{"id":118273,"date":"2023-02-28T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118273"},"modified":"2023-02-28T19:49:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T00:49:31","slug":"dorothy-parker-the-danger-of-writing-defiant-verse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118273","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Parker: The Danger of Writing Defiant Verse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118273\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=118273\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-118274 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DOROTHY-PARKER-in-1932-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DOROTHY-PARKER-in-1932-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DOROTHY-PARKER-in-1932.jpg 730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Karen Beishuizen <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>And now I have another lad!<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>No longer need you tell<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>How all my nights are slow and sad<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>For loving you too well.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>His ways are not your wicked ways,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He&#8217;s not the like of you.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He treads his path of reckoned days,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>A sober man, and true.<!--more--><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>They&#8217;ll never see him in the town,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Another on his knee.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He&#8217;d cut his laden orchards down,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>If that would pleasure me.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He&#8217;d give his blood to paint my lips<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>If I should wish them red.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He prays to touch my finger-tips<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Or stroke my prideful head.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He never weaves a glinting lie,<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Or brags the hearts he&#8217;ll keep.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>I have forgotten how to sigh\u2014<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Remembered how to sleep.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>He&#8217;s none to kiss away my mind\u2014<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>A slower way is his.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>Oh, Lord! On reading this, I find<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em><strong>A silly lot he is.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #808000;\"><a style=\"color: #808000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/en\/bookstore\/bookdetails\/232300-BOXING-INTERVIEWS-OF-A-LIFETIME\">Click Here to Order Boxing Interviews Of A Lifetime By &#8220;Bad&#8221; Brad Berkwitt<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Karen Beishuizen And now I have another lad! No longer need you tell How all my nights are slow and sad For loving you too well. His ways are not your wicked ways, He&#8217;s not the like of you. 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