The times..... when a mind is ground to powder when tears spring when even the sky cries and the rivers rise When...... time has no meaning and words have lost theirs It is then...... that we realise that a word... Continue Reading →
Björn over at Dverse Poets asks us to write from a different perspective. I haven’t quite followed the brief- but it did occur to me that in the world of social media, not everything is as it appears (unless you... Continue Reading →
I need not journey afar for weapons of mass destruction I simply incline my ears to the weaponised diction we use on each other to spear and to kill our futures …now that’s where the real tragedy is ©Vivian Zems... Continue Reading →
I speak often of life being violent -how it slaps and kicks and is ever ready to trip But I’ve changed my perspective It’s not how hard you’re hit It’s more about the strength of your inner core the bulking... Continue Reading →
Words are our weapons destroying human reason breaking down strongholds demolishing arguments illuminating clear truth ©Vivian Zems Poets United. Midweek motif~weapon Real Toads
On 3 April 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (a British-Iranian dual citizen) was arrested at the Imam Khomeini Airport (Iran) as she and daughter were about to board a flight back to the UK after a family holiday. She was sentenced to five years imprisonment for allegedly plotting to... Continue Reading →
