This is related to this week's haiku theme, but also to current events. I apologize for it being so on the nose. But the Kavanaugh thing got my dander up and after reading about Marie Antoinette's execution, my dander rose further. Haiku coming later. October 16, 1793, PARIS - The trial of the Widow Capet, … Continue reading Newly Made Widow Faces Accusations of Sexual Assault and Treason, Her Imminent Death, The Probable Death of Her Children; Doesn’t Throw a Goddamned Fit
Tag: French Revolution
Grace Elliott
In battle of wits, Courtesan narrowly bests Madame Guillotine. Today on Royal Mistress Week, what do we have here? Oh! It's a bona-fide badass! Like the Scarlet Pimpernel sort of badass, with breasts and terrible taste in men. Grace Elliott was born in Scotland around 1754, and was brought up by her grandparents and then … Continue reading Grace Elliott
Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Haiku
The just rewards of Peerless valor undone by Little man with crown. Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (breathes) was a French Revolutionary general and father of an author you may have heard of. Dumas was born in 1762 in Saint-Domingue to a French aristocrat and an African slave. In 1776, Pops took his boy … Continue reading Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Haiku
Charlotte Corday Haiku
Don't stab fanatics, Ladies, lest you're guillotined, Called 'mannish', 'ugly.' Charlotte Corday stabbed Jean-Paul Marat 225 ago, making for the least relaxing bath ever. It was 1793. The French Revolution was in full swing and the radical Jacobin faction was in control. An important part of the Jacobin platform was 'let's kill everyone who disagrees … Continue reading Charlotte Corday Haiku
