Captain Swing

Captain Swing

A Haiku
 
    Shelter with me here
where the fires cannot reach us,
      scorching now the earth.


A Decima

The history of Captain Swing
is told in tales of burning ricks,
machine destruction, polemics
of resistance imagining
a better world and songs that sing
of full employment, profits shared
with labourers, all those who cared
to question if the status quo
was fit to see a nation grow,
those who rebelled, when few had dared.

6 comments

1. Nicely linked. Inspirational 🙌

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   1. Thank you.

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      1. You’re welcome

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2. Nice. Completely over my head. But, nice. I’d do the thumbs up emoji, but I just have no idea how to do anything but smile. 🙂 (Thank goodness for my Grammarly addon or that would’ve said ‘butt smile’.)

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   1. Thanks for that. If you google Swing Riots you can read all about it. Cheers

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