Sunday, December 17, 2017

Why Tyrants Love to Write Poetry

Why Tyrants Love to Write Poetry
By Benjamin Ramm
BBC
  "The Futurists had been influenced by poet-warrior Gabriele D’Annunzio, a revered figure who set up a short-lived ‘lyrical dictatorship’ in 1919, which inspired Mussolini’s seizure of power three years later."
  "...even Stalin's most critical biographers  have praise for his verses..."

1 comment:

WordsPoeticallyWorth said...

Greetings from the UK.

Thank you. Love love, Andrew. Bye.