bonfire night

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By celticman

Wed, 14 Oct 2026
  • 727 reads
13 comments
 

This is now

That was when

Big boots and brown-shirted men

Splashed through ash and falling rain

Lost faces, crinkled eyes and loud cries

Token loads and lost meaning

Flash mobs and flames lick life away

It’s never too late—hate, hate, hate.

Heil, Heil, Heil.

On this day, 10th May 1933

Opernplatz, students burn books

Before burning people of the books.

Certificate PG
Poem
Philosophy

Comments

Submitted by Makis on

Very poignant, celtic. We're nearly at that point again, but this time the hatred is not just confined to Berlin.

 

Submitted by marandina on

This made me look the events up as it's been a while. Interesting that it was student led rather than ornanized by the Nazi government although they did support the book burnings. 

Poignant and the premise is still very relevant in many parts of the world today. 

Reminds me of a woman I used to know who smuggled bibles into places like Cambodia way back when. The penalties if she was caught were harsh. Books matter.

 

Submitted by celticman on

thanks for reading makis and maradina (great European triumph for Villa!) Book matter to me more than most. I was thinking about America and places like Texas. Trump country. 

 

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

Well said celticman, and let's hope November brings the beginning of the end to these monstrous actions

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

your strength in these lines!

"Flash mobs and flames lick life away

It’s never too late—hate, hate, hate."

 

Submitted by insertponceyfre... on

This is our social media Pick of the Day

Please share far and wide

Picture Credit:https://tinyurl.com/4w5k6szk

 

Submitted by hudsonmoon on

Yes indeed, Jack. The world gone mad. I never thought it'd get this bad over here. But it has. 

 

Submitted by celticman on

the world had gone mad rich but none is madder than me. Thanks for reading Di and Insert. We hope for the begining of the end of this hatred. 

 

Submitted by sean mcnulty on

Rings true of these rotten days too.

 

Submitted by celticman on

rings true, Sean, just like you!

 

Submitted by marandina on

This is our Poem of the Week.

Congratulations!

 

Submitted by Mark Say on

These days it's covered faces; men who don't want to be identified in their acts of intimidation.

 

Submitted by celticman on

sadly, that's true Mark. We do see the orange blob every day, the American moron's moron, urging them on.