Poetry, Books & Culture

BY BANK TRANSFER OR MONEY ORDER SENT YOU VALUE THE S/H BOOK – I ACCEPT ONLY BOOKS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION OFFERED  OR STATED OTHERWISE YOU CHECK OUT BOOK ONLINE 

My mother bore me in the southern wild,And I am black, but O! my soul is white;White as an angel is the English child: But I am black as if

RABBIE BURNS ALSO DISCOVERED WOMEN ARE A SOMETIME THING – STAY AWAY FROM THAT BURNING RING OF FIRE………………… HAVE YOU DISCOVERED THAT FOR YOURSELF TOO ENJOY YOUR LOCKDOWN £2 HAGGIS

W. H. DAVIES   WHAT is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare?— No time to stand beneath the boughs,And stare as long as

Rabbie Burns. A Man’s a Man for A’ That  Is there for honest poverty https://youtu.be/b2pGWkjwOBw   Address To a Haggis https://youtu.be/Xgg1a2_WaVs   To a Mouse https://youtu.be/6UqfkRta-2o   O Once I

          Robert Burns 37 years old  Bard Description Robert Burns, also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, the National Bard, Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet

  It’s the Same the Whole World Over  She was just a poor man’s daughter, Victim of the rich man’s whim, For he f***ed her and he left her, With

Wake up john and light the fire Turn the gas a little higher Go and fetch you Aunt Maria Babies got a tooth.   https://youtu.be/DRtnWVvDX6k   KNOW THIS OR OTHER

  NOW IS PICKING TIME, FREEZING TIME, APPLE & BLACKBERRY PIE TIME, JAM TIME  

Ben Jonson 1572–1637 Ben Jonson Poems On My First Son Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;My sin was too much hope of thee, lov’d boy.Seven years thou’wert

Sarcasm refers to the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really want to say, especially in order to insult someone, or to show irritation, or just to

If you can keep your head when all about you        Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,    

The sheep all had a meetingAtop a lonely hillTo discuss their existenceAnd all the worldly ills. They covered every topicReligion,famine, warConversation soon did turn to What they’d been placed here for

    Poetry in Motion   The Radical14th Nov 2018   I take my Blue Pill with a Tiger Prawn It makes it easier to swallow I don’t think of

I AM GOING YOUR WAY, SO LET US GO HAND IN HAND   William Morris      WHAT DO WE LIVE FOR,IF IT IS NOT TO MAKE LIFE LESS DIFFICULT

    And is it true? It Is not true And if it were it wouldn’t do, For people such as me and you Who pretty nearly all day long

WIKIPEDIA – The Free Encyclopaedia Origin There is a persistent belief that Greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for his lover and future queen consort Anne Boleyn.[5] Boleyn allegedly rejected King Henry’s attempts to seduce

  LET MY PEOPLE GO – Paul Robeson  GO DOWN MOSES   https://youtu.be/w3OjHIhLCDs   In the song “Israel” represents the African-American slaves while “Egypt” and “Pharaoh” represent the slavemaster.  

Billy ‘Legend’ Bragg and BNP candidate Richard Barnbrook clash streets of Dagenham – Guardian.co.uk   https://youtu.be/XypRwQ6ojNQ   What a legend Billy is, he told the dirty scum bag nazi racist

Science in History is a four-volume book by scientist and historian….   The Radical  18th March 2018   …..Professor John Desmond Bernal, first published in 1954.   Buy it as

anita.thompson@durham.gov.uk as given by Bishop Auckland Librarian   The Radical 13 Mar at 16:33   You have a very poor selection of non fiction books  which tell an alternative story

The Ball of Kirriemuir ‘Twas the gatherin’ o’ the Clans, and all the Scots were there,Skirlin’ on their bagpipes and strokin’ pussy hair. Chorus: Singin’ “Wha’ll dae ye, lassie, wha’ll

A Man’s A Man For A’ That 1795Type: SongTune: For a’ that. Is there for honest Poverty That hings his head, an’ a’ that; The coward slave-we pass him by, We dare be poor for

  To a Mouse is about a critical analysis of Robert Burns himself.. . The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry   But the Theme is of