When I Return To Myself - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

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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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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Anees Ghanima, March 10, 2024, «ArabLit Quarterly», Volume 6, Issue I: ‘Gaza! Gaza! Gaza!’, Spring 2024, pp. 98-99 (free download through December 5, 2024) [issue created in collaboration with Majalla 28]

Free Palestine Reading List for November 29 – December 5, 2024

A Bigger Table - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: found on tumblr.com “Giving has many faces” Alberto Rios A Bigger TableMy flag is a dishclothmy creed is generositymy anthem a song of welcomemy praxis is sharing,I take down wallsI open doorsI desire to createI desire to learnyour name, your ways,your part in this wildwonderful journeywhere nothing can be smallespecially the heart,and, if this catches firethis love -we'll need a bigger…

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Keep That Dam Wall - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Weirs, also known as check dams (Photo by MSU Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture /Robbie Kroger) “Good fences make good neighbours” Robert Frost Keep That Dam WallThose of us at the head of the stream agreedwe needed water and a planwas devised to dam the flow,enough for each nearbyhousehold and still letting much of it go downstream,and for some length of timethis came to be and it worked so…

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Recalling - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “I read somewhere, “we become lyrical when we suffer.” Elisa Gabbert RecallingWhy nowin a dental surgeryforty-five years latercar crash comes recalling,the childhood orthodonticsnot-with-standing followedby volleyball face-plant,extensive reconstruction,twenty years laterall done again,then at xmasan amalgam falls away -upper molar number five,procedure…

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Vagrant Persona - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Leandro De Carvalho from Pixabay “And in these Shades the false Imposter met” Anne Kingsmill Finch Vagrant PersonaAs we sat talking heopened up to me ofa life arrested,with a deep sadness I listened long,it was likeentering a mansion ofgreat opulence butwhere the ownerchose to exist in thedusty garden shed,he seemed unwilling to move into his own skin. Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent…

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The Fire Drake a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Kim is hosting poetics with an invitation to write a poem about a dragon. dVerse Poets – Poetics – Legendary Creatures Photo: wallpaperaccess.com “For when he takes his prey he plays with it to give it a chance” Christopher Smart The Fire DrakeMaybe, maybe not, thegryphon brings good luckbut I pat him every nightbefore I take the 240 wornsteps up the ancient toweras if a talisman of…

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Watermelon Whine - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Kim is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem with an opening hook, Philip Larkin’s work offered as a prime example, follow the link below for more detail: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Getting Hooked on Opening Lines Photo: greencollar.com.au “And I am sharp as steel with discontent” Claude McKay Watermelon Whine Blackened, rotting water melon on the vine sans coffee post…

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