A Gifted Poet Arrested Again After Nine Years in Prison The Society September 28, 2013 Poetry 2 Comments (Minghui.org) Ms. Fu Ying, a Falun Gong practitioner and gifted poet from Liaoning Province, was recently illegally arrested by police in Shenyang City. This arrest comes just two years after her nine-year...
‘Stopping by Courts on a Sunny Morning’ by Reid McGrath The Society September 25, 2013 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments One night-crawler out on this sparkling court, Dried-up and shriveled, overdone, not red, Neglected to take heed, or to report ‘T was all mirage; to turn around instead. Followers, these, in the...
30 Riddles by Evan Mantyk (+Answers) The Society September 23, 2013 Humor, Poetry, Riddles 7 Comments Click here for more riddles I. My mirror image never is that far, I have five different points just like a star, While I’ve no mouth or tongue that I employ, I make a sound quite loud when struck with...
‘Unwanted Guests’ by Catherine Wald The Society September 22, 2013 Humor, Poetry 1 Comment They aren’t mine, these flabby folds of flesh. I have no clue why they have chosen me As target of their sordid misery, Transforming me from sylph to plodding wretch. I’ve never seen this abdomen...
‘Straining to Photograph a Distant Lake and Trees From a Moving Train’ by Damian Robin The Society September 16, 2013 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment The lake cradles symmetries of spring trees. The sky scries the membrane of wide waters: unseen breezes, like me, are passers-by somehow touching the lake, trees, reeds, clouds, sky. My eyes focus on these...
Art: ‘Woe’ by Joshua LaRock The Society September 13, 2013 Art 1 Comment Woe is a work that seeks to engage its viewers in the universal emotion its title suggests. This man is in the grips of anguish and sorrow. Perhaps this is his initial reaction just after receiving...
A Poet’s Perspective on Bombing Syria The Society September 9, 2013 Poetry The urge for civility in war is noble and worthy. In an epic poem written over 2,500 years ago, even Homer recounts a Trojan War where the two warring armies stop to allow each other to claim their dead....
Art: ‘Made in America’ by David Bowers The Society September 7, 2013 Art Is outsourcing to foreign countries a good thing or bad thing? The gradual demise of American manufacturing seems to be part of the meaning behind this stunning work by David Bowers. From David Bowers'...
‘The End of the Party’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society September 3, 2013 Poetry The End of the Party The blood-red dragon struggles To keep China locked, To keep the whole world huddled, ‘Cow’-towed, awed, and shocked. To consolidate its power, It whisks slight of...