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Maria Nazos

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The Slow Horizon That Breathes

The Slow Horizon That Breathes

Maria Nazos' translations of Greek poet Dimitra Kotoula engage troubled relationships, the financial crisis, and motherhood.

2023

A. E. Stallings (Introduction by), et al.

A. E. Stallings (Introduction by), Dimitra Kotoula, et al.

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Apology to the Sun

The sun is slowly burning out, which means it will grow more luminous each year before exhausting itself in vain. What’s a girl to do…

May 6

Apology to the Sun

May 6

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Karaoke Cab

Provincetown, MA

May 2

Karaoke Cab

May 2

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All You Need is Love

When the song throbbed through the basement ceiling, you knew your mother was at it again:

May 1

All You Need is Love

May 1

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Happy Hour

A woman in her seventies with a feathered haircut droops like a lily over the bar. She’s lost

Apr 29

Happy Hour

Apr 29

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Woman to Woman

At the Old Colony Tap, she and I are having one of those uneasy talks that women have when no one else will listen. Her ex, who is my ex…

Apr 5

Woman to Woman

Apr 5

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Survivor

— after A.B.

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Survivor

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Modern Art

As Mother describes to her teenage daughter the monthly Rorschach in her underwear, how hard buds

4d ago

A woman in a white shirt is painting.

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When My Relapsed Cousin Runs Out of the Family Boutique Mid-Shift

My aunt never knows when her daughter, whom she’s tried to keep sober and employ, texts her dealer and then goes tearing off:

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When My Relapsed Cousin Runs Out of the Family Boutique Mid-Shift

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On Wanting to Tell [ ] about the Man Ranting Scripture Outside My Window

And how his loose dreads whip against his gold caftan.

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Woman sitting in shadows at the window.

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Another Failed Poem to Loneliness

Tonight, I’m remembering, loving, and mourning those friends I had who did not make me miserable. Friends

6d ago

Another Failed Poem to Loneliness

6d ago

Maria Nazos

Maria Nazos

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#Poet, #translator, & author of PULSE (Omnidawn 2026). Poem in NYER. Substack: https://marianazos.substack.com/

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