by Richard Hartwell
Leaders of the new China
seeking esteem and honor
you seem to have forgotten
how base the origin of the lotus.
From out of muck and filth
pads and buds reach for the sun
bursting pure blossoms that belie
how base the origin of the lotus.
However long the Yangtze flows still
it meets the sea eventually though its
floods deposit new soil and despair
how base the origin of the lotus.
Even as elite powers insisted and
forbade the people to meet en masse
still they came and would not resist
how base the origin of the lotus.
So too do the ideals of Zhu Yufu
underscore yearnings of the new
true People's China regardless of
how base the origin of the lotus.
Leaders of the new China
release the emerging bloom
pure longing for personal liberty
how base the origin of the lotus.
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Poems for Zhu Yufu
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNS HARSH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE POET ZHU YUFU
Press Release 10 February 2012-Today’s sentencing of veteran activist Zhu Yufu to seven-years for writing a poem deemed to "incite subversion of state power” is further evidence of the Chinese government’s continuing repression of anyone it perceives as directly or indirectly criticizing it policies, Amnesty International said.
For many years the Chinese government has stamped on dissent and today’s decision should be seen in the context of a growing demand in the country for more freedom.
Amnesty International condemns this direct and unjustified assault on Zhu Yufu’s basic human right to freedom of expression.
For many years the Chinese government has stamped on dissent and today’s decision should be seen in the context of a growing demand in the country for more freedom.
Amnesty International condemns this direct and unjustified assault on Zhu Yufu’s basic human right to freedom of expression.
FREE ZHU YUFU
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions of poetry in support of the health, safety and freedom of Zhu Yufu may be sent to editor.camelsaloon@gmail.com for consideration of posting in The Bamboo Forest. Place Free Zhu Yufu in the subject line. See Guidelines for additional information.
GUIDELINES
CONTRIBUTORS
- A. E. Clark (3)
- Alan S. Kleiman (1)
- Ali Znaidi (2)
- Craig Shay (2)
- Dan Wilterding (1)
- David S. Pointer (3)
- Ehr-kuang (1)
- George Moore (1)
- Jerry Fishman (2)
- Joanna M. Weston (1)
- Kim Wilson (1)
- Linda M. Crate (1)
- Michael H. Brownstein (3)
- Mike Berger (2)
- Nicholas Alexander (1)
- Perry L. Powell (1)
- Peter Franklin (1)
- Richard Hartwell (7)
- Russell Streur (1)
- Sara Fitzpatrick Comito (1)
- Tammy T. Stone (1)
- Zhu Yufu (3)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The translation titled "The Time Has Come" is used with the generous permission of Ehr-kuang.
Translations titled "It's Time" "To Officer Xu" and "The Central Government is Correct" are used with the generous permission of A. E. Clark. Please visit him at Ragged Banner Press.
"The Emperor is Afraid of Zhu Yufu" was originally published by protestpoems in February, 2012, and is used by permission of the author.
Translations titled "It's Time" "To Officer Xu" and "The Central Government is Correct" are used with the generous permission of A. E. Clark. Please visit him at Ragged Banner Press.
"The Emperor is Afraid of Zhu Yufu" was originally published by protestpoems in February, 2012, and is used by permission of the author.
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