#Ioannis polemis

[gemsofgreece]

Ὅλα πατρίδα μας! Κι αὐτὰ κι ἐκεῖνα,

καὶ κάτι πού ῾χουμε μὲς τὴν καρδιὰ

καὶ λάμπει ἀθώρητο σὰν ἥλιου ἀχτίνα

καὶ κράζει μέσα μας.

- Απόσπασμα από το ποίημα του Ιωάννη Πολέμη (1862 - 1924) «Τι είναι η πατρίδα μας»

They are all our fatherland! These and those,

and something more we keep in our hearts

and shines invisible like a beam from the sun,

and it’s crying within us.

- Excerpt from Ioannis Polemis’s (1862 - 1924) poem “What Is Our Fatherland”

Making this post in light of the International Poetry Day. This poem is specifically about Greece but I chose this verse because I liked its sound and the imagery it created and I hoped it could resonate with all people for what they consider their own fatherland or simply home. ❤️

#Greece #poetry #poem #Greek #Greek language #languages #poetry day #Ioannis polemis #Greek culture

[jo-robin]

A soundtrack to a Dark Academia tour of Europe.

Travelling to Paris and Venice, spending a few nights in Rome and Napels, taking a boat to Athens on a whim, getting a stomach bug in Istanbul, recovering in Budapest and waiting for the weather to turn in Vienna before returning safely to England.

#dark academia #georg friedrich händel #water music #beethoven #ode to joy #paris #la carmagnole #camille saint-saëns #vivaldi #arsilda #alessandro grandi #venice #rome #pines of rome #neapolitan song #rimsky-korsakov #athens #napels #ioannis polemis #marika papagika #constantinople #istanbul #prayer of st. chrysostom #bela bartok #franz liszt #hungarian rhapsody #joseph haydn #farewell #budapest #vienna