Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUGUST 22ND: A RED LETTER DAY, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography First Line: I'm goin' to buy myself a bloomin' flag Last Line: Let's nail it up beside the fourth o' july! Subject(s): Sacco-vanzetti Case (1921) | ||||||||
I'm goin' to buy myself a bloomin' flag An' wave the stars and stripes over my head! Make way for me an' my old rusty nag, For once I'M patriotic, I see red! Haven't you heard the news, you starin' sheep? Sacco an' Vanzetti will hang today! That's right, fall in behind, let no man sleep -- My Country 'Tis of Thee -- hurrah -- hooray! Down with the bloody little murderers -- Who do them goddam dagoes think they are? Off with their heads -- an' if their friends are sore, Off with theirs, too -- the dirty foreigners! An' while we're at it, raise this day on high -- Let's nail it up beside the Fourth o' July! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JUSTICE DENIED IN MASSACHUSETTS by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY THE CONDEMNED by WITTER BYNNER CLIMBING MILESTONE MOUNTAIN, AUGUST 22, 1937 by KENNETH REXROTH ON HEARING ... GOV. FULLER SANCTIONED THE MURDER OF SACCHO & VANZETTI by EDWARD MERRILL ROOT PARADE THE NARROW TURRETS by LUCIA TRENT THEY ARE DEAD NOW by JOHN DOS PASSOS SACCO-VANZETTI by MOYSHE-LEYB HALPERN SACCO-VANZETTI by MOYSHE-LEYB HALPERN FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG PEEWEE by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG ..... AND WHITE THE WHITE INVOKES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG |
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