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Abstract: One poem inspired by female infanticide in China. Notes: See also nine poems from dialogue. See also list of dialogue articles or image scans. |
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LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sunday, April 17, news item: Peking: An alarmed Chinese government is moving to protect baby girls, who are being killed by the thousands in the countryside by parents who want a son for the one child that official policy allows them to have ... In some rural areas, boys under the age of 5 outnumber girls 5 to 1 ... Corpses of abandoned female infants were found in streams, caves, hillsides, fields... |
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Clear pools of love-shining hope held here newborn: mother-lover Where can I hide you, mirror of me, but clean and new-souled? This dark world needs strong men victors for our wars seers of our visions Rest easy here under the leaves under the water under the stars Close your eyes Don’t look at me now. |
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