The Nightmare - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

Will You Take My Hand? - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form with an invitation to write a (English) Madrigal – as follows: Content: Often includes a theme of love Structure of an English madrigal *Usually written in iambic pentameter.*Comprised of three stanzas: a tercet, quatrain, and sestet.*All three of the lines in the opening tercet are refrains. Form: A thirteen-line form in three stanzas:Stanza 1] Tercet…

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(via They No Longer Shine - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon)

After The Rains - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: gardenersworld.com Herb garden “But there is one who holds this falling infinitely softly in His hands.” Rainer Maria Rilke After The RainsTodayI strolled the borderI stroked the herbsmottledblotched,old tanned skinstems all lanky,woodyaged,after the rainsI will stroke thenew soft shootstender as youth. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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What Can Be Said (Ontology's a Drag) - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Meeting the Bar with an invitation to write a poem using an apophatic (αποφατικοζ) or negation approach – the not knowing, (as opposed to a cataphatic (καταφατικα) or positive approach – the knowing/affirming). For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – MTB – Meet The Bar Positively Through Negation Image by Nick Kirtoki from Pixabay “The rose has no Why?…

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Have we been here before? - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: NASA – science.nasa.gov – Mars’ Jezero Crater “We are made of longing, of reaching for the stars …” Danusha Lameris Have We Been Here Before?Red dirtold dirtsalted dirtashed dirtsulphur dirtacidic dirtalkoloid dirtmineral dirtearthcontinues whileMoon Mare volcanismceased three billion years agoand Martian rock tells us thestory of Mars' evolutionto desert death,this is wild sciencewhich…

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The Friend - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Lillian is hosting Open Link Night with live edition, the night we choose a poem to post and we are invited to the live gathering to read it too – for link and information follow the link below: dVerse Poets – OLN Image by Mircea Iancu from Pixabay “In human closeness there is a secret edge …” Anna Akhmatova The FriendA friend iswhat you arein his eyes,if noticed you werewaitingfor…

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So the new anti-trans talking point is... *checks notes* that there are not enough detransitioners? sigh

Not Seeing - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Наталия Когут from Pixabay “Always too eager for the future, we pick up bad habits of expectancy” Phillip Larkin Not SeeingThe gaze,le regard,what catches the eyewhere am I fixed with intent to exclusion,are there any new movementsto beat the syncopated repetitionof the daily urban ballet soinfused it is now tasteless,invisible, and yet not a partof my breath, it is…

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I Sing - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: found at fairfaxcounty.gov “I shall never draw back from love” Elsa Gidlow I SingI knowI'm coming backon overto lienext to your body,todayI singbecause I knowI'm coming back. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️ Note: This poem is inspired by the line “because I don’t know if I’m coming back” from Song of Departure’ by Raquel Chavez – I took the opposite view.

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