Human Rights in China

Sonnet I: Liu Haixiao Mr. Liu Haixiao (pronounced Leo High-shaow) is serving a 16-year prison sentence in Jilin Province, China,...

A rhupunt A modern place that maintains grace a safer place for all who come The airplanes fly the city...

  The toys we buy at Christmastime (The decorations, too), Don’t come from elves in Santa’s shop, As we’ve been...

Which Is the Grandest Name of All? Which is the grandest name of all? Churchill, Churchill, Churchill! Winter sere or...

  Stone Walls Sometimes a Prison Make What might have happened once in Carolina To folks whose only wish was...

By Evan Mantyk Advertising for it is everywhere. If you haven’t seen it, you just haven’t been paying attention. A...

(All poetry by Bruce Dale Wise) The Filtering of English in Iran by Delir Ecwabeus "...nor did anything terrify the...

  Justice Rendered by Cal Wes Ubideer "Sanctuary cities help protect undocumented aliens." —"Weird" Ace Blues July 1st, 2015, Miss...

Autumn Haiku The red squirrel flits From brown bark to golden leaf He is not gone yet   Winter Acrostic...

  ~ Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners facing persecution in China Brutality meets decency and then What happens?  Hardness softens,...

Read about forced organ harvesting in China here. Photograph This man is lost, dead, His organs taken. Dark; hard to...

Unshaken Faith Forward Alliterative verse dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced persecution in China since July 20, 1999...

To Liu Xiaobo by Morgan Downs Xiaobo—you are from hence forever gone. Meanwhile, your executioners remain. Even now, they overcast...

ADULT AWARDS   1st Place – $500 Josh Lefkowitz, “A Poem of Fact” 2nd Place – $250 Kathleen Hellen, “Everyday...

  Heaven Smiles for Falun Gong O you who stand so strong through wind and rain, So like those statues...

Written upon watching this video. Note that May Day is the international day honoring workers.     Mayday on May...

Compassion, with your sun that shines unseen, You lead the river of man’s thoughts to flow Where Saving Grace’s golden...

We Forget How quickly we forget the people killed, Millions slaughtered to get a lie fulfilled. All those Russians in...

Trees, Libraries, and Chinese Communism To wrap a ribbon round a UK tree And tie it into Chinese tyranny, Or...

  Old School I saw two women at a table in a small café Not making eye contact or talking,...

Buyer’s Remorse How long are we allowed to close our eyes To who produces what our money buys? How can...

Rising above the silt and murky mud, Clean and pure is the small pink bud, Supported by a supple stem...

  Scrabble-ism One night I was hangin’ with Len, Eating and watching t.v. All the pizza rolls gone, I then...

  In an Unfinished Honeycomb:  An Old Story As lichen on a rock expands, so you grow in love on...

  Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have faced seventeen years of persecution in China. As tempests are blowing, angry...

Dogs are expected to sit Dogs are expected to stay They receive kicks If they make the boat sway Hong...

  Persistent Danger Where is this going when state and foe mow down civilians and non-combatants in market stalls? They...

In the name of poetry, we implore you … Since time immemorial, poetry has moved people’s hearts and shaped humanity at...

  Aleppo By Cid Wa'eeb El Sur We will drain it dry as hay. Peace shall neither night nor day...

Blaschka Glass By Beau Ecs Wilder So beautiful they are, the lovely Blaschka glass displays, exquisite floral blossoms and marine...

  A Hero These are the weathered shoes worn by the Jew, So cracked from all the miles walked since...

Dedicated to Falun Gong practitioners who have peacefully resisted persecution by the communist regime in China for 17 years, since...

Chapter II: Visions and Dreams (For Chapter I click here.) THE band and locals, totaling fourteen, Retired to rest before...

  C0d0s0 By Leweca Derusbi The Chinese hackers who are known as the Codoso group are infiltrating sites across the...

Post your Tiananmen Square poems in the comments section below.   Tiananmen By James Fenton, Hong Kong, 15 June 1989...

  Zhang Dejiang's Hong Kong Visit, May 2016 By Li "Web Crease" Du "But if you go carrying pictures of...

Chapter I: Arrival in Beijing Inspired by real events   Sing to me, Muse, who flies through Heaven’s realms, Sing...

Inspired by real events in China   Not that long ago in China, in a labor camp confined a Year...

Shall I compare the CCP To a tragic Shakespeare play? For all the lies of history Unfold in China today....