A Curmudgeon Reflects - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon
A Curmudgeon Reflects - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the words Despite, and Still. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Despite And Still Image by Antonio Cansino from Pixabay “No, why should I mind? I can’t get any peace anywhere.” Dave Calder A Curmudgeon ReflectsAh, schmaltzmassthat day when we run raggedto be the people we claim to already…
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To Touch A Tree - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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The Nightmare - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Breaching The Fog - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: adobestock.com “Many things cannot bear explaining …” Ha Jin Breaching The FogSometimes sharing a thought can be like talking to a room full of people who aren't listening,just staring into their distanceremembering their last great moment or a song on the radioreminding them of somethinglong forgotten, of meanings now irrelevant that plague the mind's fog of jumbled picture shows,a…
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They No Longer Shine - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: aljazeera.com (G20 puppets 2018) “The puppets are in love and so are the puppeteers” David Tait They No Longer ShineThe puppetsdespite their expenseare lacklustre now,their movements stiffby rusted joints seized,suspension wires benttormented, twistedfaces peeling,eyes dimmedears broken,heads bowed with weightthey no longer shinefor restless audienceswho come withdesperate expectationfor…
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Soul Food - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Lee Travathan from Pixabay “Live in the layers, not on the litter” Stanley Kunitz Soul FoodSome fruits hold delightbehind a jacket of skin,a bananaan orange mmm mango,some fruits -a strawberryso smallthere is nothing yetit is everything at once,but the pomegranate needs timethe right time,patience a woundinga diggingdeeperfor the arils,seeds of sweetnessunlike any other fruit,like…
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Potter's Passion - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image by Jean-Dominique POUPEL from Pixabay “As the potter’s hands shape each mound …” Rabindranath Tagore Potter's PassionTo plunge my hands into its sticky, creamy wetnessthat's a thing,too dry it cracks, breaksif wet as slurry nothing holds,but if it's just rightyou can feel its soulsqueeze its firmness to a form, shape, orsome distortiontowards fame,its fulness is alive. Copyright 2025…
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When I Return To Myself - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Kim is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about one of the four elements – fire, earth, air and water, noting that Aristotle added a fifth – Aether or ether, which in Sanskrit was Akasha, the subtle dimension of being. dVerse Poets – Poetics – The Four Elements Image by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay “I learn by going where I have to go.” Theodore Roethke When I return To…
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Absorbing Possibility - Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Frank is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write a sci-fi haibun – for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Scifi Haibun Image by ImaArtist from Pixabay “Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare” David Bowie Absorbing Possibility Borg-like I shape to ascend the pod. I smile at the robots now reduced to menial tasks, this is the new age beyond…
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It Has Always Been So - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: Hunter S. Thompson – journalist, writer, author, originator of “Gonzo” journalism. From thefamouspeople.com “It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.” Hunter S. Thompson It Has Always Been SoOnce upon a time Iwas disillusioned with Thompson's infectionthe whole question of truth and fictionhow dare they be blendedin the mainstream,but…
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