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Canyon Days - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by websiteproud from Pixabay American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) Canyon DaysLearningnavigationover white water rockswhat was once wide open presses inslowly. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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Wondering - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by torstensimon from Pixabay WonderingI look out at nightto ponder the vastbright glow of stars,here am I looking upfeeling small, whileyet feeling part of it all,then later, sitting, musingwondering if the starsare looking back at mewondering about my life. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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Bleak Streets - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo by Laura Bilger on Unsplash Bleak StreetsAn alien landscape at daybreak,skyscapersflatsbloated housestraffic not yet busy,shops emptybustle fuss rustle awaits,a rare encounterwithout so much as a nod or a mouthed hellono eye contact allowed,I did so want a quiet walkbut this is completely devoid of life,no one aboutwhere are all the walkers,maybe the earth is flatand they've all walked…

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I'll Have A Bar Of That - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Lillian is hosting Poetics with the following invitation: Today, I’d like you to create a poem using any one or more of the names of the candies listed below. You cannot change the name itself or the order of the words in the name or add any words between the words in the name….but, if there’s the word “bars” at the end of the name, you can feel free to eliminate the word “bars”. So…

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Setting Up - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

It’s Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 22, and Selma has invited us to write a syllabic poem of any form from the form resource. I have chosen to use the Japanese form dodoitsu (7-7-7-5). We are also to choose one of the photos taken by Paul Szlosek displayed on his site to write to. See – Paul’s Wonderful World Of Color I have chosen, with thanks to Paul for his generous invitation to use his…

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Inseparable - Prose by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Kim Is hosting Prosery (144 words) where the host offers a line from a poem which we then include in a piece of prose, fiction or non. The line is “I would have learnt to love the black days like bright ones.” from ‘Dark August’ by Dereck Walcott. dVerse Poets – Prosery – Walcott’s Dark August Image by Silviu on the street from Pixabay Inseparable Coffee can do strange things,…

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(via More Yanomami & Trees! And the artivist Jaider Esbell? - MORE ART of GREENWASHING by the MERCHANTS of GOLD - in their own words… Another Cartier "art" travesty!?)

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Virtues Be Damned - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: itv.com “… each of us counting the others around them.” Mosab Abu Toha Virtues Be DamnedDo you remember parental pearlslike patience is a virtue,never judge a book by its cover, orall things come to those who wait,there's no harm in thembut they are rather twee,pollyannerish, especially ifpatience is stretched out from 1948 to this momentwith no outcome for peace in sight,or that the…

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Waiting - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: The creek at Nathaniel’s Rest in Mundaring June, 2025 WaitingI watched the creek leaveautumn dry and turn to awinter pulse rushing to where it can as it navigatesrocks and roots,those tricksters who delightin adding some mischiefto the journey downstream, carrying the frothy dust to dustwith maybe just a little stardustin this washthat appears contained,yet freely leaves its banksthose…

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And Here They Are - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: ‘Hanging Poems On A Cherry Tree’ (1741) by Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711 – 1785) And Here They AreHow do you know that I will knowthat I will even pass this way,how do you know that I will look upthat I will see what you want me to see,how do you know that I willunderstand your script,will your words fly off the page,and yet they doyou planted them wellin the knowledge of me,and here they…

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At Night - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Sanaa is hosting Open Link Night – the night we choose a poem to Post. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: from Bird Life Australia – by Julie Pallant At NightIn the still of the nightsleep interrupted,a soundI did not know.At dusk today ona wintery skyI saw the sound -night heron on its way. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

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Awry - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: shec.edu.vn AwryIn another lifewhich feels like it was beforesliced bread came to bebut that can't be trueI'm not that old,however, it feels that way,and so, as I was saying,It was then that I discoveredthe involuntary art of arguing with myselfwhile trying to make a pointin an argument with someone else,which on some occasions led to much laughter,but on otherscreated frustration or even…

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Lone Hunter Of The Night - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about sharks – For today’s prompt, let’s write about sharks. You may choose to include them in your poem however you wish. Perhaps you’re in debt to a loan shark (I hope not), maybe in a past life you were a card shark, or maybe you love the movie, Jaws. Just use the word shark somewhere in your poem. For extra credit, you may…

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Blisswards - Shadorma by Paul Vincent Cannon

For Tanka Tuesday Melissa has invited us to write a series of two or three shadorma using the paintings of Alma Thomas as inspiration. “The Shadorma consists of a six-line stanza (or sestet). Each stanza is written as 3-5-3-3-7-5 for a total of 26 syllables with no set rhyme scheme. When writing a Shadorma, I would concentrate on a specific subject. Add a title to the Shadorma.” With this in…

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We'll Go Together - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Li is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem including some form of the word Turn. dVerse Poets – Quadrille – Welcome As We reTurn Image by olga volkovitskaia from Pixabay We'll Go TogetherIsn't it your turn to put the kettle onI ask disingenuously,maybe, she offersisn't it your turn to order she asksand I admit to her calculation,what if I…

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The Pane Of Life - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: pluspng.com The Pane Of LifeSchool reports all said the same monotonousthing, he could do better if he paid attentionas if I had some reserve of care that I just mightbe willing to join the circus of morbid repetition.But I'm no watchmaker, my cogs aren't aligned,my heart was always elsewhere out the windowwhere the light seemed clearer and always leftfar more interesting shadows to muse…

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The Anticipation - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: ar.inspiredpencil.com The AnticipationThe joy of a party isin the anticipation,inviting people over for drinks firing up the BBQburning sausages,analytical weather talkbeer sciencecoded marriage scriptskilling flies,all the prep -vacuum running hotwashing windowsat day's end -hand prints on glassfat spatter on the deckingkitchen tidy overflowingwith all the wrong thingsfloor looking like…