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Bread and Roses
For your information; the video below is sung in Yiddish, with English and French subtitles.
In forty-eight, I came into this world,
whose peace, they say, was won at cost immense:
I’m told that I should genuflect and bow,
to those who worship those old gods of war,
yes, I should heed the Christian warriors’ words,
who preach from pulpit and from podium,
and show respect ...
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 3:15 pm
Hysterical Women (No.2 of 8-no make that 6!)
Acknowledment to Branwell -
his poem on cliches bump-started my grey matter into action:
"just get something on page - anything, I thought...."
Poor Anne of the Thousand Days,
wouldn’t stick to King Henry like glue,
the second of eight old clichés,
that fat git she just would not woo,
to his will, feisty Anne wouldn’t bend,
well, all the world’s a stage,
cut a long ...
Tuesday 22nd October 2024 8:33 am
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