Poetry Blog by the #week-trending
For Bob Crow
Poem for Bob Crow (cheers W.H. Auden)
Stop all the docks, cut off the trains,
Start the mariners striking, be still the cranes,
Silence the busses and with muffled bullhorn
Bring out the coffin, let the workers come.
Let politicians circle, moaning overhead
confessing on the airwaves, He Is RED,
Put nooses round the white necks of the bosses,
Let the riot policemen carry their own crosses.
He was...
Saturday 22nd March 2014 7:35 pm
No Borders
16 08 2013 No Borders
Monday 2nd September 2013 4:18 pm
...
Saturday 14th September 2013 4:40 pm
Recent Comments
Tommy Carroll on For Bob Crow (Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:44 pm)
Harry O'Neill on For Bob Crow (Mon, 24 Mar 2014 08:38 pm)
John Coopey on For Bob Crow (Mon, 24 Mar 2014 05:19 pm)
Laura Taylor on For Bob Crow (Mon, 24 Mar 2014 10:06 am)
Jaz 父 Thomas on For Bob Crow (Sun, 23 Mar 2014 05:37 pm)
on For Bob Crow (Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:13 am)