Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
I’ve been trying to find out who wrote the English folk verse reminding us of Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but to no avail. The poem appears in various forms, but the key lines have survived the centuries intact. In America the same poem is probably now best known for its use in the V for Vendetta film.
I’ve been trying to find out who wrote the English folk verse reminding us of Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament, but to no avail. The poem appears in various forms, but the key lines have survived the centuries intact. In America the same poem is probably now best known for its use in the V for Vendetta film.
It may not be quite so catchy, but ShopCurious’s Poet in Residence, Matt Bryden, has come up with a curiously thought provoking new poem for Bonfire Night:
In the Field of Les Feux d’Artifices
The
difference between les gants and les mitaines
is
the space accorded each finger.
A
warden tends the blaze of stacked pallets. They give
against
each other with the emission of heat.
People
disperse and we approach the tether,
regaining
our lost degrees through proximity.
I
hold a can in my hand,
my
jacket holds another.
The
light is one with the music –
a
blur, momentarily focused as we pause.
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