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Category Archives: Revolutionary Poetry

Build Back Better

Do not believe bankers, princes,
or governments; for all their wealth,
glittering gold, and grasping at control,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpDecember 21, 2020Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:free verse, Freeverse, poem, poetry, Societal Collapse poemsLeave a comment on Build Back Better

Pablo Neruda Was No Mad King

Pablo Neruda oppression poem mustard gas

How could we
leave you at the shore,
or forget you
or the image of those little boats.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 16, 2020July 19, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:oppression, Pablo Neruda, revolution1 Comment on Pablo Neruda Was No Mad King

The Mad King of Araucani

My vast kingdom, larger than France and Spain
led a crusade against conquest and genocide,
I did not have birth right, nor did I take it by sword,

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 15, 2020July 19, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:history, Mapuche Poetry, Uncategorized Poetry1 Comment on The Mad King of Araucani

The Sword That Cuts Down Scepter and State

When among men will come the cost of deeds?
what mad pursuit of silk and gold is this
that we, we happy breed of men have let

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 10, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:revolution, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on The Sword That Cuts Down Scepter and State

The Crib

I must have toddled as well as the best,
but being uneasy by my crib

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 9, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inEveryday Things, Revolutionary PoetryLeave a comment on The Crib

The Gallows

Let the elite country clubs become grave yards.
Come and erect the boards,
and let low the noose, and let known the deeds

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 8, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inRevolutionary Poetry, Societal Collapse poemsTags:revolution, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on The Gallows

The Thinker

A poem I wrote while thinking about the lost statue, “The Poet at the Gates of Hell,” now known for just it’s center portion, The Thinker.

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Posted byThepoetryofjpJuly 6, 2020July 21, 2020Posted inRevolutionary PoetryTags:poem, revolution, The thinker, Uncategorized PoetryLeave a comment on The Thinker

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