Mostly - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon
Mostly - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: healthcentral.com “Life’s most important aspect, to stop and smell the roses.” Brenda Arledge MostlyO, it's gone,now this is going, gone toothere's no repeatingexcept in dreams,some will say nightmares or,pace Freud's dictum, that we repeat what we don't remember, though I wonderit's a question of whether we want to or not, besides it doesn't slip awayin idle momentsnever in sleepnor…
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Window Of Opportunity - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Pound By Pound -a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Bang On - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Punam is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to write a poem inclusing the word Bang. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Going Out With A Bang Photo: jfwonline.com “Now as the train bears west, its rhythm rocks the earth” Theodore Roethke Bang OnClickety clackleather seatsswaying carriagetrees a blur,we sat oppositeall stops,untilthe darkening outer suburbs,furtive…
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Attention Debt - Burning Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Li is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write what is know as a Burning Haibun. Burning Haibun relies on writing a Haibun then using erasure x 2 to arrive at a distilled form as a second part, followed by the usual haiku/senryu. Burning Haibun is typically about an interior journey/reflection. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Making Way Image:…
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She Wonders - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Image: found at bondibeauty.com.au via Bing “Let me float across the sky” Maya Angelou She WondersShe is flying sparkledalong the brooding clouds,seeking benedictionabove the forests whooffer lessons in slowness and where the question hums -if the seasons are not welcomedwill they come at all?As she flies she wonders,upon reaching the horizonwill she sing her song and will her words be…
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Swept Up - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to write a poem using the word or any of its forms – lift. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Ready For Liftoff Image by Khusen Rustamov from Pixabay “… and my soul is swept up in joy.” Uvavnuk (Iglulik Eskimo, 19th C. Trans. Hane Hirschfield) Swept UpLyftthe highest spaceeven to the seventh,elysian fieldsJuno's provinceabove the…
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Redfacextwitsapinit - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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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The Land Never Lies - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: publicdomainpictures.net “A dream lies dead here.” Dorothy Parker The Land Never LiesWhy do we always blamethe soil of a place,is that where we landwhen we talk about the lie, the big liehow the land lies,but do giraffes lieor grasshopperseucalypts maybe,does only the land lieand how,in statein perpetuity,as fallowshallowsure, all of thatbut land also speaks ofits innocence,…
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Wanting - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to take the example of Sandra Cisneros where she takes Spanish words that have no direct English equivalent and uses them to form the poem ‘I Have No Word In English For’ Dora has provided Cisneros’ words of which we can choose one, two or many of the words, incorporating them in our own poem. For more detail and to see the two choices offered…
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