Artist - Haley Powers and Justin Sooter
In 1605, Guy Fawkes was part of a conspiracy to blow up Parliament. He was caught on November 5th, and every year a celebration is held to celebrate thwarting the plot. This is Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night.
Remember (Bonfire Night)
A crowd gathers in London to celebrate
the aversion of a Parliamentary disaster by fire.
Guy Fawkes, a latecomer, gets the brunt of the blame,
his effigy dumped unceremoniously onto the pyre.
Flames latch onto the tent of sticks quickly, red glow rising.
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
Citizens revel, and fireworks are shot into the sky—
an odd gesture when the subject is gunpowder.
Four-hundred and six years passed, the tradition remains.
“A penny for the Guy” funds their festivities as
thousands of people gather to remember.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Contemporaries made Guy a symbol of the revolution.
They wear his visage as a sign of anarchy.
Funny to wear the face of a proponent of theocracy.
So forget not his likeness, or the gunpowder plot,
just overlook the details and remain Anonymous.
In 1605, Guy Fawkes was part of a conspiracy to blow up Parliament. He was caught on November 5th, and every year a celebration is held to celebrate thwarting the plot. This is Guy Fawkes Day, or Bonfire Night.
Remember (Bonfire Night)
A crowd gathers in London to celebrate
the aversion of a Parliamentary disaster by fire.
Guy Fawkes, a latecomer, gets the brunt of the blame,
his effigy dumped unceremoniously onto the pyre.
Flames latch onto the tent of sticks quickly, red glow rising.
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
Citizens revel, and fireworks are shot into the sky—
an odd gesture when the subject is gunpowder.
Four-hundred and six years passed, the tradition remains.
“A penny for the Guy” funds their festivities as
thousands of people gather to remember.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Contemporaries made Guy a symbol of the revolution.
They wear his visage as a sign of anarchy.
Funny to wear the face of a proponent of theocracy.
So forget not his likeness, or the gunpowder plot,
just overlook the details and remain Anonymous.
Justin Sooter.
Wood, approx. 3' x 2'
Statement: Guy Fawkes was burned at the stake for treason against a country that no longer supported his religion. His condemnation that day and for all time has forever defined the United Kingdom. The memory of the famous rebel will always be burned into the history of one of the greatest and oldest nations of all time.
Haley Powers.
Wood, marker, string.
approx. 3' x 4.5'
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