At dVerse Lillian is hosting Open Link Night (with live edition Saturday – for details follow the link below) the night we choose a poem to post. This will be the last live session for 2024. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: pexels.com “… beyond the body itself, we are making love” Sharon Olds DelightIn the mellow of eveI wonder,from time to time,what it would be liketo take a portion of sunand…
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Kawase Hasui, Inokashira in Snow, 1928 (source).
(via Mind Junk - 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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Djane Ki, Allow me to Insist, from Vagari E.P., LBA-KI-CD7, La Bande Adhésive, (Digital album), 2023
Written, produced and mixed by Vanessa Jeantrelle aka Dj Ki Artwork & mastering by Nicolaiev Boutovitch at LBA studio
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Hopeless, Starving, and Besieged. Israel's Forced Displacement of Palestinians in Gaza, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY, November 14, 2024 (pdf here)
President Zelenskyy is in my view a statesman, a leader, a straight-player. The other guy … a disgrace, Putin’s puppet. Photo: available on multiple sites via bing.com President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine “The footage of far-right salutes shows straightened arms in finest suits.” Janine Booth Pigs In The Shite HouseThe orange pig squealed and squealedcovered in domestic shit,seeking the…
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay “My candle burns at both ends …” Edna St. Vincent Millay From Where Are You Looking?Have you ever noticedhow time is unequal,would you agreethat winter takes its long time whilesummer skips alongas redolent childforgetting autumneschewing winter,time has its own agendait will andit won't,rarely does it add up,there's no jumping ahead,always the questionsfrom…
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Photo: pxhere.com “The river is a flat, shining chain.” Li Po Ever ChangeWatching the river in a vacant drift of thoughtI admire its ancientserpentine meander,in my head I tick off cobwebbed aphorisms,my favourite is by Heraclitus, that wenever enter the sameriver twice, and I notice the current,I wonder if the river has thought the sameabout me, that I never enter as the same person…
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Photo: from antiscamclub.com – scam sites in social media and communications use stolen photos. “everybody was nudging, inching, cheating for some insignificant advantage, the lie was the weapon …” Charles Bukowski RedfacextwitsapinitBelinda,if indeed that is her name,with a thousand emojisbikini avatarangled for peeking,declares she's single, 32seeking friendshiplooking for love,posts…
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Gif: found on GIPHY “What are we doing here?” Wilfred Owen RepeatIs it a gift , or is a GIF just a comment that weare only ever a three secondrepeat cycle where even anticipation cannot thwartthe gaze or the amusement,a Sisyphean addiction -click, repeat, foreverwith no rinse cycle,the sum of our abilitiescreative genius asmere pretext,opium in free flow. Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent…
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