Tag: poetry

• Getting a Greek Tattoo

  

  I knew before I boarded the plane for Greece this year that I wanted to get a tattoo, but it wasn’t until a week into my trip that I knew what I wanted to get: a quote from Seferis, the Greek poet who was exiled from his home for 28 years. His quote is this:…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  December 12, 2019

  art, Greece, humor, travel, writing

  getting inked, Greece, greek life, Greek quotes, Greek tattoos, Nico Tattoo Crew, poetry, poetry tattoos, Sefaris, Sefaris quotes, tattoos, tattoos abroad, Thessaloniki, travel

• So, Greece Happened

  

  I finally understand poetry. Not literally, in the way that if someone were to hand me a poem, I’d be able to explain what it means. I’m probably the worst at that of anyone who’s ever graduated from a writing program. But I finally understand why poetry exists, and it is like this: Narrative cannot…

  Jenny Currier Shand

  July 21, 2015

  blogging, travel, writing

  Archodissa, friendship, Greece, life changing, poetry, thasos, travel, travel PTSD, writing workshops in Greece