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That Old Melancholia - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: ‘The Good Old Days’ brettfish.co.za “… nostalgia and desire, the two-way ladder between heaven and hell …” Stanley Kunitz That Old Melancholia Have you uttered those fatefully untrue wordsit was great in the (insert decade of rose tint),because we tend to drift by comparisonwhere everyone else is getting ahead of uswhile the past was such beautiful perfection,just a veneer of parasitic…

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The Words Of Us - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by KTravels from Pixabay “There’s a formula for everything …” Sherman Alexie The Words Of UsWhat is it to write a livingof crooked pathwaysand random cliffs,what font might make sense of disparate elements,what binding might holdthe yin and yang of itas congruent hope;even in the very beginning how do we language selfin a world of selves,and how do we face thesticking point, the brinkof…

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Ever Change - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pxhere.com “The river is a flat, shining chain.” Li Po Ever ChangeWatching the river in a vacant drift of thoughtI admire its ancientserpentine meander,in my head I tick off cobwebbed aphorisms,my favourite is by Heraclitus, that wenever enter the sameriver twice, and I notice the current,I wonder if the river has thought the sameabout me, that I never enter as the same person…

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That Bird - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: unsplash.com “… the agony of denial the power of unshared secrets” Audre Lorde That BirdThe irony of a confessionis that it always contains a liethat hints a truth which isa ghost of itself but is the very core of self,if only it could be saidmight it not bring down the whole deck -then againit might just be bestto set that bird free. Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights…

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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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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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The Softness Of Love - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: careersplay.com “A summer fanned with spice” Alfred Lord Tennyson The Softness Of Love The valley of cloveswhere genies trade,six days by canvas sailfrom India to anarchipelago unknown,a place without ailmentwhere the old are youngand the young are free,cinnamon, cloves,nutmeg subtledressed in soft redso sweet, pleasant to taste,she hid among the treeselusiveher smile so shy,the foreign…

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There, In The Shadows - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Art work: by Paul Emile Chabas ‘Nymphs of the Dance’ from pixels.com “… he saw like a nymph half risen” Amy Lowell There, In The ShadowsWhere the golden apples growthere lie the children of the evening,Hera's gardenapproach from the west orlook in Oceanusscour Lixus,unwrap the shadows,and mindyou need more than eyesask Ladon -Hesperia's daughters appear most when anticipatedbut least…

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Chou - haiku by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay “The bite into the round jubilance of peach.” Li-Young Lee Chou Any name might doeight immortals of the fruit,exalted spring peach Copyright 2024 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️ Not: the Chinese ideogram shou or Chou is based by shape on the pit of a peach.

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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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If I, If We - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Sunguk Kim on Unsplash “either peace or happiness, let it enfold you” Charles Bukowski If I, If WeWhen I was a child Ilived outside myselfwondering why the worldwas like it was and whypeace was so elusive,how was state sanctionedmurder possible and howcould people turn their backs on those in need,I hoped for miracles and acheesy ending just like inthe movies which evoke a sense of…

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Delight - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Lillian is hosting Open Link Night (with live edition Saturday – for details follow the link below) the night we choose a poem to post. This will be the last live session for 2024. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: pexels.com “… beyond the body itself, we are making love” Sharon Olds DelightIn the mellow of eveI wonder,from time to time,what it would be liketo take a portion of sunand…

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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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A Curmudgeon Reflects - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem using the words Despite, and Still. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Poetics – Despite And Still Image by Antonio Cansino from Pixabay “No, why should I mind? I can’t get any peace anywhere.” Dave Calder A Curmudgeon ReflectsAh, schmaltzmassthat day when we run raggedto be the people we claim to already…

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Bang On - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Punam is hosting the Quadrille (44 words) with an invitation to write a poem inclusing the word Bang. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Going Out With A Bang Photo: jfwonline.com “Now as the train bears west, its rhythm rocks the earth” Theodore Roethke Bang OnClickety clackleather seatsswaying carriagetrees a blur,we sat oppositeall stops,untilthe darkening outer suburbs,furtive…

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Cutting The Cord - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pixels.com “The whisper trembling in the wind” Lewis Carroll Cutting the CordThose days of simoomrelentlesswearingwhen everything seemed to be fractiousnerves on end seasoned woundsdog licked sores,painthe lanced boil ofheartache for humanitywho would rather live in misery than hope,a living deathdisguised as peacebroken shadows of jousted mills,a pretence of ends bypathologies of…

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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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I'm A Fan Of Time - a pome by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: found on youtube.com “While we speak, time is envious …” Horace I'm A Fan Of TimeI tookthat sheet of paper24 lines drawn horizontally,folded them carefullyfingered the line to a sharp creaseallowing the ultimate compressionas thin as rice paper slice,expansions to a pinchcorrugations to a fan,movement as squeezeboxin and out all rightthe lines of a daymorn till nightdown to nothingout to…

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The Tree Of Earthly Delights - an Etheree by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write an Etheree poem in the form of a fir tree. For more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – MTB – An Etheree Tree Image: vogue.com “Stooped in the still and shadowy air lips unseen – and kissed me there” Walter De La Mare The Tree Of Earthly DelightsOhelloms xmasI see you thereunder mistletoeunder no illusionjust a…

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Gnomistry - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Hans from Pixabay “And we fear the gnomes are just about to strike” Sidney Lanier GnomistryThe gnomes know thingsthey rule,of course they dowith their redporcelain cheeksand pointy hatspudgy arms andbeer bellies,they're so ecognomicever gnomian,they're an agnomallyeven aggnomistin matters esoteric,gnomist in all things,maybe even antignomialin paradox,whatever they arethey're…

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The Story Never Mattered - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem about a favourite TV show(s). dVerse Poets – Poetics – Favorite TV Shows Photo: Joanna Lumley, still shot for her role as Purdy in the BBCs New Avengers (1976 – 77) a show about three British agents battling a range of criminal and terror plots. “A delicate flame runs beneath my skin” Sappho The Story Never Mattered…

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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

Floating Beyond The Scars - Prose by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Prosery with an invitation to write a piece of prose (fiction or non-fiction) using the line “Your drew stars around my scars” from the the song Cardigan by Taylor Swift. dVerse Poets – Prosery – Taylor Swift Image: psychcentral.com “We remember the time around scars” Michael Ondaatje Floating Beyond The Scars The mystery of space was always on our lips, that…

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Spark - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Klara Kulikova on Unsplash “… lightening tumbles, and I bounce over to you” Nikki Giovanni SparkThe river flattens outwith downward pressure,clouds gatherdumping raincomes thunderherald of the dynamocharging up the nightwith a whump, crash,rumble,shadows playenergy rushes,disturbing somethrilling others,dog and cat togetherunder the bed,there's nothing staticabout electricity,justmy…

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High Tide - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by metacross from Pixabay “The idealistic imagined world is alone, isolated, undisturbed remaining free …” Angelina Pandian High TideThose little expansive momentsof transportrapture or riskwelcome or notin nano seconds of interruptionparallel universes openingI've lost the trigger,but I don't really careI'm in it now,don't disturblet me indulge the flurryof senses and memoriesno matter…

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Have we been here before? - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: NASA – science.nasa.gov – Mars’ Jezero Crater “We are made of longing, of reaching for the stars …” Danusha Lameris Have We Been Here Before?Red dirtold dirtsalted dirtashed dirtsulphur dirtacidic dirtalkoloid dirtmineral dirtearthcontinues whileMoon Mare volcanismceased three billion years agoand Martian rock tells us thestory of Mars' evolutionto desert death,this is wild sciencewhich…

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Friendship's End - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetry Form with an invitation to write a Nove Otto – a nine line poem with eight syllables per line and with a rhyme scheme of aacbbcddc. dVerse Poets – Poetry Form – Nove Otto Photo by Tycho Atsma on Unsplash “The mean ones wear their masks with pride, but deep down, the pain resides.” Maya Angelou Friendship's EndI looked for your sagacityfound only your…

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The Clarity - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Bruno from Pixabay “Even this late it happens, the coming of love, the coming of light.” Mark Strand The ClarityIn the beginningthere was lightuntil,as seems to follow,it loses itself in a faint simulacrumthe tragedy of antinomian darkness,always the falling starnever the pinnacle of the tree,here I amever seekinggradations of the luminous in placeswhere light has retreated by theheart…

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Cyborgery - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a sci-fi poem. dVerse Poets – Poetics – Diving Into The Genre Of Sci-fi Poetry Image: pixabay.com “I enter your secret places with my mind” Allen Ginsberg Cyborgery Your hairwhen rainedcarries indelible memorysensory overloadwithout data offerings,only the hive will make context equate,even now the rise of your breastuneven chant…

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