It's Greek To Me! Poem by Panagiota Romios

It's Greek To Me!



We all here-that cliche:
"It's all Greek to me! "
Here are words you use that
have roots in Greek!



A -how about 'airplane' we all have enjoyed these!
B -and that 'Bible'you use!
C- I know we all love 'comedy'!
E- A quality we love, 'enthusiasm'
F- One of my favorites is 'fantasy'
G-I know we marvel at a 'galaxy'
H-Oh, how we love 'horoscopes'
I- idea, is of Greek origin, as well.
J- yes, even that word...jealous!
K- 'kilometer, to measure
L- Add that favorite word, 'logic.'
M- 'Melody'so significant in music we love
N- Those 'neon, lights, so groovy,
O- 'Olympic, games we so love,
P-.Poem'also is a word -gift, from the Greeks.
R- And 'rhapsody, 'a musical treat.
S- 'Syllable' which is so much a part of poetry,
T- and of course, 'theater' in which the Bard showed his wonderful plays, ,
U- 'Utopia! .How many of us has dreamt of this?
V_ How about Venus?
Y- found nothing....sorry
Z- 'Zoology' whose study was fun.

So we use Greek word Origins daily...Especially each poem you make.


            10/i8/2020
              

Sunday, October 18, 2020
Topic(s) of this poem: words
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Robert Neest 18 October 2020

I think nobody denies the great contributions the Greek culture has to the modern culture. Their important contributions ca be found in philosophy, mathematics, astronomy, medicine... Very nice!

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Denis Mair 18 October 2020

Wow, that's like an etymological fireworks display. Thanks for taking us on a tour of the Greek heritage that lives on in our English language. The civilization that conceived of such words had vitality and perceptiveness and love of life.

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