Bang On - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

Dreamer - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: found at adigaskell.com via bing.com “To sin by silence, when we should protest” Ella Wheeler Wilcox DreamerPacifistliving in violent dreams,I've loved you notkarma's such a bitchcos I've murdered youa thousand times,but I've confessedto the clownin the cornerwith papal eyesand leery smile,absolvedby breakfast,and there youstill are. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights…

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Wither The Wars - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Sanaa is hosting poetics with an invitation to play Monopoly with a twist. It involves two options (1) Imagine the board as a literary landscape where each square is a poet, choose one of three images and one of two poets from the mix offered and write a poem inspired by the choices. (2) the board is a reflection of society’s darker undercurrents. For more detail and resource follow the…

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From Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day

Stray Bands - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Melissa is hosting poetics with an invitation to write an ekphrastic poem using one of four paintings by Emil Nolde. The double challenge is to do so knowing the artist originally declaimed his connection to the NAZIs but was eventually outed as having been involved in the NAZI party. Note: There are a number of famous people who fit into this type of moral dilemma – Martin Heidegger…

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My Name is Rachel Corrie, (2006), Taken from the writings of Rachel Corrie, Edited by Alan Rickman and Katharine Viner, Produced with the permission of Rachel Corrie's family, «NHB Modern Plays», Nick Hern Books, London, 2007 (Rachel Corrie's emails here)

'My Name is Rachel Corrie' was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs on April 7, 2005; the production transferred to the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on October 11, 2005, and to the Playhouse Theatre in London's West End on March 28, 2006

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Meanwhile - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: taken at Lake Margarette, September 22 – bobtail lizard. “And the lizards each gone to his dwelling” Percy Bysshe Shelley MeanwhileI left the leavesdidn't rake,a small thing caught my eyebobtail's skinonce comfortablenow shedfor something new,I skirted round left it there as testimony to sacrednesshow life is up and down,as I stoodperhaps as witness,birds came byfrogs, lizards,native…

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Black Feathers - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Monica Volpin from Pixabay “Darkness covering the forest” Maria Veronica Cruz Azores Black FeathersBlack feathers in a white forest,a random solitary collection driftingblown by the winds of wrathchased by yellowed howling hellhoundsin a night when the moon covered herself,warding off the razors edgea sensed danger,dreamed enemies closeeven the gods are not safe,the dragons too have…

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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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