IS LIGHT THE ONE THA YOU ARE MY NAME IS HUG THE ONE YOU ARE SO AFRAID TO TOUCH BUT MOST OF ALL MY NAME IS LIFE YOUR LIFE, my life Oh Jesus, Alaach, Buda or how ever your name is What kind of irony… the scars remained indelible under the skin of my soul I am the cat that some “heroe kids” threw from the sixth floor for a quite important bet. Hey i am the new cat terminator I just kiled a cat mother and her babies. I am so cool. I am the tree in the Amazon forest that you from the elite human race? YOU just burned out for the profit margin of your new food industry. I am the fish with the stomach full of antibiotics. I am the old lady on the bus that you do not get up to offer me your seat because your glass mobile prizon didn’t let you to SEE ME. GOD TONIGHT WHISPERED ME MY NAME IS TRUTH THE ONE YOU DENY MY NAME IS LIGHT THE ONE YOU ARE MY NAME IS HUG THE ONE YOU ARE SO AFRAID TO TOUCH BUT MOST OF ALL I AM YOUR LIFE ,my life I cried out all my seas, all my rivers and i becked from another word from his lipps and he said FIND WHAT YOU LOVE AND MAKE IT YOUR PASSION find what you love and make it your passion. and i just stand up and said loud to the universe I L O V E M E Until the stars to hear my silence and to become Warm drops of love and the echo answed I LOVE YOU TOO…
	GENERAL INFORMATION
	Name and Surname	Lena Kyropoulos
	Date and the year of birth	13/10/1975
	Nationality (Write the name of the country whose passport you have in UPPERCASES)	GREECE
	Name of the city where you live (Write in uppercases. If you live in the village, write the name of the city that place belongs to, then the name of the village in brackets)	Thessaloniki
	BIOGRAPHY
	When did you start writing poetry?	Everything started quite young ,when my mother decided to buy a new encyclopaidia…By that time the most important criteria for housewifes to buy an anthology was the color to feat with the furniture. My hobby was to open the encyclopaidia on a page – and to discover the knowledge. So my mother bought also the poetry collection anthology from the most important poets from Greek literature..So i have learned quite young ro admire and to study about romantism, yperialism, naturalism in poetry and etc.
	Which elementary school were you attending? Were you a good student?	I went on the 19th E.S. and i used to belong to the first 5 group of the best students.
	Which high school have you finished (or which high school are you attending)?	I went to the 2nd Lynzeum in Thessaloniki. The best years in my school life…We used to discover the warld and ourselves.
	Do you have a college degree? Enter your academic title, if any. If you go to college, write down what year you are on. If you are not going while planning to enroll, enter which colleges you are interested in! *	I ve studied Physiotherapy and i ve made my practice place at the Ippokrateio general hospital in Thessaloniki.
	Are you employed? If you are: what is your job and where are you working?	I am journalist in www.bcimedia.net I am a radio moderator with a radio show called personalities and also i am working as consulter for S.B.E.
	BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY
	Books you’ve published:
	Your poetry awards:	I was nominated to participate in the biggest poetey contest in Delphoi…The biggest Honor for a poet to be there… I was not nominated but to be there i had to compete 490 poets all over Greece and i was in the final 20 best poets…It was my first participation ever. Now is the second one here in Mili Dueli.
	What does poetry mean to you?	The oxygen of my soul…i have ro write..I am burning inside.. Is like souperman when he got lost his power…is my cryptonite. Makes me to brearh from my soul to feel united with the universe and by the same time to be free
	Make a list of your five favourite writers:	Oscar Wild Maria Gruppe Sapfo Pablo Neruda Jorje Bucai
	ABOUT MILI DUELI
	How did you hear about our contest, and decided to apply?	I just saw the photo of my Mentor NERMIN and some thing clicked me. That was the first reason. But i was also attracted by the purple color. It seems to me that is quite sofisticate
	What are your experiences with the contest so far? What do you like the most, and what would you change?	I didn’t realize the phases…Now i can see the whole picture part by part and it seems to me like a Eurovision about poetry…i really like it. I would change the interactive part…i would put a small introduction video from each participant to present his self and to read his/her poem
	Who’s your mentor? What’s your opinion about her/him?	Nermin Celic is my mentor and i am quite happy about it. He is clever and in many ways he saw a kind of a unique windsdom. He is passionate and very generous. He has a sweet kindness.
	Were you expecting to enter the semi-final stage as one of the TOP 50 among 545 people who applied?	YES
	Are you expecting to enter the final stage?	YES
	Do you expect winning this competition?	YES
	ABOUT YOU
	Tick the three groups that describe you the most:	adventurous spirit talking in front of the audience without problem good friends
	Tick the three groups that describe you the least:	ambitious risk talking sport spirit
	Are you a hunter or a gatherer?	I like to observe and the synthesis behind a picture, a photo, a poem, a song. I entirelly believe that wars have colors, weight, width, and senses
	What is your definition of love?	Love is like music you feel it ..it has its own language and you don’t need to traslate it. Because of this i love poetry is the ” selfie” of our soul
	If you were a plant- which plant would you be and why?	Bassilikum Because of the unique smell… Is a happy plant Has an optimistic aspect of view And name means in Greek to behave like a king or a queen
	Somebody gave you an anteater. What are you doing with the gift?	anteater….i dont know this word…and i can not search in Google because i will lose everything i have written so far .because i make this application by my mobile. My lap top is broken yesterday…i try to answer lime i understand it 1. Case if anteater means something good i would proppably say to my best friend to enjoy me to explore it together 2. Case if anteater means sth bad gift =poison in this situation…i would barry it very deeply in the earth …nobody to find it again…nobody to be harmd again. P.S. i ll look after i ll fill the apication what an anteater means…
	Describe the colour yellow to a blind person.	I would give him a leeve and when she would touch it …i would explain how reacts in all seasons from the year..In Spring is green..So in Summer is getting dry in Autom is dry and aposysized so like this could be the yello 2nd version i would describe the sun …every time you are on the window and you feel this warm light…so yellow is when sun is smiling to you
	Tell us something we don’t know about you.	I am unpredictable…i believe we have to live each moment like to be the first one ,not the last one..because we dont know when is our last one.
	Make a list of ten things you can do with a pen (except for writing)	I can paint I can make a pen house I can make a bibliotec Constractions Colaze technick Painting with pen cruch ice I could decorate several furniture I could make a lamp I could make a vase I could make a candle basis I could make an umbrella I could make a lolli pop…the pen could be the stick