History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun's in its orbit, yet I feel morbid.Act 1PrologueLadies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let ...
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Communism & Marxism Poems (33 Poems)
Thou Shalt Not Kill (Kenneth Rexroth Poems)
A Memorial for Dylan Thomas IThey are murdering all the young men.For half a century now, every day,They have hunted them ...
From A School Anthology (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
1. E. LarionovaE. Larionova. Brunette. A colonel'sand a typist's daughter. Lookedat you like someone studying a clockface.She tried to help ...
When The Grain Is Golden and The Wind Is Chilly Then it is Time To Harvest (Nick Carbo Poems)
Leron-leron sinta, umakyat sa papayaDala-dala'y buslo', sisidlan ng bungaIn a dusty village in Cagayan Valley,Ramon and his father were planting ...
A Triumph Of Order (John Hay Poems)
A Squad of regular infantryIn the Commune's closing days,Had captured a crowd of rebelsBy the wall of Pere-la-Chaise.There were desperate ...
The Filipino Politician (Nick Carbo Poems)
When he finds his wife in bed with another man--The conservative politician feels an ache in his stomach,remembers the longanisa ...
The Gentle Anarchist (James Brunton Stephens Poems)
I am a gentle Anarchist,I couldn't kick a dog,Nor ever would for sport assistTo pelt the helpless frog.I'd shoot a ...
Firebrand (Harry Crosby Poems)
What is your feeling about the revolutionary spirit of your age, as expressed, for instance, in such movements as communism, ...
First They Came For The Communists (Martin Niemoller Poems)
First they came for the Communists,and I didn't speak up,because I wasn't a Communist.Then they came for the Jews,and I ...
Reply (Orhan Veli Kanik Poems)
-from the butcher's cat to the alley cat-You speak of hungerThat means you are a communistThat means you burned down ...
The Saga Of Sergeant Scott (Burnett A. Ward Poems)
Private Scott of the Highlanders,Strutted and swanked in the market-place.Each flap and lapel set smooth in place,Buttons polished to mirror ...
Kraj Majales (King Of May) (Allen Ginsberg Poems)
And the Communists have nothing to offer but fat cheeks and eyeglasses and lying policemen and the Capitalists proffer Napalm ...
The New Englishman (F W Moorman Poems)
I've lived all my life i' Keighley, I'm a Yorkshire artisan;An' when I were just turned seventy I ...
May Day (Bernard O Dowd Poems)
Come Jack, our place is with the ruckOn the open road today,Not with the tepid "footpath sneak"Or with the wise ...
Velocity Of Money (Allen Ginsberg Poems)
I'm delighted by the velocity of money as it whistles through the windows of Lower East SideDelighted by skyscrapers rising ...
On The Conduct Of The World Seeking Beauty Against Government (Allen Ginsberg Poems)
Is that the only way we can become like Indians, like Rhinoceri, like Quartz Crystals, like organic farmers, like what ...
Unlyric Love Song (A.S.J. Tessimond Poems)
It is time to give that-of-myself which I could not at first:To offer you now at last my least and ...
Clerihew – Marx (Edmund Clerihew Bentley Poems)
Karl MarxWas completely wrapped up in his sharks.The poor creatures seriously missed himWhilst he was attacking the capitalist system.(Edmund Clerihew ...
Cultural Evolution (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
When from his cave, young Mao in his youthful mind A work to renew old China first designed, Then he ...
Quia Absurdum (Robinson Jeffers Poem)
Guard yourself from the terrible empty light of space, the bottomless Pool of the stars. (Expose yourself to it: you ...
V (Tony Harrison Poem)
'My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.' Arthur ...
In The Baggage Room At Greyhound (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
I In the depths of the Greyhound Terminal sitting dumbly on a baggage truck looking at the sky waiting for ...
America (Allen Ginsberg Poem)
America I've given you all and now I'm nothing. America two dollars and twentyseven cents January 17, 1956. I can't ...
Part 6 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
THE HUNCHBACK TROUT The creek was made narrow by little green trees that grew too close together. The creek was ...
Part 10 of Trout Fishing in America (Richard Brautigan Poem)
WITNESS FOR TROUT FISHING IN AMERICA PEACE In San Francisco around Easter time last year, they had a trout fishing ...
Lullaby For The Cat (Elizabeth Bishop Poem)
Minnow, go to sleep and dream, Close your great big eyes; Round your bed Events prepare The pleasantest surprise. Darling ...
Unlyric Love Song (A. S. J. Tessimond Poems)
It is time to give that-of-myself which I could not at first: To offer you now at last my least ...
The Ballad Of Lenin’s Tomb (Robert William Service Poems)
This is the yarn he told me As we sat in Casey's Bar, That Rooshun mug who scammed from the ...
Spats (Robert William Service Poems)
When young I was a Socialist Despite my tender years; No blessed chance I ever missed To slam the profiteers. ...
Back Home (Vladimir Mayakovsky Poems)
Thoughts, go your way home. Embrace, depths of the soul and the sea. In my view, it is stupid to ...