Signs & portents (poem)

April 23, 2013

Message for Mr. Li

earthquake in Lushan
subterranean powers unappeased
ancient legends foretell
upheaval & change
new faces unstained by blame

 

© Cliff Burns, 2013 (All Rights Reserved)

Written by Cliff Burns Posted in author blog, China, independent publisher, independent writing, indie writer, Poetry Tagged with China, democracy, earthquake, legend, Li Keqiang, Lushan, myth, poem, regime change, remember Tiananmen Square, revolution, Sichuan province