Meanwhile - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

Revisionniste - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Roman Kogomachenko from Pixabay “When the past is all deception” T.S. Eliot Revisionniste What do you want to see,the ghost fiction of your romantic mind played onlife's brassy screen aslipstick on a figment,a ferment of slivers,which one will fall outfirst doesn't really matter,the order is always disordered and none of them will show the unified whole,every memory playedis a chapter…

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Sticks Together - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Lisa is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) inviting us to write a poem using the word With. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – With a little help Photo: http://www.vox.com “Where have you been? They ask. And what has taken you so long? That night after eating, singing, and dancing we lay together under the stars. We know ourselves to be part of mystery.” Joy Harjo Sticks TogetherWreathednot…

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Time Traveler - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Susann Mielke from Pixabay “How many others are in this place? I don’t know.” Nazim Hikmet Time Traveler Can I ever be that sure whenlife is as tenuous as mothsin heavy rainfall,what is permanencebecause time travelseems to be an everyday event,only yesterday I was deep in conversationand a word,doesn't matter which word,had barely landed in my earwhen I was transported to themoment of…

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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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Listen To The Song - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live Edition) – the night we choose a poem to post/read: to join in follow the link below: dVerse Poets – OLN Taken at one of our local cafes in 2023, male magpie – the cake not the coffee methinks 🙂 “The soul wants to fly away when caged, like a bird longing for the open sky” Rumi Listen To The SongGautama always compassionJesus…

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Merry, Merry, Merry

Merry Christmas Everyone

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The Line Meanders - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the ideas of a margin(s) as a springboard. For more detail and resource follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Diving Into Margins Image by Ted Erski from Pixabay “You have it but you don’t have it.” John Asbery The Line Meanders The search, the desire, the drive for oneness admits a nexus, a margin of its…

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What Signs - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: commons.wikimedia.com “Since I can’t go where I need to go … then I must … go where the signs point” Nikki Giovanni What Signs?Looking out over the roadSometimes I smile(though a few times I too have been caught)at the holiday makersgrasping at the prize ofa short cut down to the river,rushing down our street with caravans in towor the bulk of a winnebago missing the sign which saysNo…

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Roast Gaza For Christmas - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: A Palestinian woman sitting in rubble – from the Sydney Morning Herald via Bloomberg. (Story – Amnesty Accuses Israel of Genocide in Gaza). “My city’s streets are nameless. If a Palestinian gets killed by a sniper or a drone, we name the street after them.” Mosab Abu Toha It’s not even Christmas yet and my stomach aches! Roast Gaza For ChristmasI'll havethose soft propaganda rollswith…

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