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
Me Poet Yeps Poet 05 May 2018

if ever one makes a promise one must keep it And my advice never make it coz often than not you can't keep it you promised to come again to my page, but I ain't no page Why the rage..I was just reviewing how many poems have been unread... but here i see u had Sir read my regrets I did not know......

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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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