‘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 Coronavirus, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry 6 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, Holidays, 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, News of Note, Poetry 40 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, News of Note, 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, News of Note, 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, News of Note, 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...
‘Hard To Believe’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society June 9, 2018 Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry 9 Comments These three sonnets come from the newly released poetry book Organ Harvest, by Damian Robin, which exposes the murder of prisoners of conscience,...
‘On the Killing of Falun Gong Mother and Child’ by Damian Robin The Society April 25, 2018 Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 13 Comments Ms. Wang Lixuan and her son, Meng Hao, were detained on Oct. 22, 2000. Mother and baby both died at the Tuanhe Forced Labor Dispatch Division in...
‘Confucius Institute Workers’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society February 24, 2018 Poetry 9 Comments Confucius Institute Workers (Excerpt) For Xinqun Note: Confucius Institutes are being or have been set up at major universities throughout America...
‘Poetry on Organ Harvesting from Falun Gong Practitioners’ by Damian Robin The Society September 24, 2017 Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, News of Note, Poetry 41 Comments Read about forced organ harvesting in China here. Photograph This man is lost, dead, His organs taken. Dark; hard to look at: His drained...
‘Manchester Remembers’ by Damian Robin The Society July 12, 2017 News of Note, Poetry, Terrorism 6 Comments On the Special Meeting of the Manchester City Council (Wed. 12th of July, 2017) to reflect on the terrible events that took place at the Manchester...
‘Saint Patrick Was a Green Alien’ by Damian Robin The Society March 17, 2017 Culture, Poetry 4 Comments Saint Patrick was a green alien, He came from other parts. He was not a native Irishman But was taken to their hearts. On oceans of...
‘On the Sheffield Tree Fellings’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society January 28, 2017 Human Rights in China, Poetry, The Environment Trees, Libraries, and Chinese Communism To wrap a ribbon round a UK tree And tie it into Chinese tyranny, Or flag up five star Chinese...
‘After Christmas’ by Damian Robin The Society January 6, 2017 Culture, Holidays, Poetry 2 Comments We may hear some Bible phrase and laugh. __That book has no monopoly on ‘goods’. Some words clang, we tip its old tin bath __and out...
Solace from Terror, a Set of Poems about Living in the West by Damian Robin The Society October 29, 2016 Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism 1 Comment Persistent Danger Where is this going when state and foe mow down civilians and non-combatants in market stalls? They shock and flame like...
Poems on Child Abuse by Damian Robin The Society May 21, 2016 News of Note, Poetry 4 Comments Grooming Kids get pressed down tight in rooms — closed rooms with bare soft furnishing — fresh flowers tunnelled, forced to...
‘Choice’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society February 19, 2016 Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry 1 Comment Choice Now to change; rise to rearrange; fix buckled tracks; iron out the cracked strange. Time to take off the human make- up, look within...
’10 Riddles’ by Damian Robin The Society December 27, 2015 Poetry, Riddles 2 Comments 1 it shows many sides but usually 2 — can boil & bluster & end in a stew — can be clear as crystal & cut a sharp view — or...
‘Confucius Institutes’ by Damian Robin The Society September 7, 2015 Culture, News of Note, Poetry Confucius Institutes, which advance the agenda of the Chinese Communist Party, are found at universities in the United States and around the...
‘Some Talk of God: A Dialogue’ by Damian Robin The Society July 11, 2015 Culture, Poetry 1 Comment Back I am an atheist. I don’t believe in God ! Argue this with me or leave ! There is no evidence that ‘it’ exists though faith sects...
‘Wow! (a View from inside the ISIS State)’ by Damian Robin The Society June 5, 2015 Culture, News of Note, Poetry Wow! The wind is blowin’, the rain is rainin’ slant across the windowpane – and in the yard whole oceans storm across the grass and make...
‘Change: Metamorphosis: Transformation’ by Damian Robin The Society April 13, 2015 Beauty, Culture, Poetry 3 Comments As I was flying high and looking down the lonely regent of my tiny crown in one-dimension’s cold and breath-thin...
Chinese Cameos by Damian Robin The Society March 27, 2015 News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment Chinese Cameo 13 Exacting Nazis whittled down The Jew – full name, gender, skill type, stamp, tattoo; segued ringlets, noses, black felt...
Poetry on Life in China by Damian Robin The Society February 2, 2015 News of Note, Poetry Chinese Cameo 5 A glinty dental check-up’s made my day – some skiffs of plaque, no ominous decay … A shiny, multi-jointed arm in...
‘A Reflection on Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement’ by Damian Robin The Society January 27, 2015 News of Note, Poetry Though tear gas spiraled through receding light and wrung out tears and mangled up clear sight; and though the bitter gas was spiked with...
‘A Bit of a Giggle-bite’ by Damian Robin The Society December 8, 2014 Humor, Poetry 2 Comments I've had some poems I could submit but now I've got behind a bit, they're packed inside the silent hive of a sev’ral-year-old, old hard...
Poetry on Chinese Communism by Damian Robin The Society September 16, 2014 News of Note, Poetry 1 Comment Chinese Cameo 1 Here’s a tale of friends and family— Near the founding of the CCP, Zhou Enlai and Sun Bingwen were friends, both Party...
‘Give And Take’ by Damian Robin The Society May 30, 2014 Culture, Poetry 2 Comments Our ends and deaths sit with us all the time defining executioners and crime; and though we try to keep them from our door, many...
‘A Message in the Halloween Decorations’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society February 26, 2014 Poetry 1 Comment A Message in the Halloween Decorations (Based on a True Story) Compressed and clandestine, the Chinese script small, The paper...
Preparing for Winter and Spring by Damian Robin The Society December 21, 2013 Poetry An English Autumn’s Coming Indoors, a crisp leaf skates on smooth floorboards, gunned by silent puffs from our gapped doorway – A...
Three Unfunny Limericks by Damian Robin The Society December 6, 2013 Poetry In the Play Pit As Cameron stands, cap in hand, The jailers of New Middleland Keep a straight face As they keep him in place While...
‘Manifesto’ by Damian Robin The Society October 19, 2013 Beauty, Poetry 1 Comment Clouds skip away from the full shine of the full moon The palace is lit up The maestro lifts his stick Majesty begins The richness of kings at...
‘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 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...
‘My Daughter’s Response to Her Delinquent Driving Instructor’ by Damian Robin The Society August 22, 2013 Humor, Poetry “Granma died, my ex tried suicide,” you confide in me, your credabil- ity nil for one more dark excuse is no use. Let’s...
‘Exchange’ and Other Poetry by Damian Robin The Society May 24, 2013 Poetry Exchange They go to take the heart of you, mark your skin & cut you through. With silk knives, their sharp skill connives to stroke...
