July 4th forum announcement

Dear Poetry Fans,

Poetry & Poets in Rags

Today is Independence Day here is the USA, but our first two news items are on independence being taken away from poets on the other side of the world, the second article of which is from The Independent, the first from Reporters Without Borders--the continuing plight of poet and journalist U Win Tin with action you can take to help. There is no political excuse for him being there for 17 years. The group in charge over there, treating him like that, disqualifies them from being either competent enough, or morally mature enough to make or enforce rules for others in that country. Each politician who could get away with it in that country, all the way to the top and back down, but who has not yet spoken out against U Win Tin's imprisonment has added to the shame that government has within the entire world community.

Thirty-eight articles in all this week, eleven, of course, in news at eleven, and some very fine poems to be found. Thanks for clicking in.

My congratulations to the entire community of poets at The Writers Block, for three of their poets--Alex Stolis, Sachi Nag, and Adam Elgar--getting poems to the ten on the shortlist at the Guardian's Poetry workshop.

Yours,

Rus

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