We've been here for a long time, ready for the long ride. We've been makers of history, we've been shaping culture and taming nature.
Scornicesti is situated in an arid, agricultural area and it has been atested that the ground where our town stands today has been populated since late neolithic. There have also been discovered traces of Dacian settlements from the 2nd century B.C. and Daco-Roman settlements from the 1st and 2nd century A.C., which is a very important period in the shaping of the Romanian culture, hence the name "makers of history."
traces of the past...
how much of what must have been
is still underground?
they made history
and history changed with them -
cherishing today
In 1918, Nicolae Ceausescu, the former president and dictator of Romania is born in Scornicesti, which was at that moment just a small village. After Ceausescu became Romania's president, Scornicesti started blooming and it finally received the status of town in 1989, shortly before the Revolution which lead to the removal of Ceausescu from his position and then to his death. Ever since Scornicesti stagnated, as if the time had stopped.
what once ascended,
reaching a maximum bloom
is now forgotten
This is one of the town's emblem's over time.
I really like the last one best! I'm really likeing your theme!
ReplyDeleteDani @ Entertaining Interests
#warriorminion
Ahh Adriana I like your theme! I will look forward to reading more :) Happy A-Z'ing!
ReplyDeleteAJ Lauer
#atozchallenge helper minion
Twitter: @ayjaylauer
How the mighty do fall, happens to us all.
ReplyDeleteLove the first haiku. It's sad but makes me want to go out and find all the things that have been lost or forgotten.
ReplyDeleteEverything cycles
ReplyDeleteThe present bleeds from the past
and our future too
Great theme and very interesting. It seems that, with a few exceptions, dictators don't last that long.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love your haiku, especially the one about history changing them, and changing history. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAs usual, Adriana, you write beautiful posts. Love this bit: "what once ascended,
ReplyDeletereaching a maximum bloom is now forgotten." Makers of history, indeed, and yet so little is known.
Loved the second haiku, actually, I loved them all, but I really loved the second. I'm learning something different and definitely interesting on all the blogs I've visited today. Loved this one. Great post!
ReplyDeleteKaren
Very cool emblem. Great haikus. I do wonder what's underground in most cities.
ReplyDeleteI love how you illustrate the history with haiku. I'm having a lot of fun reading your posts!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. Very good work. Love learning something new :)
ReplyDeleteSarah Allen
(From Sarah, With Joy)
I find it quite interesting that the shield was placed beneath the structure, perhaps a reference to how there might still be undiscovered artifacts lurking underground?
ReplyDeleteI am working on a Master's in TESOL now. I should graduate next year. I love this field. It's great to find a blogger in a related field.
ReplyDeleteDropping by from A to Z. First year participating.
Brett Minor
Transformed Nonconformist
what once ascended,
ReplyDeletereaching a maximum bloom
is now forgotten
Reminds me of Ozymandias :)
Damyanti @Daily(w)rite
Co-host, A to Z Challenge 2013
Twitter: @AprilA2Z
#atozchallenge
This is wonderful. I'm enjoying learning more about Romania. The haikus were wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI love history...whether learning about my own country or someone else's. Good luck with the challenge! I participated last year and had a blast!
ReplyDeleteDonna L Martin
www.donasdays.blogspot.com
This is quite intriguing, and the haiku's evocative and haunting. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to learn more about Romania, and your haiku's really make it come to life.
ReplyDeleteJulie
I love ur haikus!! Keep writing! :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting post and I like the haiku.
ReplyDeleteWell, how sad. Why did they remove him if he was doing so much good for the town?
ReplyDeleteShannon at The Warrior Muse
Most interesting post. Beautiful imagery and lots of information for a win/win.
ReplyDeleteWow! allot of coordination and nice writing. I love the way you mixed poetic challenges with prose.
ReplyDeletelove learning new things. never knew that about romania! great job on the haiku :)
ReplyDeleteNutschell
www.thewritingnut.com
I feel the same is true of my parents' homeland of Portugal. Once (a loooong time ago) a major power in the world, it's now hardly known.
ReplyDeleteNice haiku, by the way! :-)
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