Some of the angels I encountered in the Greek cemetery, described in Angels over Alexandria. The poems are from our favorite poets, Constantine Cavafy and Juan Ramón Jiménez.
Angel in the Shade © 2009 Veronica Morriss
“I am not I.
I am this one
walking beside me whom I do not see,
whom at times I manage to visit,
and whom at other times I forget;
who remains calm and silent while I talk,
and forgives, gently, when I hate,
who walks where I am not,
who will remain standing when I die.”
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Angel of the Sea © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Wings © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Voices
Loved, idealized voices
of those who have died, or of those
lost for us like the dead.
Sometimes they speak to us in dreams;
sometimes deep in thought the mind hears them.
And, with their sound, for a moment return
sounds from our life’s first poetry –
like distant music fading away at night.
Constantine P. Cavafy
- Angel of Prayer © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Kneeling in Prayer © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Angel of Mourning © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Heaven and Earth © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Angel of Hope © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Angel of Silence © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Guardian Angel © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Angel and Cross © 2009 Veronica Morriss
“My feet, so deep in the earth!
My wings, so far into the heavens!
–And so much pain
in the heart torn between!–”
Juan Ramón Jiménez
Baby Angel © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Angels and Icons © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Tomb of Iasis
I, Iasis, lie here -famous for my good looks
in this great city.
The wise admired me, so did common, superficial people.
I took equal pleasure in both.
But from being considered so often a Narcissus and Hermes,
excess wore me out, killed me. Traveller,
if you’re an Alexandrian, you won’t blame me.
You know the pace of our life -its fever, its absolute devotion to pleasure.
Constantine P. Cavafy
Angel and Rose © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Tomb of the Bougainvillea © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Garden of Angels © 2009 Veronica Morriss
Diving | Archaeology 
Beautiful….completely beautiful in vision and in words…
love the ‘angel and cross’. The rest are rather grand 😉
This is wonderful. Just two years ago I started this fascination of Alexandria and its history. When I chanced upon this blog and saw the pictures, I realize there’s so much more to learn! Shall be reading on from here-on and still hoping that some day I’ll get to do these awesome things you do too…
Beautiful photos. Thanks for taking us there.
~Laura
I love old cemeteries! Beautiful pictures!!