Anna Pantelakou

Elevator

Once wrote a poem for you
Now writing a poem about you
My boss in 19

My friend in 21
My boss in 24

My grandmother in 6 and 24
My mother in all of it
Priestesses

Talked about patriarchy
-though never knew a father
Once asked for the right to
Shushed

Smacked

Smothered


Anna Pantelakou studied History and Theory of Art. She is passionate about academic writing, and is currently working on a children’s story. She was born in icy Canada, therefore writes both in English and Greek. She is based in sunny Athens.

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