APR 8, pinkos, the Communist church

a) Reprise of material posted on April 8 in previous years ...

2020: limerick variations, the sixth line (poem)
2021: American satire, tweetstorm (poem) 
2022: numbers and counting, octane (poem)
2023: poets' corner, rhotic-poet school (poem)

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b) Today's Offering (Apr 8, 2024): 

  

Authors' Note: Liberal thinking seized Europe towards the middle of the nineteenth century. Emboldened by the partial successes of the politically-targeted Chartists, intellectuals were drawn to idealistic social movements such as communitarianism. According to Wikipedia, John Goodwyn Barmby (1820 – 1881), one of its principals, introduced the term 'communist', based on the French le communisme and founded a revue called The Communist Chronicle. Seeking a spiritual path, he later founded the Communist Church, a sect that had congregations numbering in the teens at its peak. When the church folded in 1849, Barmby became active as a Unitarian minister.

You can review all the poems in our collection "Pinkos: forward thinkers" by clicking HERE.