Not Wanting To Believe - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon
Not Wanting To Believe - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: dupreestrees.com “monstrum horrendum, informe, ingens, cui lumen ademptum” Virgil ‘The Aeneid’ Book 3 – line 658 (trans – “a huge horrible monster whose light has been taken away” or “A monster frightful, immense, with sight removed” – Polyphemus, or Cyclops) Not Wanting To BelieveThe tree died before it diedit was, to the eye, fully aliveand yet it was dead to its core,just the shoots…
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To Kill A Plant - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Pound By Pound -a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Ill Winds - prose by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Towards His Shore -a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
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Of Course The Tree - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Grace is hosting Open Link Night – the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Image: ‘Japanese Girl Standing Beneath A Willow Tree’ by Emil Orlik, 1901 – Colour woodcut. Found on Tumblr. “breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire” T.S. Eliot Of Course The TreeWhat is it to seeare we seeing what she sees,or is it that we are seeingbut know not…
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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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Creme de la Creme - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Sanaa is hosting poetics with an invitation to write a Valentine’s poem choosing from the following three options: 1- Love Potions and Concoctions: Write a poem as a recipe for a love potion. Throw in some berries and cream, maybe a dash of cinnamon and chivalry. Tell us what love means to you. 2- Love Letters Through Time: Write a poem in the form of a love letter. It can be…
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Pure I amb - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Warning: Shakespeare purists turn away now 😀 (this may just be the best sonnet I have written) Note: in most of the instructions for sonnet writing, whose meter is iambic pentameter, the syllables are stressed as soft-hard or da-dum, da-dum. The rhyme scheme alternates, except for the couplet. Art: William Shakespeare: artist not credited, found on multiple sites via bing.com “I’m ashamed to…
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