Zuhur Dixon
Zuhur Dixon (1933-present) is an Iraqi poet born in Abu Al-Khaseeb but currently living in Baghdad. Her work has been included in various anthologies and often discusses the role of women in traditional societies. Source
Excerpt From “Season of Beginning and End"
Shall we begin at zero point?
What harm in that?
The season of creation begins in the
season of nothingness:
the arduous climb
is the beginning of the end.
Published:
None
Length:
Shorty
Literary Movements:
Contemporary
Anthology Years:
2020
Themes:
Nature
Literary Devices:
Juxtaposition
the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect
Repetition
a recurrence of the same word or phrase two or more times
Rhetorical Question
a question asked for effect, not necessarily to be answered