All Day I Think About What To Do With The Day - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

It Has Always Been So - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

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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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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The Leaf Is All - 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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This Gauzy Quietude - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Kim is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem which includes the word (or a form of) Quiet. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Walk Quietly In My Dreams Image by 춘성 강 from Pixabay “Fair Quiet, have I found thee here …” Andrew Marvel This Gauzy Quietude Feather soft plumeslift and floatmodestly cloaked along her length,wetness shroudedin mystery,the…

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Mahmoud Darwish (محمود درويش), The Butterfly’s Burden, Translated by Fady Joudah, Bloodaxe Books, Hexham, 2007

Ambient - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Somonka – Japanese origin: Two tankas (each trad. syllabic – 57577), usually written by two poets one responding to the other, written as two love letters. This was a solo effort. Image by StockSnap from Pixabay “Something else is alive” Ted Hughes AmbientOrion off-centrenever shines in moon's shadowin those darker months,as we too are subtly hiddeneclipsed by stars distraction.Even shadow…

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Absorbing Possibility - Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Frank is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write a sci-fi haibun – for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets – Haibun – Scifi Haibun Image by ImaArtist from Pixabay “Now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare” David Bowie Absorbing Possibility Borg-like I shape to ascend the pod. I smile at the robots now reduced to menial tasks, this is the new age beyond…

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Time Is Now - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Art: ‘Melting Clocks’ by Salvador Dali “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons” T.S. Eliot Time Is NowClocks liveon walls like roaches,they exist as if nothing mattersexcept their primary purposeto capture the movement of something that doesn't exist,they deceive themselveslike star-eyed teen loverssinging that Robert Johnsonsong sinking in the ground,the devil's in the tocking tickas…

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Ill Winds - prose by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Prosery (144 words of prose) with an invitation to use a line from Leonard Cohen’s ‘You Want It Darker’ – “There’s a lullaby for suffering.” dVerse Poets – Prosery – Leonard Cohen Photo: decathlon.com “It’s dark often at these times.” Juliana Spahr Ill Winds When I’m hiking in winter I notice when I’m not moving my body temperature drops, hypothermia is a risk. The…

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