An Ekphrastic for Paul Brooke’s Ekphrastic Challenge Art Work: Sara Elizabeth Bell ‘Stone Tower, Laurel Creek’ Pale CairnTrickle above a whisperpast the pale cairn of hopesomeone carefully laid as guide for the watershould it fail to see itsdownward directionalong this bed of life,neatly tucked into my witness eye whichmight later recount atold you so if it daredto find its own way,the cairn a…
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Image by günter from Pixabay “Like a jar you housed infinite tenderness.” Pablo Neruda Plum Bay GoIf I couldI would tradeall my diamondsthat I don't haveand fly to the bay of plums,you smiledknowing that Iprefer the yellow onesyou the red,red or yellowthey are smooth,lush, yet firm to touchlike the flesh of youthful thighs. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️
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At dVerse Punam is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem about regret – for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Regrets and more … Photo: metapress.com “We will be what we could be. Do not say, “It might have been, had not or that, or this.”” Ella Wheeler Wilcox As Yet UnclearIn hindsightany attempt at regret, that bastard child of grief,is euthanised by…
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At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night with Live Edition, the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: theartistnextlevel.com “I refuse to be claimed.” Naomi Shihab Nye Compassionate ResistanceI write the word noit's my defiance in an age whenyes has become aplague of expectation,where compliance ismerely anticipated,a fait accompli,but I left that paddock long ago and…
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At dVerse Frank is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write about the death of someone (a loved one or someone close), to memorialise them (in the US it was Memorial Day yesterday). dVerse Poets – Haibun – Momento Mori Image by NoName_13 from Pixabay “Let’s go for a walk and touch the trees that survived like us” KB Brookins Re-membered My father never wore a military uniform, he wore…
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Photo: Hunter S. Thompson – journalist, writer, author, originator of “Gonzo” journalism. From thefamouspeople.com “It was like falling down an elevator shaft and landing in a pool full of mermaids.” Hunter S. Thompson It Has Always Been SoOnce upon a time Iwas disillusioned with Thompson's infectionthe whole question of truth and fictionhow dare they be blendedin the mainstream,but…
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At dVerse Lillian is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem including the word Indigo or its form. dVerse Poets – Quadrille Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay “You’ll know it … as you know ’tis noon …” Emily Dickinson Intuition BluesIndigo Suzeshe's no flooze,got a hex of seventake you to heavencolour you blue,no time to snoozedon't need the newsshe's…
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(via Never Enough - 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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(via Partial To Turquoise - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon)
Photo: Taken in Kirup State Forest May 2023 “Perhaps the purpose of trees is to hide the verticality of trees” Linda Pastan The Leaf Is AllThe leafis a riveris a cloudis rainis the groundfor the seed,becomes a plantbecomes a forestbecomes oxygenbecomes breath,life for all thingsand whenthe leaf fallsit isit becomes,for all things. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️
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