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‘China Song’ by Ron L. Hodges

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December 9, 2015
Human Rights in China, Humor, Poetry
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A news report here provides some background on China Radio Like Radio Free Europe, Which popped the wax Plugs from deafened Soviet ears, And warmed their sterile souls With tales of liberty, China Radio...

‘Laments of the Oppressed’ and Other Poetry by Matthew Walton

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December 4, 2015
Beauty, High School Submissions, Human Rights in China, Poetry
Laments of the Oppressed My great country, please let me be, What I think and say should be up to me, The world cannot be so controlled, You don't have to block every single road. It isn't something bad...

A Poetic Account of Cruel and Unusual Torture in China

The Society
August 21, 2013
Human Rights in China, Poetry
(The Epoch Times)—The Chinese photojournalist Du Bin, who was released in July after a month’s detention by police, has published online a book he wrote years ago detailing torture in China. It consists of...
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    As one raised on a farm, the weather was like an introduction to every discussion and conversation.

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    Thank you, Ms. Kosanovsky. This is both an informative and an endearing poem. I have wondered from time to time…

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    This could be called as a well-written and suspenseful riddle--except that it gives away its own answer. However, wouldn't the…

  5. Margaret Coats on ‘On the Epstein Files Debacle’: A Poem by Drilon BajramiJuly 30, 2025

    Clarity is beauty with a subject like this, and your villanelle, Drilon, is a model of it. The repetitions characteristic…

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