The ABCs of What Europe Means to Me
This poem was submitted by Amy Barsanti to our 2020 Europe Week Contest. Amy Barsanti is a K-12 educator in North Carolina.
A is adventure, and also for art
B’s biodiversity, and bread from the mart
C is cathedrals and castles divine
D is diversity, dreams and design
E is economy, it’s how things are run
F is for festivals, fashion, food, fun
G is geography, richer than gold
H is for history and heroes of old
I is inclusive, intriguing, intense
J is a journey with many events
K is for kindness of friends just like kin
L is for languages, and love where I’ve been
M is museums and market and mountains
N is for networks and natural fountains
O is for obelisks, Olympics, and options
P’s panoramic, and pleasing concoctions
Q’s quintessential, quality, quaint
R’s relics and ruins they’d never repaint
S is for statues and sculptures of stone
T is the transit- sets the traveling tone
U’s understanding the Union’s alignment
V is for voyage and village and vibrant
W’s water- her rivers and seas
X is for xenophile- more travel, please!
Y is for yesteryear, also for yearning
Z to return to the zone of loving and learning
— Amy Butler Barsanti 3/13/2020
This post has been created as part of CES’ 2020 Virtual Europe Week. The Center for European Studies takes no institutional positions. All views represented within the post are the author’s own. Visit the Europe Week 2020 page for details about our contest, events, and more.
