Red Square Poem by M.J. Lemon

Red Square

Rating: 5.0


A Bolshevik with
absolutely
positively
no
sense of humour

Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Topic(s) of this poem: grook,humour,may day
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Unwritten Soul 03 May 2018

You spill some words on historical event, with aroma of past that still linger on present air. All in simplicity but enough words to understand what it could mean..The Red Square now is in memorial that mentioned here by every readers words and eyes.

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Loke Kok Yee 15 May 2018

This could be discerned from the music, operas and songs which is consistently sombre and with a patriotic theme. I have yet to see a picture of Lenin or Trotsky smiling. But I am absolutely convinced that they have a fine sense of humour waiting to run wild. There's a Groucho in every Russian.Thanks Mj

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Mj Lemon 15 May 2018

A Groucho, no doubt....

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Loke Kok Yee 15 May 2018

I tried to look at it from all angles, from the first Tsar; Ivan IV or The Terrible till recently, the country had been through continuous wars, anarchy, serfdom, autocracy and everything that brought great suffering to the people without end. Hardly a recipe for a sense of humour. To be cont'd

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Mj Lemon 15 May 2018

Thank you so much, Loke. Actually, Russian humour can be both downright hilarious and inspiring...I have a collection of Russian joke books somewhere. You remind that it's time to dig them out.

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Akhtar Jawad 13 May 2018

Someone said, I wonder when I see a young man who is not a communist, I again wonder when I see an old man who is a communist. In a communist society an individual is its unit, in a normal society family is its unit. Perhaps, that's why a bolshevik has no sense of humor.

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Mj Lemon 15 May 2018

Akhtar, you remind me of what Churchill once said. I paraphrase, but the gist is- Show me a conservative at the age of 20, and I'll show you someone without a heart. Show me a socialist at age 60, and I'll show you someone without a brain.

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Me Poet Yeps Poet 08 May 2018

ITS BEEN A LONG TIME since you read me Lots of water has flowed down Lawrence but as promised you never returned o bro Canadien

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Kumarmani Mahakul 06 May 2018

Red Square is a city in Muscow, Russia which separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and now the official residance of the President of Russia. Bolshevik is a communist party that ruled the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The rest words.....absolutely positively, no sense of humour.....how to understand is on readers. Beautifully penned. Thanks for sharing.

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Mj Lemon 07 May 2018

Thank you, Kumarmani. I must admit those final words were partially inspired by Marx (Groucho, that is) . Thanks again.

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