[...] The poetic collection "Leaf and Feather" by Giannis Zikas was supposed to be published before his death, but he wanted to revisit it. He didn't have the chance, so I took on this work. The interventions I made were very few. His poetry is characterized by unexpected images that emerge one after another, flashes that defy logical processing and explanation, but transport you to another space of personal indulgence and prayer, as well as a deep invocation against the sorrows of this world.
The poems, like all his writings, are a continuation of his painting, in an effort to achieve the inner unity of himself and, by extension, the world, with the axis of his deep faith in the person of Christ, a faith that manifested itself through Worship.
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(from the preface of the book)