Communist China

My view on the economy and human geography of China over the last few decades.

The air is full of promise; I can smell success from here 

We are giants in the making and our vision now is clear 

Our kingdom shines with glory and our subjects will comply 

The weak are to the fire and the prosperous will fly 

To get rich is glorious 

A flame that’s burning freely is a hazardous affair 

We must be quick to quell it lest the smoke corrupts the air 

Silence is your friend and effervescence will be stilled 

The cat that leaves the bag for curiosity is killed 

To get rich is glorious 

Despite our opposition our incentive never sleeps 

Even the strongest lion can’t detain a thousand sheep 

Our grip upon you strengthens as we lure you with our bait 

So choose your weapons wisely; we’ll be waiting at the gates 

To get rich is glorious

Reviews

[J Johnson III]

"Even the strongest lion can't detain a thousand sheep." Love it. That is an awesome line. I think this is referring to how China is, simply put. They were a sleeping giant and now they are a superpower. "The cat that leaves the bag for curiosity is killed." From that (Which is another awesome line) I got that if you try other ways you will be shunned.

[Rose Burke]

Thank you so much!

[Coyote Poetry]

I agree. A forgotten force. Beat USA in Korean and the Vietnam war. Sleeping giant is waiting. I liked your thoughts. We should hold concern. Thank you Rose for sharing the excellent poetry. Left something for the reader to think about.
Coyote

[Dalton Holt]

When I first saw that you had a poem about China's success and power, I expected it couldn't be good. But I came in with an open mind and as I read it, I saw how impressive it really is. The words and phrases used give quite the impression of power and ambition. You used excellent metaphors that are present in many of the lines to strengthen that impression of power.

My analysis of the poem is that the politicians of China are boasting about their rapidly growing power, and telling that they will soon rise above all other powers and conquer them all. However, one line seems to contradict this message; "Even the strongest lion can't detain a thousand sheep." It sounds to me like China is the lion, and the other countries are the sheep. So this is saying that even as powerful as China may be, it can't take on the power of all the other countries combined. So does that mean that this is not in the point of view of China, but the rest of the world telling China that they will continue to grow exponentially until they try to take over the world, leading to their own downfall? But yet the rest of the lines suggest this is being told by China, do maybe I simply misinterpreted that line?

This poem is well written. Keep it up.

[Rose Burke]

Wow, thanks so much for the detailed review!

That line is actually supposed to represent China's population and the power they have from that - the lion is actually the other countries, it's meant to portray the fact that a lot of China's power lies in its numbers and even strong nations who do things counteract some of China's evils (e.g pollution) are in vain because of this. The rest of your analysis was on point, thank you very much! Your critique is greatly appreciated.

[Valkyrie Warrior]

This is just amazing i love it!

[Rose Burke]

Aw, thanks love!

[Valkyrie Warrior]

You are welcome

[tabieone]

I like the concept but i don't feel china's sole purpose is money that synonym is more of a american vision to me but i enjoyed it alot

[Rose Burke]

Thanks a lot for the review! I actually didn't mean to suggest that it's all about money, more about power and progression, as well as censorship and pollution. Your feedback is greatly appreciated though!

[iand63]

the fragility of circles and cycles, the stuff of life. even the strongest lion can't detain a thousand sheep brilliant line.

[blackrose]

Wow so I kinda got that it's about how rich men
In society control it and dictate over others while the ones that
Do fight against it or show free will or exterminated
And the dictators try to keep the crowd following them
To stay in control. The battle of dictator ship and the people