Though martial law was in full effect and many limits were placed on artistic creation, in the 1970s Chen displayed his characteristic bravery once again. He published in Bamboo Hat a series of poems about the goddess Mazu that satirized the government.
即便戒嚴時期在創作上有諸多禁忌，1970 年代陳千武仍大膽地在「笠」詩刊發表一系列以「媽祖」為對象、諷刺時政的詩。