Stolypin

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Столыпин, limerick, poem, poetry, Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian revolution, Soviet Union

Столыпин

 Lenin answered a question — he said:

“Had he lived would have Russia turned red?

Well I doubt it comrade —

 No, had Stolypin stayed

 He’d have foiled us, so we shot him dead.”

— D.N. O’Brien

Pro-Putin Poet

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Russia, Russian poets, Vladimir Putin

Pro-Putin Poet

I’m moving to Russia to sing Putin’s praises.
I’ll live on the steppes where wherever one gazes
One sees far horizons, her vast open spaces,
Her beauty, her bounty. I’ll travel to places
Where never again will I hear folk complaining
Whenever from dull skies it’s snowing or raining.
I’ll go to the cities and see all their wonders,
And study the past and the Soviet blunders.
I’ll write formal verses that praise Vladimir,
And hope that he’ll have me around for a beer.

– D.N. O’Brien

Duel of Fools

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limerick, poem, poetry, Russia, the West, world wars

It’s pistols again at ten paces,
As Russia, its cousins it faces
In self genocidal
Conflict suicidal –
Next round of the wars of white races.

Eastern Front

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Formal poetry, Moscow, poem, poetry, Russia

Should Moscow become the new Sparta
Then Europe had better watch out,
For then may the Russian and Tartar
Rule over the frog and the kraut.