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Apr 10, 2007 · Well, according to at least one source of the arcane wit ("Another Almanac of Words at Play" by Willard R. Espy), it's an old English folk saying that originally went: "Hurray, hurray! the first of May! Hedgerow tupping begins today!"
May 2, 2024 · May Day, migratory birds, the Genesee Valley Chorus, grammar, and of course a poem. By Chuck Wiser, I write the words to share what my eyes see and my heart feels. Pictured is a Eastern Towhee visiting the Wiser porch recently “Hurray! Hurray! The first of May, Outdoor …
May 1, 2024 · The First of May. by Annette Wynne. If I could stay up late no doubt. I'd catch the buds just bursting out; And up from every hidden root. Would jump a tiny slender shoot; I wonder how seeds learn the way, They always know the very day— The pretty, happy first of May; If I could stay up then, no doubt. I'd catch the buds just bursting out.
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- Defining May Day
- The Theory of May Day
- May Day with Heart
- Conclusion
Linebaugh describes the May Day essays as “occasional”, meaning that they relate directly to a specific occasion. But while the Haymarket bombing and its aftermath form the foundational events for the modern international holiday, Haymarket does not appear in every essay in the anthology (for example, it is absent from Swan Honk May Day). If an “oc...
This section outlines two theories articulated in Linebaugh’s anthology. Three essays are examined: the green and red May Day are articulated in the titular essay (1986) and Ypsilanti Vampire May Day (2012), whilst the theory of X2 is proposed in 1993’s X2:May Day in Light of Waco and LA and returned to in Ypsilanti… The two earlier essays were pri...
Having defined Linebaugh’s May Day and outlined a theoretical framework, this section focuses on the May Day with Heart essay published by Counterpunch. It is a hallucinogenic rendition of the Haymarket story, which in keeping with the Incomplete May Day that seeks to promote radical social change, was drafted in solidarity with 1.5 million “immigr...
Having examined a selection of Linebaugh’s May Day essays, this paper concludes by asking “can this May Day essay be replicated?” To do so, and in-line with the rationale of seeking to write an accessible paper that linked disparate events, a Rent Strike May Day (RSMD) essay has been written using the findings of this paper as a framework. This is ...
First of May Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton from the Smoking Monkey album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I woke up this morning I had a scone and a large house blend And then a little conversation with my squirrel and ch…
Ooh ooh child, I'll bring a blanket and I promise I will brush the ants off. Ooh ooh child, you're gonna like it when we're taking each other's pants off. Outside. Cause it's the first of May, first of May. Outdoor fucking starts today.
Memorial Day Poems - A selection of classic and contemporary poems of war, remembrance, sacrifice, and valor, including several written by poets who died in service of their countries.
