July 14, 2017
Dear Subscriber:
Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of
view. This week’s theme is revolution in honor of Bastille Day, which is
celebrated today, July 14th.
Today’s poem is a Bastille Day poem warning of the dangers
of revolutionary chaos.
I welcome comments on my poems at
https://nicholasgordon.blogspot.com.
Yours,
Nick Gordon
Before the terror comes the tyranny.
A bloodstained flower has roots in bloodstained soil.
Some would steal the fruit of others' toil,
Then claim it as a right of property.
In revolutions, though, if chaos reigns,
Legitimacy is lost, and many will
Look back with less distaste at former ill,
Eager more for order than for gains.
Days of terror yield dictators new,
As the many yield power to the few,
Yearning for the clarity of chains.
© by Nicholas Gordon
Hear or watch me recite this poem and listen to the music I
chose for it at https://www.poemsforfree.com/befor4.html.
For more Bastille Day poems, go to https://www.poemsforfree.com/bastilledaypoems.html
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This week’s theme: Revolution
July 11: Andrew
July 13: Utopians Are Unrepentant Monsters
July 14: Before the Terror Comes the Tyranny
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