Broken Mug - A Poem By Paul Vincent Cannon

Entropic - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: neurosciencenews.com “In each item’s rightful place, lies the secret to peaceful days.” Michael Anderson Entropic The house gods were rumbling,a certain volume of discord some resonance, vibratoentropy - everything expected isbehind the unexpected,the erased layershave reappeared Kondo would faint,but even she wouldn't sandwich the tailsor permit the elvesto pile sand in the bedor smear…

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Missing Mars - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image: scitechdaily.com the Orion space capsule “Hear the silent signals from outer space …” Dejan Stojanovic Missing MarsSeptember 2, 2026it has been twelve monthssince the last communicationwith the starship crew,there is no bleep from the screenno blink on the plotterno tears for the crewD, JD and Eout in the ether,don't y'all come back nowya hear,we've run out of champagne. Copyright 2025…

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They No Longer Shine - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: aljazeera.com (G20 puppets 2018) “The puppets are in love and so are the puppeteers” David Tait They No Longer ShineThe puppetsdespite their expenseare lacklustre now,their movements stiffby rusted joints seized,suspension wires benttormented, twistedfaces peeling,eyes dimmedears broken,heads bowed with weightthey no longer shinefor restless audienceswho come withdesperate expectationfor…

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The Longest Minute - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Image by Adina Voicu from Pixabay “I want your kiss to be bonded to my mouth, to my soul, to my body.” Pablo Neruda The Longest MinuteAt the tenth houron the sixteenth dayof the third monthin an auspicious yearit seemed rightfor autumnthat I fall for her,so at five past tenI took her by the handand kissed herjust oncewith aftermath -purest silence and the longest minuteas time…

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Once More - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: found on pinterest.com “there was epiphany in the pain” Olu Oguibe Once MoreDark emotionnow jiltedexcludedsulkingnot completely annihilated ,woundedhidingdeep in the interior,rising almost to lifeas feelings swirlwhen tiredness infiltratesprojected,legitimised by thincircumstance,attempting blamethwarted by thesmoking gun ofself-awareness. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights…

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Resonance - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Punam is hosting Open Link Night – the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets – OLN Photo: A Tibetan singing bowl istockphoto.com “Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things” Naomi Shihab Nye ResonanceI have wondered what might, could, happenin the near distance of this journey,what mark would I make - could it last, outlast a lifefor the good,some cobbled…

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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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Dina Matar (دينا مطر), What It Means to be Palestinian. Stories of Palestinian Peoplehood, I.B. Tauris, London and New York, NY, 2011 [Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut]

Just As We Hide - a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: stock.adobe.com via Bing “When you trust yourself, you trust others too” Maya Angelou Just As We HideAutumn let golet go of all the brittle insecurityof spent summer,the sun throwing herself atgranite as if she might break open the truths of nature,the granite resistingeons at a time,not so much by strengthas by stealthholding back the contents,just as we hide our own truths by shame…

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