Sticks Together - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

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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What's Your Point? - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Found on bing.com “Sometimes an idea is just an idea” Sina Queyras What's Your Point?Tightropeof woven wordssways high in a breezebetween intolerable points,behind me distorted images an ever moving past,before me a miragenothing more than arainbow of shifting sands,the musicin my headis no certain guide,just my invitation to forget the distanceand dance. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent…

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Kawase Hasui, Inokashira in Snow, 1928 (source).

Cyborgery - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a sci-fi poem. dVerse Poets – Poetics – Diving Into The Genre Of Sci-fi Poetry Image: pixabay.com “I enter your secret places with my mind” Allen Ginsberg Cyborgery Your hairwhen rainedcarries indelible memorysensory overloadwithout data offerings,only the hive will make context equate,even now the rise of your breastuneven chant…

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Get A Free Zing - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille with and invitation to Zing, to include Zing or a form in a poem. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Poems With Zing Photo: outdoorshell.com “O Winter! frozen pulse and heart of fire” Helen Hunt Jackson Get A Free ZingCamping in the winternow that's not the thing,the closer to zeromore woolies need to bring,because of the temperaturesome vigorous walkingis de…

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Cutting The Cord - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pixels.com “The whisper trembling in the wind” Lewis Carroll Cutting the CordThose days of simoomrelentlesswearingwhen everything seemed to be fractiousnerves on end seasoned woundsdog licked sores,painthe lanced boil ofheartache for humanitywho would rather live in misery than hope,a living deathdisguised as peacebroken shadows of jousted mills,a pretence of ends bypathologies of…

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Friendship's End - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form with an invitation to write a Nove Otto – a nine line poem with eight syllables per line and with a rhyme scheme of aacbbcddc. dVerse Poets – Poetry Form – Nove Otto Photo by Tycho Atsma on Unsplash “The mean ones wear their masks with pride, but deep down, the pain resides.” Maya Angelou Friendship's EndI looked for your sagacityfound only your…

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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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Far Away - Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Merril is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to time travel. For more detail and resource follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Let’s Travel Through Time Photo: uncredited on Yelp. Leighton Beach adjacent to Port Beach, Fremantle, Western Australia. “Do you plan to squander your precious twenties” Marilyn L. Taylor Far Away Yesterday Hey Jude crept into the number one…

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