Friday, August 10, 2012

March From Tingchow To Changsha Comments

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In June Heaven's armies chastise the corrupt and evil,
Seeking to bind roc and whale with a league-long cord.
Red glows the far side of the Kan,
Thanks to our wing under Huang Kung-lueh.
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Mao Zedong
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Susan Williams 20 March 2018

I need to read more of his country's history. The poet sure loves war- revels in it like it is a virtue. The poem may be well-penned but it is an ugliness to me without knowing the context.

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