They call this the greatest mandate ever;
even though the results split the UK
in half, more than one union near severed –
they call this the greatest mandate ever
when half the voters go unheard – inferred
consent through barefaced lies, flagrantly
they call this the greatest mandate ever
even though the results split the UK
Lost Words
losing words and dates again, I laugh when I have trouble with a form but part of me is frightened, my neurology is not the norm, never was, but this dense fog is getting deeper; first I cannot read as I lose focus, my thoughts loop, as I infer what I inferred before before…
The Will
Originally posted on The 48%:
“The will of the people”, she says, Though the UK is divided As Brexit drills on, come what May, Accords wrecked where lies decided ? The will of the people; But they do not serve us, Pretending it feeble As millions amass; ? The will of the Once Great Britain’s Identity…
This is What ‘Disability’ Looks Like
Originally posted on NottNormal:
? (alternative text for those who cannot see the images above, 3 stylised versions of the same portrait of face sit in a line. Only one in colour. The expression on the face is ambiguous, seemingly changing in relation to light and shade and to representation.) This is what ‘disability’ looks…
Stories of Objects that Sustain
My grandma’s handbag
carries memories
as well as coins and keys;
not just another thing to grab
but the next lines of a story….
in this circus home
forests of recollections
whisper new seeds.
five philosophical statements by Antonia Sara Zenkevitch
Originally posted on proletaria:
(a quintuplet on the creative – and destructive – power of words) ? Word; one breath on four winds, forever. … ? Hope, forever written in the margins. ? … ? Like these words, you are curved prana. ? … ? Shackles are forged where-ever lies govern. ? … ? Words,…
Returning
sweetened seeds in sheaths,
spring’s tunic dressed in
last sun’s poppies,
twelve moon pirouettes since
we consumed these;
Offerings
Originally posted on awisewomansjourney:
Antonia’s FreeForm Friday Prompt The words for this fortnight are: LOVE, PAINT, AIR, OFFERINGS (use any two or three). Offerings of love to others paints the air we breathe into our life, our souls it is a blessed reprieve from this world’s negativity that can haunt our spirits and try to bring us…
Sand Treads
Tracking the lost ones I listen to the desert where the sands tread us. Antonia Sara Zenkevitch
Divine
Divine is both verb and abstract noun, like love, value, dream, time;
Doubt is both verb and abstract noun, like lie, fashion, endeavour,
Disregard, envy, thrill or calm, delight, pleasure, trust and hope…
Antonia Sara Zenkevitch 