Labor Day In observance of Labor Day, here’s a poem by that bounciest of poets, Robert Service. Although it’s a bit of a caricature of the working man, I like the way he talks of rest. Labor Day, after all, celebrates the workers by giving them a special day off. And they don’t even have […]
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A Day of Rest for the Working Class
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Happy Birthday, Phoebe Strehlow Bates
My mother’s birthday is today–and because 89 is the new 75, here’s a Robert Service poem on his 75th birthday.
