Party's Membership-Card Poem by valentin savin
Party's Membership-Card
My grandson grows up and I'll tell him
I'd lived in the country full of dream.
It carried out the Soviet Union's name,
Ruined by renegades without a shame.
Of those times run down as such
Reminds me the Communist Party member-card,
That in my table I keep untouched -
The rudiment of the epoch left in my blood.
I'll tell him of the Communist party rule.
The one to which I'd been affiliated.
And I'll add: "I'm no longer a fool
To dress in any party's attire".
But I'm sorry for my Russia humiliated
And wish the traitors set to fire.
i am putting this into the showcase now, BUT i am deleting the first line: Party’S Membership-Card, which i believe is NOT MEANT TO BE the first line of the poem. please tell me if you wish me to restore it as the poem's first line. thanks. bri ;)
Brian, I don't really know what to tell you. If you delete the first line, the whole of the poem is lost. What you suggest instead and how it will look like, I wonder. And you were against the word slated. What word in your mind is the right one?
i also plan to put this into my usually-monthly showcase of PH poems, which i submit as a poem to my PH poem list as a single-title 'poem', giving the month and year it is first meant to be read. if you have questions, please ask. all authors are mentioned by name with their poems. thanks. bri ;)
(cont.) ... it is interesting to hear your take on the subject of living under Communism. i wonder what you would write about the U.S. Have you written of it, i wonder. bri ;) p.s. who do you believe the traitors were and what was/were their offenses? and you carried the Card because you needed it to be employed, or because you believed in Communism as a good force for the citizens' welfare...or both? ? don't wait too long to tell your grandson; you are GETTING OLD! ! !
Thank you for your visit and comments. When I wrote about my party membership I meant that the life at that time was good enough, if not for the communist rulers. Those who were promising communism and good life for all the Soviet people. But it was not the case. Some did live well. Especially high nomenclature – that stand on a high ladder and had all the privileges. Though today’s leaders are no better.
(cont.) ..i'm not historian or great follower of 'the news', but of course i grew up under the threat of communism! ! ! yikes! ! in my early teens in school we had nuclear bomb raid drills during which we would get under our desks or file out to the hallways and lean against the rows of metal lockers with ours heads down and our hands clasped behind our necks. we also has fire drills during which we left the building. i am 69 years young. (cont.) ..
(cont.) ... Because most of them are still communist pretending to be democrats. I needed a communist card being a small “chieftain” working in an international sports exchange office. My grandson is already a grown up person and knows what was and is good or not. You grew under the threat of Communism and I grew and still live under the threat of capitalism, especially nowadays. Experiencing the american hegemonies.
Because most of them are still communist pretending to be democrats. I needed a communist card being a small “chieftain” working in an international sports exchange office. My grandson is already a grown up person and knows what was and is good or not. You grew under the threat of Communism and I grew and still live under the threat of capitalism, especially nowadays. Experiencing the american hegemonies.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/19/2024 1:13:33 AM # 1.0.0.1119
Excellent poem, very telling expression of how people were treated in Russia by the communists. It's too bad all the traitors weren't set afire, they're still roaming around the world trying to become dictators over free people, even here in the U.S. Thank you for this realistic poem of truth, very commendable indeed. Give it a 10. Thank you for sharing. RoseAnn