Black Feathers - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

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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The Morning Celebration - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Dawn – Taken last week looking out over the Blackwood River to East Augusta. “There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground …” Sara Teasdale The Morning CelebrationI dosometimesjust a few linesof made up song,more often I just humfor the physical resonance,I sing mostly in my heada song for all life,now and again I keenfor so much lossbefore I turn tocelebration. Copyright 2025…

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Shadow Play - Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Frank is hosting Haibun Monday with an invitation to write alluding to Groundhog Day. For more info and examples of Haibun follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun Monday – Celebrating Groundhog Day Image by Rodolfo_Llanos from Pixabay “Be grateful for whatever comes” Rumi Shadow Play Birds, heading north, south, change is surely coming. Ants mounding their holes against rain.…

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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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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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Old Broom - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Broom Bush from – gardeningknowhow.com “I know there’s something better down the road.” Elizabeth Alexander Old Broom As the yellow flowers subsideshe receives fewer visitors,the wrens still pass throughstill, a period of dormancy ensueswhile she idles in favour of grevilleas and callistemons,then, in her slumberby stealth her enemy appearsslowly consuming,imperilling her lifeunnoticed…

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Missing Mars - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: scitechdaily.com the Orion space capsule “Hear the silent signals from outer space …” Dejan Stojanovic Missing MarsSeptember 2, 2026it has been twelve monthssince the last communicationwith the starship crew,there is no bleep from the screenno blink on the plotterno tears for the crewD, JD and Eout in the ether,don't y'all come back nowya hear,we've run out of champagne. Copyright 2025…

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Save the Date: 2024 Total Solar Eclipse

On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will travel through Mexico, cross the United States from Texas to Maine, and exit North America along Canada’s Atlantic coast. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth, completely blocking the face of the Sun. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk.

Weather permitting, people throughout most of North and Central America, including all of the contiguous United States, will be able to view at least a partial solar eclipse. A partial solar eclipse is when the Moon only covers part of the Sun. People in Hawaii and parts of Alaska will also experience a partial solar eclipse. Click here to learn more about when and where the solar eclipse will be visible: go.nasa.gov/Eclipse2024Map

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Hand To Hand - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Milada Vigerova from Pixabay “Giving is, first and every time, hand to hand, mine to yours, yours to mine.” Alberto Rios Hand To HandThe cupan open palmelectric fizzlife flowing,small breathslong stepsmoving light as air,being offeringa gift to souls,hand to handlove's perpetuity,the combat only compassion knows. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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Spark - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash “… lightening tumbles, and I bounce over to you” Nikki Giovanni SparkThe river flattens outwith downward pressure,clouds gatherdumping raincomes thunderherald of the dynamocharging up the nightwith a whump, crash,rumble,shadows playenergy rushes,disturbing somethrilling others,dog and cat togetherunder the bed,there's nothing staticabout electricity,justmy…

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