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A Poor Child’s Sad Poem

In July 2015, an elementary school girl’s poem entitled Tears appeared on the Internet. The author of the poem was Liu Yan (pen name), a fourth-grade Yi girl from the Loving Care Elementary School in Daliangshan, Sichuan, China. In the most concise language, Tears describes the tragic experience of a girl who lost her parents. “Tears” ...

Emma Lu