In the Shadow of my Poems
Writing in the shadow of the Bear
I recorded deadened hopes
of my friends’ release
from the prison camp.
Russians wallow in human relationships:
allow floods of Schuman
or Grieg
to infest everyday feelings.
My poems in Russia
would be considered
public Property.
Writing, again, in the breath
of the Dragon,
my poems are let to drift
away.
Chinese are alerted
to every emotional
noise,
and snap shut
their mouths
and their hearts.
Moscow is cold. The creep
of surveillance
chills the muse.
The Chinese might shred my imagination;
at least they do not treat
my work
like a threat to the state.
I recorded deadened hopes
of my friends’ release
from the prison camp.
Russians wallow in human relationships:
allow floods of Schuman
or Grieg
to infest everyday feelings.
My poems in Russia
would be considered
public Property.
Writing, again, in the breath
of the Dragon,
my poems are let to drift
away.
Chinese are alerted
to every emotional
noise,
and snap shut
their mouths
and their hearts.
Moscow is cold. The creep
of surveillance
chills the muse.
The Chinese might shred my imagination;
at least they do not treat
my work
like a threat to the state.
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