Tag: Poetry
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If I ever had boys they’d be dangerous men.
If I ever had boys they’d be dangerous men They’ll smile at dogs and children and be a tonic to friendsThey’ll send flowers to their mother just because and they’ll be a shoulder for many when the world is too muchMy boys will know that vulnerability is strengthThey won’t bottle anger, they’ll learn how to…
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Comrade Bhagat Singh and Comrade Udham Singh
By Godfrey Cremer CPGB-ML Who are these men?What are they to me,These dead menFrom a land across the sea?They dared against the British RajTo raise their hand.If my own countrymen decreed their deathWhy should I take a stand? ButThe British Ruling ClassThat these men defiedPlundered with sword and gun and sly intrigue.Their modern spawnSmile with…
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To Those Born Later
Truly, I live in dark times!The guileless word is folly. A smooth foreheadSuggests insensitivity. The man who laughsHas simply not yet hadThe terrible news. What kind of times are they, whenA talk about trees is almost a crimeBecause it implies silence about so many horrors?That man there calmly crossing the streetIs already perhaps beyond the…
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The Dark Birds Flew
Otto Gelsted was a young Danish communist who described seeing the German planes flying over his home during WW2. He was a communist writer, and intellectual, who had to flee to Sweden after the Nazi’s marches on Denmark as he had spoken out against Hitler and the Nazi’s in local publications. The symbolism of the…
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