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‘Unshaken Faith’ and Other Poetry by Joshua Philipp

The Society
July 20, 2017
Beauty, Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
Unshaken Faith Forward Alliterative verse dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced persecution in China since July 20, 1999   The ground was broken, crusty, cracked for miles and...

Poems on the Death of Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

The Society
July 13, 2017
Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
To Liu Xiaobo by Morgan Downs Xiaobo—you are from hence forever gone. Meanwhile, your executioners remain. Even now, they overcast where you have lain And scrape as best they can your measure on An...

Congratulations to FoFG Contest Winners

The Society
May 13, 2017
Deconstructing Communism, From the Society, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Poetry Contests
2 Comments
ADULT AWARDS   1st Place – $500 Josh Lefkowitz, “A Poem of Fact” 2nd Place – $250 Kathleen Hellen, “Everyday Halloween” 3rd Place – $150 Lorna Davis, “Buyer’s...

‘Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong’ and Other Poetry by Connie Phillips

The Society
May 13, 2017
Culture, Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry
4 Comments
  Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues lasting through the years, Impervious to time’s assaults and pain, Unfazed by human doubts and...

On Chinese Troops Marching in May Day Parade

The Society
May 1, 2017
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
Written upon watching this video. Note that May Day is the international day honoring workers.     Mayday on May Day By Damian Robin and Evan Mantyk With their pins and strings and force...

‘To Compassion’ by Daniel Magdalen

The Society
April 25, 2017
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
Compassion, with your sun that shines unseen, You lead the river of man’s thoughts to flow Where Saving Grace’s golden breezes blow, To universal mercy’s sea pristine. With selflessness imbued,...

‘We Forget’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges

The Society
April 3, 2017
Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
We Forget How quickly we forget the people killed, Millions slaughtered to get a lie fulfilled. All those Russians in the frozen gulag, All those Chinese, dead, without epilogue, All those hearts, for...

‘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 hostelry Above a Yorks* Art Deco library, May tighten minds to ask:...

‘Old School’ and Other Poetry by Allan Heller

The Society
January 24, 2017
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism
3 Comments
  Old School I saw two women at a table in a small café Not making eye contact or talking, but in their own way Communicating, and I found myself a bit perplexed. Then realized that they had...

‘Buyer’s Remorse’ and Other Poetry by Lorna Davis

The Society
January 22, 2017
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Short Stories
10 Comments
Buyer’s Remorse How long are we allowed to close our eyes To who produces what our money buys? How can it be that goods made by a slave Are justified by how much cash we save? The cargo ships that...

‘Lotus’ by Catherine Huang

The Society
January 18, 2017
Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China
4 Comments
Rising above the silt and murky mud, Clean and pure is the small pink bud, Supported by a supple stem of jade, Adorned with gleaming dew drops, crystal made. Elegant yet sweet this gentle...

‘Scrabble-ism’ and Other Poetry by Ron L. Hodges

The Society
December 20, 2016
Culture, Deconstructing Communism, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
3 Comments
  Scrabble-ism One night I was hangin’ with Len, Eating and watching t.v. All the pizza rolls gone, I then Suggested Monopoly. “That game is all luck!” he then said, Voice revealing some...

‘In an Unfinished Honeycomb: An Old Story’ and Other Poetry by Barbara Bates

The Society
December 7, 2016
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
  In an Unfinished Honeycomb:  An Old Story As lichen on a rock expands, so you grow in love on the lap of your mother until --- smothering her presence you burst aglow into green adolescence....

‘The Voyage’ by Steven Song

The Society
December 5, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
  Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced seventeen years of persecution in China. As tempests are blowing, angry waves clash; The foaming sea roars, whilst lightning doth flash. Eternal...

‘Treatment of Hong Kong’ by Aditya Basu-Dutta

The Society
November 23, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
Dogs are expected to sit Dogs are expected to stay They receive kicks If they make the boat sway Hong Kong is the dog But, of course, there is no Hong Kong When it comes to the law In China there’s...

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 an erratic clown whose grisly creativity...

Friends of Falun Gong Poetry Contest

The Society
October 25, 2016
Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
In the name of poetry, we implore you … Since time immemorial, poetry has moved people’s hearts and shaped humanity at large. As poets we surely have a purpose. Today, in China, speech and belief are...

‘Aleppo’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
October 23, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry, Terrorism
2 Comments
  Aleppo By Cid Wa'eeb El Sur We will drain it dry as hay. Peace shall neither night nor day hang upon its pent-house lid; it shall be a place forbid. Weary seven months times nine, shall it...

‘Falun Dafa Hao’ by Courtney Dowe (with Audio)

The Society
September 21, 2016
Human Rights in China, Poetry, Readings
1 Comment
"Falun Dafa Hao" is Chinese for "Falun Dafa is good." Falun Dafa, also known as a Falun Gong, is a peaceful spiritual practice that has been persecuted in China since 1999. The world will wonder how We let...

‘Blaschka Glass’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
August 22, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Terrorism
4 Comments
Blaschka Glass By Beau Ecs Wilder So beautiful they are, the lovely Blaschka glass displays, exquisite floral blossoms and marine invertibrates; such fragile, magical designs, and educational, as if...

‘A Hero’ and Other Poetry by Evan Mantyk

The Society
August 21, 2016
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
18 Comments
  A Hero These are the weathered shoes worn by the Jew, So cracked from all the miles walked since he fled. These are the slave’s strong legs like trunks that grew And worked so hard until he’s...

‘Passing Through the Woods of Ash’ by Daniel Magdalen

The Society
July 19, 2016
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
3 Comments
Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have peacefully resisted persecution by the communist regime in China for 17 years, since July 20, 1999.   When the world’s despondent spirit sets in...

‘A Chinese Epic, Chapter II’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
July 18, 2016
Epic, Human Rights in China, Poetry
1 Comment
Chapter II: Visions and Dreams (For Chapter I click here.) THE band and locals, totaling fourteen, Retired to rest before the looming day. Some went to sleep but most in silence sat, Now meditating,...

‘C0d0s0’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dales Wise

The Society
July 13, 2016
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
  C0d0s0 By Leweca Derusbi The Chinese hackers who are known as the Codoso group are infiltrating sites across the Internetic loop. They're breaching banks, law firms, and varied...

On the 27th Anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre: Three Poets Speak

The Society
June 4, 2016
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
6 Comments
Post your Tiananmen Square poems in the comments section below.   Tiananmen By James Fenton, Hong Kong, 15 June 1989 Tianamen Is broad and clean And you can’t tell Where the dead have...

‘Zhang Dejiang’s Hong Kong Visit, May 2016’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
May 23, 2016
Human Rights in China, Poetry
2 Comments
  Zhang Dejiang's Hong Kong Visit, May 2016 By Li "Web Crease" Du "But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow." -The Beatles, Revolution Zhang...

‘A Chinese Epic, Chapter I’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
May 12, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Epic, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
Chapter I: Arrival in Beijing Inspired by real events   Sing to me, Muse, who flies through Heaven’s realms, Sing of that night when terror swept the land And peaceful practitioners of Falun...

A Reincarnation of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘Raven’ by Evan Mantyk

The Society
March 20, 2016
Human Rights in China, Poetry, The Raven
5 Comments
Inspired by real events in China   Not that long ago in China, in a labor camp confined a Year or longer, I was sitting, making for a U.S. store Christmas tree lights meant for hanging, when there...

‘Reflections on a Falun Gong Candlelight Vigil’ by Shannon Cong

The Society
March 8, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
3 Comments
Shall I compare the CCP To a tragic Shakespeare play? For all the lies of history Unfold in China today. Good and evil set the stage, The last and final scene. But those who ‘gainst heaven rage Know...

‘Sestina: Falun Dafa’ by Sylvia Telfer

The Society
March 2, 2016
Beauty, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Sestina
3 Comments
  In China now are shadows forged from fire, a DNA pre-history. They cloud troubled villages, rice fields, goldfish ponds. Stones form, creating outlines with moving corners of such mild movements...

‘Ode to a Soldier’s Wife’ by Dusty Grein

The Society
February 25, 2016
Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
5 Comments
Ode to a Soldier’s Wife I can see your tears are streaming, in the lamp light they are gleaming; How I wish that I were dreaming, and that duty hadn’t called. Through the wretched bars we’re...
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‘Igor at the Kitchen Sink’ and Other Poetry by Bruce Dale Wise

The Society
February 23, 2016
Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
2 Comments
Igor at the Kitchen Sink By Alecsei Durbew I saw him washing dishes at the sink. He stood against the smooth, white countertop, and tan, wood cabinet below his pink thick, stalwart legs—bull in a...

‘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 and see beyond the fake: catch and count seeds in the...

‘Riverside’ and Other Poetry by Jarrett Mohn

The Society
February 15, 2016
Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Riverside Sun rays glisten Reflect the river I stand and listen Can’t help but shiver Restless fish swim Graceful, majestic Watching sunlight dim Thoughts are monolithic Nature’s beauty...

‘Xerxes’ and Other Poetry by A.R. Harmon

The Society
February 9, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Xerxes My power does lie In hue of the sky In the refined folds of God’s estate My throne I have carved Of sapphire hard And I crowned it with God’s ark of Jade My hosts of legions Number in...

‘Squinters’ and Other Poetry by Antoinette Foliart

The Society
February 5, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
Squinters The curious the contemplators the ones who concentrate on the littlest details. The most beautiful thing about them is how they space out and their attention is unattainable. While the...

Poetry in Traditional Celtic and Bardic Forms by Elizabeth Spencer Spragins

The Society
January 30, 2016
Beauty, Culture, Education, Human Rights in China, Poetry, Rhupunt
1 Comment
Sedona (A Rhupunt) Deep shadows fade Red rock cascade To purpled jade— Sun sparks ignite. Stone sentries stare Sightless through air At treadless stair Spanning the height. No mortals...

‘The Bloody Feast’ by Pamela Du

The Society
January 17, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Based on the real account of a doctor involved in the Chinese Communist Party’s harvesting of organs from innocent living Falun Gong practitioners   In a bloodstained room on the darkest...

‘The Brave Souls of Autumn’ by Rachel Chen

The Society
January 9, 2016
High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
  An autumn breeze blows swiftly through the air, And plucks the tree leaves from their humble roots. Amidst the cold a group stands in the square, Its people warmly dressed in hats and...

On Kunlun Zhang’s ‘Red Wall’ by Daniel Magdalen

The Society
December 18, 2015
Human Rights in China, Poetry
3 Comments
“Red Wall” by Kunlun Zhang: This painting records the personal experience and internal turmoil of the artist, Professor Kunlun Zhang. Professor Zhang was imprisoned in China for three months, during...
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