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The Journey of Ink On a street without rooms the ink on these long forgotten walls cries out with a voice that…

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Mama Bear

I love the mystery of not knowing

the secret power embraced in this frame

Of engaging in a moment that has already slipped into the past

but lies captured before me

Not knowing the depth of Mama bear’s aura

that makes her children’s sleep so sound

My eyes fix on Mama’s claws- not knowing how close to draw

to feel their breaths on my skin

Not knowing….

and loving the mystery of it

© Vivian Zems

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Still Homeless A few of us shuffle listlessly as we gaze at the tired hotel The Aztec Hotel looks to have given up…

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Follow the Tears

Sometimes there’s a pressure in your chest

it might sit there like a rock

or threaten to burst out (like some alien thing)

….and it won’t go away

If you choose to visit this pressure

if you dare to come close…. and follow that trail of tears

you will be transported to the chambers of your heart

(its beat – tender and true)

but left empty by the passing of your loved ones… with nothing but…

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Couch Potatoes couch potatoes in living rooms eating popcorn devouring take-outs picking toenails and surfing tv stations Often surfing the net…

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The Way Back

Even when thousands fall

even when grief lines the skies

even when tears are the new rain

…the sun still pierces clouds

and winds usher in new hope

as the flow of healing begins

© Vivian Zems

#SkyLoverWordList–Deaths

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Outside My Window

the tv has been cruel to me lately,

with more and more bad news

about the numberless souls

who have departed

in droves

in torrents

leaving behind a deluge

of grief

and sorrow

Pushing the living

into an abyss of indescribable despair

….forcing the marriage of engaged thoughts

I don’t know what to do

and I feel guilty

because I’m overwhelmed

by having to stay indoors

bored and even more bored

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Stories on the Move

Stories on the Move

Let’s take our stories with us

or let our stories carry us along

cradling us between letters

that form the padded walls of our minds

Down the narrow highway

straight into the river

without the rude interruption

 of a paragraph

without the indignity of a full stop

…all letters defiantly dressed

in UPPER CASE glory

Yes…. let our stories carry us along

© Vivian Zems

Skyloverwordlist-Narrow

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The Chosen; the Fallen the chosen are called to be as cities on the tops of hills with hope beaming 

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Silent Conversations

  What thoughts must run through

the minds of grave-diggers and under-takers

as exhaustion leeches from their bones

…as grief fills the air

What conversation can be had

between the living

and the dead

as graveyards fill

and eyes fill

and lips quiver

as chests hitch

and minds wander

searching for the 

right words 

 to say

© Vivian Zems

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Day 16 -National Poetry Month

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Deepest Desire (in the era of Corona)

Let’s take our minds for a walk

through leafy-green parks

warmed by a thousand suns

paying homage to our lungs

…crooning ballad after ballad

whilst avoiding the coppers

and shutting our eyes to the signs

© Vivian Zems

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Day 12 -National Poetry Month

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Whispers-April-poetry-celebrate-National-ebook/dp/B086MC1Y9X

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Conspiracies and Theories

Day 11 of National Poetry Month  From the UK perspective, our leaders were altogether far too slow in their response to this pandemic.  Here’s how I see it….

Fobbing us off with ridiculous theories of ‘herd immunity’

delaying testing with astounding uniformity

claiming stockpiles of PPE of unknown quantity

our spirits sullen from ‘stay at home’ conformity

even as one, we tackle a problem of…

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Panacea

It’s Day 10 of National Poetry Month, and I’ve attempted a Chaucerian stanza. It’s always a little tricky trying to get a message across whilst keeping to ‘rhyme rules’. So, just in case this gets lost in translation, this poem is about appreciating the things you’ve had to fight for. Indeed, I’m of the firm opinion that sacrifice is a pre-requisite for growth and/or progress….so here goes!

How…

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Our Superheroes

Our superheroes fly without capes

within the jaws of death while fighting an unseen enemy

from dusk to dawn filled with fear and faith buoyed by the prayers of nations

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My "Robin Crusoe Phase"- Coping With Covid-19

My “Robin Crusoe Phase”- Coping With Covid-19

I don’t count the lockdown days anymore. What began as an enthusiastic rolling-up-of-sleeves-to-tackle-all-those-unfinished-projects battle cry…..has slowly morphed into large helpings of ice cream, huge chunks chocolate with lethal doses of Netflix!

I’m calling this the “Robinson Crusoe phase” of my “coping with Covid” strategy. Marooned in my living room, almost every aspect of life paused,…

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Vroom!

dreams of rich blue skies

with four wheels ready to burn

up an open road

away from imposed lockdowns

towards visions of freedom

© Vivian Zems

MLMM-photo challenge #310

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