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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Revisionist Historians, Spenserian sonnet, The Other
The Other’s Ways
It’s clear to us that human nature’s changed;
No longer need we fear The Other’s ways.
What came before must now be rearranged
Until it all conforms — our view obeys.
And those few who will not believe — the nays,
They must in institutions be confined,
Until such time as they have joined the yeas —
Until each sick reactionary mind
Agrees with the new system we’ve designed.
The Other’s ways must be approved by all,
And to The Other’s faults all must be blind,
While our old ways must be allowed to fall.
So from The Other we will learn what’s true,
And so reject the teachings of a Jew.
— D.N. O’Brien
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Excellent!
Oh, wow! This is powerful, Dennis. We’re battling that horrible movement over here as well, as I’m sure you know. What’s really frightening is how much headway “The Other” has made here. We have a whole generation of young people coming out of our colleges and taking their places in our society who don’t know the first thing about the truth of our history or heritage.
Indeed Sandra, And it has happened so fast.