The Ballad of Sideris Isidor Steikovich
…of the daily life
with artistic passion
but he was one of the important painters
with the fabulous figures of Farber # 2
his hands created
he moistened the point of his pencil with his saliva
for his extra dark tones and
with bright oil paints, he painted on satin
exquisite beauties
flowers and
mermaids
(these were his favourites)
and I stole paper from my parents’ visiting cards
the paper was always scarce
when I was a child, and they took me to the Polis
I passionately ran
to meet Sideris
and enjoy his magical
graceful charismas
since that polite and awe-inspiring
Sideris
was indeed my great teacher
along with Parthenis and Kontoglou
which I had
to mention
