Communism & Marxism Poems (33 Poems)
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History of the Twentieth Century (A Roadshow) (Joseph Brodsky Poems)
The Sun’s in its orbit, yet I feel morbid. Act 1 Prologue Ladies and gentlemen and the day!All ye made of sweet human clay!Let me tell you: you are o’kay. Our show is to start without much delay.So let me inform … Continue reading
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 down and killed them.They are killing them now.At this minute, all over the world,They are killing the young men.They … Continue reading
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 her fellow mortals.One day when we were lying side by sideupon the beach, crumbling some chocolate,she said, looking straight ahead, … Continue reading
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 bunga In a dusty village in Cagayan Valley,Ramon and his father were planting rice when soldiers appeared on their farm. They questioned his father,if he’d seen any communist rebels recently in the … Continue reading
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 men, wild women,And dark-eyed Amazon girls,And one little boy, with a peach-down cheekAnd yellow clustering curls. The captain seized … Continue reading
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 and the tapa he had for breakfast.He doesn’t know whether to get the doctor or Cardinal Sinon the phone. … Continue reading
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 Czar, or wreck a train,Blow Parliament sky-high,But none could call me inhumane;I wouldn’t hurt a fly,And why indeed should I?It … Continue reading
Firebrand (Harry Crosby Poems)
What is your feeling about the revolutionary spirit of your age, as expressed, for instance, in such movements as communism, surrealism, anarchism? The revolutionary spirit of our age (as expressed by communism, surrealism, anarchism, madness) is a hot firebrand thrust into … Continue reading
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 didn’t speak up,because I wasn’t a Jew.Then they came for the Catholics,and I didn’t speak up,because I was a Protestant.Then … Continue reading
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 all those buildingsThe ones in IstanbulThe ones in Ankara.What a swine you are! (Orhan Veli Kanik)
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