- seduced by cheap goods
made by slave labour - generous loans for projects
really too good to be true - Tibet invaded, natural resources looted
locals displaced tortured killed rooted - Nepal gradually wooed via the poor
desperate people have little choice - finally our world is focusing on just
how invasive CCP tentacles are ….
d’Verse, Cadralor, Bjorn
– celebrating Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.
tangled web from Pixabay
Cadralor, a poem of 5 unrelated numbered stanzaic images, each of which can stand alone as a poem. Less than 10 lines, and each stanza should contain the same number of lines. Imagery is crucial to cadralore: each stanza should be a whole, imagist poem, almost like a scene from a film, or a photograph. The fifth stanza pulls the unrelated stanzas together.
aroused 
a poem with sharp teeth ~
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Powerful poem! Thank you for sharing this…great photo to go along with it as well.
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Governments have willy nilly catapulted to their arm twisting or closed their eyes. I do hope powers to be wake up! Their insidious designs very poetically presented, sis.
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A topic close to your heart Kate and you you bring it to the fore, passionate.
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Thought-provoking post Kate! I have been engaged with news from Taiwan and CCP’s tentacles probing and testing the turbulent waters for an opening.
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It’s sad, and amazing, how much we can turn a blind eye to…..thanks for your words!
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Pervasive indeed … you say it beautifully Kate .. ‘blinded by the spoils, oblivious to the cost.’
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Your poem prompts research. That’s what I did . It’s a beautifu cadralor . With 5 couples of lines about different topics. Well done
https://gleampoets.org/about/
Love ❤
Michael
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So true in sub saharan africa
straight to the point as always Kate
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true we experience it daily
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There is more than one way to take over a nation.
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A sinister tale you have woven here. I think many of the major world powers have much to answer for, and China is certainly no exception (neither is Britain, by any means, with all our dodgy arms deals and history of getting rich and expanding our empire via slavery.)
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Pervasive and insidious. There is little that can be accomplished – Tibet, Nepal, Hong Kong are soon to be absorbed. China is like the Borg – Resistance is futile!
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A serious passionate poem. Very upfront and direct. Bravo
Much💜love
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Wow. That’s powerful, Kate. Well done!
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I had to look up CCP! Yes very true Kate. On spot.
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Yes, I agree with you. And it time that we do something about it.
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Nodding my head at each stanza! Timely write!
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It’s hard for the world to let colonialism go…we need these words. (K)
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I agree!
Pervasive, indeed.
Your poem, SweetKate, is so powerful and so moving (of the heart). Your words can move people to compassion and positive action. Thank you for sharing this today.
(((HUGS))) ❤
PS the photo you shared is so amazing!
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This is incredibly poignant and timely 💝💝
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consumerist appetites will consume the world. When USA insisted on waking the consumerist appetites of the sleeping giant a couple of decades ago, it was the beginning of the end. I don’t think anything can stop its roll 😦
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AGREED!
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I don’t know if we’ve been seduced or rather we chose not to see and acknowledge. Well written Kate
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reminds of the bind DV puts people in … know the truth but just wishing for a different outcome doesn’t mean it will happen …
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So true, and yes, finally!
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We have indeed been seduced, but I think we are seeing more and more of the true intentions.
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Agreed. And about time.
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