Thursday, April 14, 2016

1454, Three centures before the American revolutionary war




Turks arrive in Europe,
                    [last year their feet stepped on..
Now the former glorious
                   [East Roman Empire is a pawn,
a Sultan's pawn
                  [in the global chessboard...
The Last Roman Emperor is dead,
                 [after he heroically warred....

Europeans did not send,
     [although was expected , any assistance
and Constantinople was conquered
                               [despite strong resistance.
Now all the Christian states,
                      [felt their threatened existence.

Vienna will soon be besieged
    [Ottomans don't know the word "distance"


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"Drang nach osten"
       (thrust toward the East), cavalry hum..
Central and Eastern Europe
                                  [is scared and numb,
as the Teutonic Knights attack
                               [with great momentum
defeating and conquering all,
            they were a constant moving front...
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In Renaissance Europe,
             [the arrival of mechanical movable type printing
introduced the era of mass communication
                                                           [and often grinning
talk to my computer  and say
                   ["although you are Gutenberg's great-grandson,
your generation gnaw the discovery of your grandfather,
         [the printed book and you are the means...…  the gun...


                                  Books "were" Men's Best Friends
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* ''COULD IT BE OTHERWISE ? in verse''  
Texts and Narration: Odysseus Heavilayias - ROTTERDAM //
Language adjustments and text adaptation: Kellene G Safis - CHICAGO//
Digital adaptation and text editing: Cathy Rapakoulia Mataraga - PIRAEUS//



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