Zywa - Hello Poetry

Zywa Nov 2023

[ She pulls her dress up ]

She pulls her dress up

to her face and then freezes --

hiding it in shame.

Painting "The Cover-up" (1994, Marlene Dumas)

Collection "Imprints Masks"

#shame

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Under the bottom ]

Under the bottom

the star clusters angrily --

stare at the people.

Painting "Jesus is boos" ("Jesus is crossed", 1983, Marlene Dumas)

Collection "Ifless"

#fantasy #imagination

Zywa Nov 2023

[ You jump the queue, but ]

You jump the queue, but

why do you want that, your soul --

being left behind?

Comic strip "Asterix L'Iris blanc" ("Asterix and the White Iris", 2023, Fabrice Caro ('Fabcaro'), illustrations by Didier Conrad), saying of the Roman medical officer Isivertuus to Impedimenta

Collection "Truder"

#pride #arrogance

Zywa Nov 2023

[ Why are you afraid ]

Why are you afraid?

Does it give you the reward --

of fewer hard hits?

Comic strip "Asterix L'Iris blanc" ("Asterix and the White Iris", 2023, Fabrice Caro ('Fabcaro'), illustrations by Didier Conrad), the Roman medical officer Isivertuus addresses the soldiers

Collection "Shelter"

#fear #violence

Zywa Oct 2023

[ True Love! Be happy ]

True Love! Be happy

when you find it, be happy --

you're looking for it.

Novel "Lighthousekeeping" (2004, Jeanette Winterson), chapter Great Exhibition [AD 1851]

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 0s"

#love #longing #lovewish

Zywa Oct 2023

[ Miss Pinch holds the word ]

Miss Pinch holds the word

Women like a mouse away --

from her, by its tail.

Novel "Lighthousekeeping" (2004, Jeanette Winterson), chapter Great Exhibition [AD 1851]

Collection "Low gear"

#women

Zywa Oct 2023

[ You did, you said: I ]

You did, you said: I.

How dare you! What do you think!

That you are something?

"Citizen: An American Lyric" - VII (2014, Claudia Rankine)

Collection "May the Might"

#racism #equality #arrogance