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A rare hybrid, excellent! I hope those who can see it enjoy it.
OMG! Is this Armageddon I see before me???
Sax wrote a series of hugely popular novels about Fu, from 1913 to 1959! Of course self serving villains are very common, so one on an anti-communist crusade is at least different. But now, it is the fashion for all heroes to be flawed, and for all villains to have redeeming features.
"Sax Rohmer gradually transformed Fu Manchu from an entirely self-serving villain into a dedicated anti-communist"(Encyclopaedia Britannica)
In the early days
The evil Fu
Knew exactly
What to do:
To conquer the western devils
And extend his sway
Right around the globe
From East to West
And never rest.
But there is great joy in heaven
When a sinner repents.
And it came to pass
That Fu saw the error of his ways,
His love of riches
And power unparalleled.
So he turned
To immerse himself
In philosophy,
Reading the worthy works
Of the great sages:
Aristotle and Plato,
Marx and Lenin,
Adam Smith and Keynes.
He studied them all.
And finally,
He saw the light,
And embraced capitalism,
The open market,
And the lands of the free.
Ah! So his real surname is O'Biden ..... But appreciation of poetry, telling jokes, political acumen: is there no end to Joe's talents?
Cubist artist Pablo Picasso died 50 years ago on this day in 1973. This poem is by Patti Smith, who was a recipient of the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize; https://mailchi.mp/poetryfoundation/b...
If this is right, it will be excellent.
A poem by Maya Angelou, who was born on this day 95 years ago.https://us12.campaign-archive.com/?e=...
Today is World Piano Day.Here is a performance by Oscar Peterson
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zwXozam...
No problem. Dostoevsky wrote "Notes from underground" , but that was before the Saint Petersburg metro existed. Now poets ride the underground trains, typing their odes into their laptops, and then publishing them on the internet.
Today is World Poetry DayPoets of the world
Unite!
There are SO many poems, that it is almost impossible to choose a favourite. But here is one I learned long ago at school
https://www.poemtree.com/poems/Silver...
Information theoryIf a picture is worth
A thousand words
Then a video
Is worth
A million.
Today is Commonwealth Day. Here is a poem by Nigerian post Ben Okrihttps://hellopoetry.com/poets/ben-okr....
There was a programme about him on BBC.
