Thinking of Europe: A Continent Filled With Love Legends

Monument for the Rose of Turaida — photo by author

Love legends
fill a continent. Some
you likely know, some you likely don’t.
Lovers from Teruel to
Turaida.

You likely know the legends of Romeo and Juliet, or Tristan and Iseult. But have you heard of the lovers of Teruel, or the Rose of Turaida? Legends of love are sprinkled all over Europe. This poem celebrates that. If you like this poem, or read about places from a different perspective than a review, be sure to follow this publication.

In the Thinking of Europe series I show you Europe in poem-shaped images. For these poems, I use the tritriplicata form. Read more about that form here:

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