{"id":62,"date":"2013-06-01T19:37:15","date_gmt":"2013-06-01T18:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/radicalglasgow.me.uk\/wp\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2013-06-11T17:03:21","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T16:03:21","slug":"poetry-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/radicalglasgow.me.uk\/?page_id=62","title":{"rendered":"Poetry 2"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Revolutionist<\/h2>\n

“We fear not their law, nor yet their great men;<\/p>\n

We fear not their prisons or blood-gallows pen;<\/p>\n

We fear nor their priests, or parsons, or their spies;<\/p>\n

We fear not their land away up in the skies.<\/p>\n

We laugh at their army, and navy, and king;<\/p>\n

We laugh at the god to whom these thieves sing.<\/p>\n

We laugh, and in earnest we strive for the day<\/p>\n

We wipe out the tyrants who do our class slay.”<\/p>\n

Tom Anderson<\/p>\n

The Jolly Beggars<\/h2>\n

(An excerpt)<\/p>\n

A fig for those by law protected,<\/p>\n

Liberty’s a glorious feast!<\/p>\n

Courts for cowards were erected<\/p>\n

Churches built to please the priest!<\/p>\n

Robert Burns<\/p>\n

In Time of War<\/h2>\n

"In time of war<\/p>\n

I side with the villages<\/p>\n

with the mosques<\/p>\n

in this war<\/p>\n

I side with the Shiite family<\/p>\n

with Sour (Tyre)<\/p>\n

with the mother<\/p>\n

with the grandfather<\/p>\n

with the eight kids in the mini van<\/p>\n

with the white silken headscarf".<\/p>\n

In the name of the beautiful books I read<\/p>\n

in the name of the kisses I kissed<\/p>\n

May the army be defeated<\/p>\n

Aharon Shabtai<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Revolution of Everyday Life<\/h2>\n

The Revolution of Everyday Life<\/p>\n

shall begin with everyone sleeping in…<\/p>\n

Only when man and woman<\/p>\n

have slept in unexpectedly<\/p>\n

shall they truly experience<\/p>\n

a momentary glimpse of life<\/p>\n

outside of Spectacular Society<\/p>\n

O Lament!<\/p>\n

The Petty Squabbles of Neighbours Rights!<\/p>\n

The Fiasco of Private Parking in Busy Streets!<\/p>\n

The Council's Permission for building extensions!<\/p>\n

The Taxation of Absolute Resources!<\/p>\n

O Sing to the possibility!<\/p>\n

The Garden Lawns of Absolute Community<\/p>\n

The Garden Furniture of Parochial Civility<\/p>\n

The Pure Governance of Garages and Sheds!<\/p>\n

The Hedge and sheers natural reality!<\/p>\n

After all this has been considered…<\/p>\n

we shall meet on the Barricades<\/p>\n

after brushing our teeth hurriedly…<\/p>\n

rushing past as the local police officer<\/p>\n

reminds you:<\/p>\n

'Wrong era, Sir…<\/p>\n

must have been a simulation…<\/p>\n

nostalgia from an old film…<\/p>\n

memories of something better…<\/p>\n

of something not yet seen…<\/p>\n

a myth of gossip…<\/p>\n

it happens to all of us…<\/p>\n

Good day'<\/p>\n

Colin McGuire<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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