Poetry
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Poem: This is the 'Party'
2006-12-17Behind China’s doorsthe shadows reignflags raised to feartoo many hands bloodstained.This is the ‘party’ and its endless liesthis is China under a ruthless disguise. -
Poem: Cultivating in the Maze
2006-12-13Amidst a tribulation, lost and tornFor weeks, my xinxing hesitates to climbMy heart feels blocked but prays a silent rhyme:Dear zhu yuanshen - awaken and conformTo what the Fa requires, not the norm.Each move I make will echo far in timeIn this great epoch, comfort is a crime - Still, knowing this, my heart remains forlorn. -
Poem: Unquiet
2006-12-06Behind closed hearts,doors dividing, guarding cries of the faceless.The hours relentlesswhile the predators,under a dim of light,follow as mothsblind to the shame. -
Poem: Come See
2006-12-05Come see the darkness fadinga distant light upon the horizoncome see the shores now shininga land awakening under the sun. -
Poem: The Promise
2006-11-30China, let your fields flowerdon’t hide behind your wallsChina, now wipe away your tearscan you hear the freedom call?The promise of a new daylight beyond the darkest hourthe promise of a new worldChina, come let your fields flower. -
Poem: From Dark and Thunder
2006-11-27From clouds dark and thunderthe rage of storm and skya turning of tides at lastfrom bitter seasthe truth from endless lies. -
Poem: China Come Awaken
2006-11-26China, come awakenfrom your sleepthe seeds you sownow the poison you reap.Soon your hourwill come to passthe truth finding lightfreedom from the shadows at last. -
Poem: The Coming of Spring
2006-11-25Flowers coming to blossom widehere, at this Winter’s endChina’s darkness soon departingas the dawn of a new Spring descends. -
Poem: Half-Mast
2006-11-12A flag drenched blood-redunfurled, waved acrossChina’s every field and revolt.Now flown half-maststars five and goldpaled grey, inverted,falling under shadowand its own assault. -
Poem: Rain
2006-11-09Rain to drown the tearswalls to silence the screamsa spectre to poison mindslies to mask a regime.Red flags to mark the bloodfear to demand submissionlaws to cover the crimesone ‘Party’* to forge division. -
Poem: Distant Ages
2006-11-08Across the light of distant Ageswhere lands and endless seas aboundskies of blue to horizons darkstorms until calmest waters are found. -
Looking at Teachings for Enlightening Children Part II
2006-11-03Arranged in simple three-character verses, it has five parts detailing the rules in a variety of settings. As the second most influential text for children, (the most influential being the Three Character Classic (1)) Teachings for Enlightening Children teaches filial piety, respect, cautiousness, honesty, forbearance, tolerance, etc. -
Poem: Where Truth Revealed
2006-11-02A China blood-stainedonce drenched in deepest redpoisoned bitter to the heartunder a ‘Party’* blindly led. -
Poem: China - One Heart
2006-11-01China, fettereddrenched in tearsone heart tainted and torn.With a history coldand conscience solddecades 'saving face' forlorn. -
Poem: A Mother Crying
2006-10-27A mother cryingher tears to no endfor one child her ownto countless familiesher beloved Chinain moral descent.