Friday, January 3, 2003

Factory Windows Are Always Broken Comments

Rating: 3.1

Factory windows are always broken.
Somebody's always throwing bricks,
Somebody's always heaving cinders,
Playing ugly Yahoo tricks.
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Vachel Lindsay
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Ann Sanfedele 05 July 2021

The last line should read 'End of the factory workers song.' (I make lots of typos so I can see how you missed it, but the last verse is one I've quoted for over 60 years so I pretty much know it cold.

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Edward Kofi Louis 27 September 2017

Windows! ! Broken. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Kamiel Choi 27 September 2017

This is a strange poem about how revolutionary violence is always directed at the factory and not at the church. Historically this is nonsense of course. The reference to Shakespeare doesn't illuminate much either, the bold cursive of the song announcing its own ending is an interesting find. Who sings the factory window song?

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Anita Aparajita Das 27 September 2017

A different kind of poem, few can really understand. I belong to that kind.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 27 September 2017

Insightful depiction. Beautiful poem.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 27 September 2017

Insightful depiction. aBeautiful poem.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 27 September 2017

Such an interesting write.....

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