We are against war and the sources of war. We are for poetry and the sources of poetry.

Muriel Rukeyser
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The Paris Commune, which lasted six days in 1871, was the first attempt at social revolution in modern history. It was an uprising that was carried out by Parisians who were tired of seeing the people around them die. They didn’t want to be ruled by an elite group of “bourgeois” who were using their money to control the world. They didn’t want to be exploited.

They wanted to build a better world, and they fought for it. These people were not afraid to die for what they believed in because they knew that there would always be another day, another fight. When you live your life with this kind of determination, you will find yourself living a life of meaning and purpose.

Source: The Life Of Poetry

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