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‘The End’s Hard Edge’: A Poem by Damian Robin

The Society
August 2, 2023
Culture, Poetry
7 Comments
. The End’s Hard Edge The End Is Near, it always was, Its point is clearer now because Collapsed disturbance occupies With moaning cries and...
poem/robin/human rights in china

‘Five Stars’: A Poem on the Chinese Communist Party, by Damian Robin

The Society
July 19, 2023
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire
6 Comments
. ***** The Red Hotel has blood on ev’ry floor Where ev’ry room is numbered 666 And blood-greased door knobs bolting every door Suspend a blood...
poem/robin/beauty

‘Heavy Excess’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
July 12, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
15 Comments
. Heavy Excess a plea from the human realm I must flee this land where feelings choke, Unrope attachments that were tied in love. Through halting...
poem/robin/culture

‘The Straight-Fishing, Straight-Talking Jiang Ziya’ by Damian Robin

The Society
June 20, 2023
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Straight-Fishing, Straight-Talking Jiang Ziya Far off in time and place but still on this small globe, By a river with his beard and stick and...
poem/robin/beauty

‘We Must Invest in Self-Investigation’: A Poem by Damian Robin

The Society
June 1, 2023
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. We Must Invest in Self-Investigation __If past mistakes were soft cupcakes ____to scoff at and reject and so avoid the drill of mending...
poem/robin/human rights in China

Sketches of Three Communistic Big Heads: Poems by Damian Robin

The Society
April 24, 2023
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire
9 Comments
. Sketches of Three Communistic Big Heads  . 1. Xi Jinping Who thinks this belly-flopping avarist is good except those marrying the flies that buzz...

‘The Present—Tense’ by Damian Robin

The Society
December 23, 2022
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
14 Comments
. The Present---Tense The partial thaw of yesterday now slips Beneath a crust of light that is white snow. This snow is hiding stumbling blocks that...

A Poem for Atheist Evolutionists: ‘Asinine’ by Damian Robin

The Society
October 18, 2022
Culture, Poetry, Satire
8 Comments
. Asinine to atheist evolutionists When your science cannot put to rights The special wrongs of our divinity, Your exasperation reaches heights That...

‘A Stranger in Your Land’ by Damian Robin, After Dimash Qudaibergen

The Society
August 16, 2022
Beauty, Music, Poetry
12 Comments
. A Stranger in Your Land after Dimash Qudaibergen’s song “Stranger”  A lonely stranger in your land__where you are strange to me,underfoot,...

‘Images of Darwin, post-1859’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
August 15, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Satire
13 Comments
. Images of Darwin, Post-1859 1859: The year the ponderously titled On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of...

‘Dog Tired, Cat on Top’ by Damian Robin

The Society
July 30, 2022
Children's, Humor, Poetry
13 Comments
. Dog Tired, Cat on Top The cat sat on the mat, Been there, seen that. The cat sat on the chair, Seen that, been there. The cat sat on the...

A Tale from the April 25, 1999 Zhongnanhai Falun Gong Appeal, by Damian Robin

The Society
April 24, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
9 Comments
. A Tale of April 25, 1999 I’d practiced Falun Gong for seven years. It stopped my spine disease’s jabbing spears And repositioned bone and...

A Poem for Ethan Gutmann, by Damian Robin

The Society
February 11, 2022
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
. As a Matter of Course for Ethan Gutmann, pioneer in investigating organ harvesting by the Chinese Communist Party Of course, you are a wanted...

‘O, Brother’ by Damian Robin

The Society
January 19, 2022
Culture, Poetry
10 Comments
. O, Brother Surveillance permeates us now,__George Orwell saw it coming.Stamped social credits mark our brow,__the cityscape is humming, The virus...

A Poem on Enes Kanter Standing up to the CCP, by Damian Robin

The Society
November 18, 2021
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
10 Comments
. On the Question of Enes Kanter How do heroes take a stand above the skyline? How face off sharp machinery that spades the earth, Converting humans...

‘Face-to-Face’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
October 26, 2021
Beauty, Covid-19, Humor, Poetry
7 Comments
. Face-to-Face Meeting up, Darjeeling tea, So familiar, you and me. Here’s your cup, you raise it up Do a little "cheers" to me, Joke on...

‘A Flood in Zhengzhou’ by Damian Robin

The Society
September 26, 2021
Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
11 Comments
. on flooding that occurred on July 20, 2021 Each kingdom rose and then it fell; __when bad, the gods destroyed it. If you do not believe in...

A Poem for the Chinese Communist Party: ‘WARNING’ by Damian Robin

The Society
August 14, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
. W A R N I N G : __You won’t be forgivenfor the belt road you are livingfor flat miles that you have drivenover roadkill stacked and strivenon...

‘CCP Members in World Organizations’ by Damian Robin

The Society
July 20, 2021
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
. in reference to an Epoch Times' exposé We’re in the loop, we’re up the sleeve, we’re near the Party’s armpit. As high rank cadres we...

‘A Progressive Englishman Speaks to Jews’ by Damian Robin

The Society
June 23, 2021
Culture, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
. In black and white terms, I would say, __You’re all more white than olive, Take Einstein, Rothschild, Proust, Bizet--- __all Western, bourgeois,...

‘Up Beat’ by Damian Robin

The Society
May 24, 2021
Beauty, Poetry
8 Comments
. I met the Sun this Maytime morning, it stunned the outside wall. Across the day I watched it yawning, make dangling shadows crawl. No curtain...

‘On the Beating Up of Sarah Liang’ by Damian Robin

The Society
May 12, 2021
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
12 Comments
. Sarah Liang is a veteran reporter with the Hong Kong Epoch Times who was recently assaulted by communist agents. It seems there’s little hope to...

Life Under the CCP: ‘Family’ by Damian Robin

The Society
April 5, 2021
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
18 Comments
for Xiaoyao Yin and her UK family Loud thumps were more than company; __front door as thin as any. Mum walked across the noise to see __each thump...

‘A Damsel in Distress’ and Other Valentine’s Day Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
February 13, 2021
Poetry
8 Comments
. A Damsel in Distress A hot, courting Knightin blithering armourVowed on his horse he would never-ever harm herThen he revved up his stallion and...

‘The Good of You’ by Damian Robin

The Society
February 3, 2021
Covid-19, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
8 Comments
. How good of you to do your best __for our great population. So we'll do right by your request __to heal our ailing nation. If we feel sick we'll...

‘Have No Regrets’ by Damian Robin

The Society
December 31, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
11 Comments
  . Old doors to opportunitiesare gone, so, not one opens.Enticements that were there, just tease,no keys, just slot-less tokens. Lost gains are...

‘To U.S. Citizens This Christmas’ by Damian Robin

The Society
December 30, 2020
Culture, Poetry
17 Comments
  . O hail you lied-to, baffled Yanks,__false-fed with sick afront’ry,If only rigging votes were pranks__not killing your good country. I know...

‘At Sea with the Virus’ by Damian Robin

The Society
December 15, 2020
Covid-19, Culture, Humor, Poetry
8 Comments
based on a true story My wife’s in bed with lowered head and even lower mood. Her chin’s on her chest and she’s not impressed though at...

‘On Your Marx’ and Other Poetry on Karl Marx by Damian Robin

The Society
December 11, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Humor, Poetry
24 Comments
_ On Your Marx If humans ran a Human Race, __Karl Marx would not be in it. The human depth that he could trace __would leach out in a minute. For he...

On the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘Stealth Warfare’ by Damian Robin

The Society
October 1, 2020
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
15 Comments
  Stealth Warfare in the voice of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Admire. Our virus circulates. __Our muddy money’s hand washed. Our...
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‘Two Tattoos,’ Poems by Damian Robin

The Society
June 15, 2020
Culture, Humor, Poetry, The Environment
13 Comments
Two Tattoos   Tattoo One: On the Corporate and Politic Bodies Across my town, the shops and offices are short. Its buildings don’t blot...

Two Poems on the Coronavirus by Evan Mantyk and Damian Robin

The Society
February 27, 2020
Covid-19, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Villanelle
7 Comments
  From Some Nightmarish Vial a villanelle by Evan Mantyk Did it emerge from some nightmarish vial? Is it a weapon meant for killing...

A New Year’s Day Poem: ‘Into 2020’ by Damian Robin

The Society
January 1, 2020
Beauty, Culture, Poetry
13 Comments
On the occasion of New Year's Day 2020, two poems by Damian Robin, a writer and editor living in the United Kingdom.

Three Poems for Hong Kong Protesters, Moon Festival, 2019, by Damian Robin

The Society
September 13, 2019
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
The Moon Festival, also known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a traditional holiday that celebrates the Harvest Moon (the full moon nearest the Fall...

‘Forgetting the Tiananmen Square Massacre for 30 Years’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
June 4, 2019
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
41 Comments
  Forgetting the Tiananmen Square Massacre for 30 Years Robbed of life and liberty in open air, Young citizens ran out of breath inside the...

‘Towards the End of Chinese Communism’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
April 25, 2019
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
11 Comments
Towards the End of Chinese Communism Through Shanghai’s packed glissando peaks and Beijing’s glossy miles, As though to keep out counter...

‘The Current State of Brexit’ by Damian Robin

The Society
March 28, 2019
Culture, Humor, Poetry
28 Comments
  When May became P. M., she had a doggéd view - Her Parliament majority would fly us through: All Brexit documents on leaving the E....

‘Two Poems on U.K. Immigration’ by Damian Robin

The Society
September 11, 2018
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism
10 Comments
My Wife Is Clad in Cloth From Head to Foot My wife is clad in cloth from head to foot. How deep her eyes, how vast and sane her eyes. As we...

‘Sonnet on the Death of Teeth’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin

The Society
July 30, 2018
Culture, Humor, Poetry
5 Comments
Sonnet on the Death of Teeth I’m amused by a brush with Death In the depths of my bathroom mirror. His grimaces shrink into grinning, His...

Review: ‘Organ Harvest’ by Damian Robin

The Society
July 20, 2018
Culture, Essays, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Reviews
5 Comments
Organ Harvest by Damian Robin, published by Fulton Verse, 2018. Read three sonnets from the work here.  by James Sale Damian Robin is well known...
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  1. Paul A. Freeman on ‘The Hokey-Cokey—Chaucer Style’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanJuly 17, 2025

    Hokey-Pokey in Arizona, 2025: https://www.facebook.com/reel/585652151289072/ Thanks for commenting, C.B.

  2. Paul A. Freeman on ‘The Hokey-Cokey—Chaucer Style’: A Poem by Paul A. FreemanJuly 17, 2025

    A Monty Python script! There can be few greater compliments. Thanks for reading and commenting, James.

  3. Michael Pendragon on ‘Unspoken Moments’: A Poem by Michael PendragonJuly 17, 2025

    Thanks so much, Cheryl. Sadly Romantics Quarterly is a thing of the past. Editor/Publisher Kevin N. Roberts passed away in…

  4. James A. Tweedie on ‘Of a Feather’ and Other Poems by C.B. AndersonJuly 17, 2025

    C.B. Beyond the content-commentary contained in each of these three delightfully entertaining poems, your clever, self-distinctive enjambments are neatly described…

  5. James A. Tweedie on ‘The Harvest’: A Poem by Peter VenableJuly 17, 2025

    Peter, your words have encouraged me after having just received disheartening news that will take much prayerful effort to redress.…

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