PRAGUE

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. It is the fourteenth-largest city in the European Union. It is also the historical capital of Bohemia proper.

Prague is situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava River. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with warm summers and chilly winters.

Prague is home to a number of famous cultural attractions, many of which survived the violence and destruction of 20th-century Europe. Main attractions include the Prague Castle, the Charles Bridge, Old Town Square, the Jewish Quarter and Petřín hill.

The city boasts more than ten major museums, along with numerous theatres, galleries, cinemas, and other historical exhibits. A modern public transportation system connects the city. Also, it is home to a wide range of public and private schools, including Charles University. Prague is classified as a global city. Its rich history makes it a popular tourist destination.

PoetryThe first poetry written in what is now the Czech Republic dates back to the 9th century, when manuscripts containing hymns and devotional poems began to appear across Eastern Europe. This early Czech poetry was written in Old Church Slavic.

The first poems composed strictly in Czech, the Legends of King Wenceslas and Hospodine, pomiluj ny (Lord Have Mercy On Us), both date back to the 10th century.By the 13th and 14th centuries, Czech had become an accepted language for literature. Most popular poems were legends, epics, historical chronicles, theological tracts, biographies of saints (known as hagiography), and romances.

Jim freeman

Falling Through Our EyesMid winter, cold, damned coldThe kind of cold that freezes thoughtand mine were readyBut she was warm and pretty, with good legs, her smile catching me by surpriseWarm hands, warm touch, warm finger splaying across my backHer head so quickly on my shoulderSometimes love just comes like thatAn unexpected meeting of the eyesBut does it ever last?The sudden rush of passionthat makes me think I’m cared about

Or is it bound to lessen, as we know much more and care much less? Her body’s warm and nestles against mine. Waking, tangled in the morning light, we tease each other, reach across the sheets She stretches, each line so finely drawnWe fall through one another’s eyesSix months since we met, first held each otherA love that seems to deepen every dayI know I’ll hold her years from now,with memories of each intimacy sharedThis love, this Golden City, Prague

Mirrored

Reflections of my worthcan’t be found in your eyes,nor yours in mineDrawn in lines and shadesof subtlety

There’s danger there,to find my value in your gazeCharges it with everything I am,hope to be, or ever wereIf you look away, I’m ravaged

My love, my worth, is known to meEndless study of the best and worst,a feel for the topographyLook elsewhere if you mustI’ll find myself, a mirrored image

The most interesting places to visit in Prague are Charles Bridge, Charles Bridge Museum, Dancing House, Estates Theatre, Funicular Railway, Golden Lane at Prague Castle, Jewish

Museum, Jewish Quarter, Wenceslas Square, Vltava River, etc.

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prague• http://www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-

culture/czech-poetry/ • http://www.praguewriter.com/2012/08/

poetry-prague-wonder-vision-falling.html • http://www.pragueexperience.com/

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