Ill Winds - Prose By Paul Vincent Cannon

(via 34 - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon)

So the new anti-trans talking point is... *checks notes* that there are not enough detransitioners? sigh

I Resolve Not To Resolve - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: found on Bing “One vow a year will see me through, and I’ll begin with number two” Rudyard Kipling. I Resolve Not To ResolveIf I were to somehow, suddenly, be enthusedenough to sing the magnificat it would not bea celebration of the annunciationit would be my prompt to shout a renunciation of all who trade off virtues,not that I'm virtuous, of courseI've never even made a resolution,I…

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Just Me - prose by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Merril is hosting Prosery (144 words) with an invitation to take the line “I have no skill for flight or wings to skim the waves effortlessly, like the wind itself.” from the poem ‘The Magnificent Frigate Bird’ by Ada Limon. dVerse Poets – Prosery – Ada Limon Photo: goalcast.com “We live in secret cities and we travel unmapped roads” Alberto Rios Just MeI am not bark or fibre, I am…

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Sun Tide - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pedestrian.tv “Gently I stir a white feather fan …” Li Po Sun TideWarmBlack mozzarella,gooey, stringysteamingoozing,unable to resistthe sun,urban pizzasticks to my shoestyres,stalactites onthe wheel archeswaves along the road,surfing to work. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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Collaborating The World - a poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Jason Goodman on Unsplash “We shape ourself to fit this world and by this world are shaped again” David Whyte Collaborating The WorldWhy do we assumeassuming that you do,that it's everyone else,not I because "I"surely it would have to be themsome other,but the "I" -is it narcissistic or is it betweenlike in the middlenot closed in on the world of self,open to all…

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The Lightness Of Desire - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write a Sparrowlet – Laura explains (and includes a link to our first foray in 2022 with Grace) And with this first MTB of February 2025 we are turning to an invented stanzaic form created by Kathrine Sparrow that she calls a variation of the Swap Quatrain. It was first prompted by Grace in 2022 namely the Sparrowlet:- Poetry…

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The Willow Is Not Alone - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Note: Mondo – origin Japan – a two stanza question and answer nature poem. Syllable pattern is = 577, 577. Photo: taken in the State Forest at Kirup – a Jarrah seedling arising end of winter 2024. “Give some tree the gift of green again. Let one bird sing.” Faiz Ahmed Faiz The Willow Is Not AloneWhy do the trees weepwhen we pas by laughing loudcarving hearts in ritual?Not for the woundingnor…

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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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Traversing - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Looking out from Augusta over the bay and the Southern Ocean. Augusta has become a popular site for wind surfing. “In Jeju Island, the wind speaks” Kinsley Lee TraversingThe southerly swirled across the bayas it often does in early December,firm but not malevolent as in July,spring's embersa latter day offering beforeJanuary's oven,I mused over this with my friendwho questioned my…

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