The Tramp Laughed Drunk All The Red Wine Time Poem by Terence George Craddock
The Tramp Laughed Drunk All The Red Wine Time
the tramp and the thief was not true love
the tramp and the thief was but a liaison paid
a thief stole money but not a tramp's heart
the tramp was a love deep paid for a body laid
eventually sadly the thief was caught hung high
but the tramp never shed a tear never even cried
for her love was red wine which was the reason
why she laughed drunk all spent red wine time
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
Dedicated to the poet Henrich Heine.
Original version of the split image 'A Thief Stole Money But Not A Heart' by the poet Terence George Craddock.
Written in December 2016 on the 15.12.2016.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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5/11/2024 2:37:01 PM # 1.0.0.1119
To love red wine more than a person is not consistent or logical. I used to like drinking wine. Not any more.
This poem is based on the poem 'Ein Weib' by the poet Heinrich Heine and I believe that was the moral behind the tale, extreme social dependence upon alcohol and the character flaws alcoholism produces. I wanted to do a few tribute poems to Heinrich Heine because he was a prolific writer and a Jew who predicted what would happen to Germany a hundred years before Hitler arrived; his predictions included burning books then burning people which came to pass. Hitler hated Heine and had his books burned, so I wanted to restore a little balance by writing Heine back into some contemporary poetry with a few tribute poems to him. I think I have written a for the first 15 of his poems on PH, plus a few others. A symbolic tribute.