Cup Of Swirl - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

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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Pale Cairn - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

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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The Measure - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: fountaintechpumps.com “Be grateful for whatever comes” Rumi The MeasureNonot by spoons of coffee,it's different nowcomputersemailsEVspond pumps,on averagefive years on the pumpssiftingfilteringbeing cleanedhow many make a life,how many till I go? Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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(via The Subtlety - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon)

Ever Nascent - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write – a WaltMarie poetry style: 10 lines even lines are just 2 syllables odd lines are longer but without syllable restriction the even lines make their own mini-poem if read separately meter and rhyme are unspecified And the theme of your poem should be the history/meaning of your name or one you wish you had or an…

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Where? - prose by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Merril is hosting Prosery (144 words) where we write a piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) which must include the line “Where can we find light in this never-ending shade?” from the Poem ‘The Hill We Climb’ by Amanda Gorman. dVerse Poets – Prosery – Finding The Light Photo: mensxp.com “As in what if the shadow is golden?” Rosamond S. King Where? Where can we find light in this…

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A Curse On All Who Enable - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: dailysabah.com German commando operation frees Benito Mussolini in 1943 while he was held captive by his own government. He was recaptured by partisans in 1945 and executed. Notably Mussolini had grandiose ideas, an inflated ego, and desired to be an emperor. Ironically, part of his undoing was his incompetence in economic management, including placing tariffs on trading partners leading…

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Return To Mystery - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by ivan eduardo frias araujo from Pixabay “I love you as one loves certain obscure things, secretly, between the shadow and the soul.” Pablo Neruda Return To MysteryIn the flush of love all thingsbelong to a liminal perspective,as time draws on, the earth ofromance can settle to a knowingwhich wasn't known before,as time moves we can lose themystery to a dull beat in whichanticipation…

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When I Return To Myself - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Kim is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about one of the four elements – fire, earth, air and water, noting that Aristotle added a fifth – Aether or ether, which in Sanskrit was Akasha, the subtle dimension of being. dVerse Poets – Poetics – The Four Elements Image by Vitaliy Levkin from Pixabay “I learn by going where I have to go.” Theodore Roethke When I return To…

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Will You Take My Hand? - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form with an invitation to write a (English) Madrigal – as follows: Content: Often includes a theme of love Structure of an English madrigal *Usually written in iambic pentameter.*Comprised of three stanzas: a tercet, quatrain, and sestet.*All three of the lines in the opening tercet are refrains. Form: A thirteen-line form in three stanzas:Stanza 1] Tercet…

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