For #TankaThursday - True tanka weekly #poetry challenge December 25, 2025 this week’s prompt: true write a tanka using prompt with hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry With thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

A Dangerous Idea – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: The Hipster Nativity which sold out in its first year, 2015 - a parody of western culture. found at odee.com A Dangerous IdeaThe crib is merely distractionwhich blinds usdilutes the simplicity of the message that love is…

A Tanka by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 44 - Holidays, Robbie asks that we celebrate the holidays and family. Photo: Flinders Bay looking out to the Southern Ocean, taken in January. Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) 45 c in the shadecold drinks and watermelonpudding English…

Light Dreams – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Merlin Lightpainting from Pixabay Light DreamsIf the whole world werein an impenetrable darknessthe sun in hibernationI would dream some light,reach in and carefully gather itup into my cupped hands andcast it across the hungry sky until every…

Beyond The Veil – a collaborative poem by – Kay Castaneda Esther ChiltonSarah DoddMelissa LemaySelma MartinNancy RichyHeather Carr RoweLesley ScobleMerril D. SmithKen TomaroAnge - A.J. WilsonPaul CannonWith thanks to Melissa Lemay who conceived and invited us to the project and put the contributed…

A very quick one for #PoemsAbout #Money Hope to catch up this evening @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

My offering for #poemsabout #money is found in alt-text. I tried something new with how to present the text cohesively. #photography #digitalart #poetry #poetrycommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Shoutout to @boomshockalocka.bsky.social for helping me with arranging lines

Mega busy couple of days so will be in and out catching up with things. But for #PoemsAbout #Money this is A Flicker of Green from the #beautifullittlefools anthology published by @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Feeling a bit flat at the moment. Here's my take on money! @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Cheers all!👍 #poemsabout #money

For #PoemsAbout #Money here's one I wrote called "Death and Taxes" @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Friday is fast becoming my favourite day. Can't wait to read everyone else's take on #PoemsAbout #Money @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

Good morning, #BlueskyPoetry and #PoemsAbout peeps.For today’s #money topic I offer this short piece. It’s been a 2 migraine week, so apologies for the lack of crafting. Busy day.Will check in and enjoy the other #poems over the weekend.Thanks as always @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Money with thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. Hope to catch up with everyone later.

#poemsabout #money Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk Moving away from repetition and playing with rhythm a bit. I read this out loud a lot while I worked it.

For #PoemsAbout #Money ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk I guess what I am trying to say is that there are lots of things money can’t buy, such as love, or a home, or the feeling of being at home. Looking forward to reading everybody’s poems later tonight! ♡

I’m afraid I’ve arrived at the last day of term without anything profound to say about money! So here is another one from the kids’ collection. Have a wonderful day. 🥳 #PoemsAbout #money @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🥰 #poetry

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout and today's prompt #Money I revised a poem I wrote last year after reading about an archeological discover in what is now Turkey. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Merry Christmas to all. For @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #Money:

A #fridaypoem for the #poemsabout prompt #money Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for hosting #poems #poetrycommunity #poets #poemalttext

#poemsabout #poem #ptsd #homeless #addiction #money #madrigal @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Money, I'm thinking about the price of things. Thanks to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk. And thank you to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

#PoemsAbout #Money @thebrokenspine.co.uk The weather and pollution’s got to me… so will probably read others’ works over the weekend. Thank you for reading! 🙏🙏 #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry

A quick write for #poemsabout #money: greed destroyed our communities in the first clearances, now the same greed takes our houses for trophies and holiday homes! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Off to the school church service and will check in with others later! #poems #poetry

Making My Own Impressions – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Art Work: Evening Snow at Kambara, No. 16 of the Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido, 1833, Wood Block Print by Utagawa Hiroshige. Public Domain. Making My Own ImpressionsMagical pure white worldfar from monochromefull of colours…

Sometimes This Is How It Is – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Ксения from Pixabay Sometimes This Is How It IsIs it the same for youthat in moments of melancholy everything becomes rarified,colours are suddenly intensemetal noise so irritating, thoughmelody can be equally so whenit seems…

Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it

For #PoemsAbout #Money with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #Money drops Friday. Write the debt buried under glitter. Buy-now-regret-later. Bank balance versus belonging. Tag it right. Don’t post early. Use Alt Text. Get prompts: shorturl.at/0Xm7A

There Will Come A Time – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Grace is hosting Open Link Night, the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: A section of the Lesmurdie Falls winter 2022 There Will Come A TimeSomewhere in my dreamslie many riverssome are tranquil respitesome…

For #TankaThursday With thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social Tanka weekly #poetry challenge December 18, 2025 this week’s prompt: boot write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry

Anecdotal And Not Peer Reviewed – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: found at revolutionordering.com Anecdotal And Not Peer Reviewed I'm unsure of what I'm saying here,but I'll say it anywaywhy do peoplebook a restaurant eat maybe a fifthmaybe a quartera thirdhalf themain course,never the whole…

Subjective Bites – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Punam is hosting Poetics with an invitation for us to look back over the year and - pick one defining moment or event (personal or global) of this year that describes what 2025 means to you. Or write a poem about how this year has been for…

A Choka by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 43, Ekphrastic Poetry, Willow has invited us to work with a provided photo to write an ekphrastic poem. Image from canva.com Form: Choka (5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-7) with Envoy - Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) that's a good questionI'm not sure I can…

I Could – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Mish is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using the word or any of its forms - hibernate. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Hibernate Image by Myléne from Pixabay A dormant hedgehog. I CouldWhen hard rhetoric…

Good morning and Happy Friday! For #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk This one came about from a dVerse prompt of sewing terms, as well as current events. 😉

This #poemsabout #YouShouldntHave comes from the sharp edge of gratitude @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

My offering for #poemsabout #youshouldnthave is a bit longer, so bear with me. I've also added a companion picture. Longest workday of the week, so I might read and reply to the other fine work late #poetry #poetrycommunity #photography #digitalart @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #newpoem #adaptation: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025 Out & about today - will catch up #poetry #poetrycommunity #PoetryInTranslation #Symbolism

Try that again #YouShouldntHave for the correct hashtag.

For #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will place a reading in the comments. I forgot to get a good single image in this crazy week, so two screenshots.

The impish whimsy has definitely been banished this week!! @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave #poetry #poetrycommunity #blueskypoets

Morning Poets! Bit busy with end of term - so putting out one from my children’s archive! Happy Friday! #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poetry

#poemsabout #youshouldnthave #poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk Still dealing with loss and change, and choices. And playing with repetition. Thanks for taking the time to read!

For this week's #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave, I'm thinking about gifts as mirrors of the giver. Thanks to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk. And thank you to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Combining #FromOneLine : Prompt 397 “We should have stopped” with: #PoemsAbout #YouShouldntHave @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poetry Thanks for Stopping by! 🙏🫶🙏

Things As They Are (Ding An Sich) – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Things As They Are (Ding An Sich)The thing isrepetition numbs everything,all lifeincluding experiencehave been imprisoned within such dull habituationPavlov would be impressed,but let's not pass…

Never – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Max from Pixabay Form: American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) Never what ifall those questionsall that anxietymeant nothing and begged us neverworry? Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

Canopy Of Youth – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: Taken last Thursday in town at a local community garden, a glorious survivor. Canopy Of YouthYour aging trunkwinds wind formed fromyour deeply wounded basewhere injury has long healed,your sun marked skinnow greying and the creases along your…

Perpetual Tableau – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to compose a poem in the manner of a tableau: i.e. “a carefully composed scene in which characters are arranged for a picturesque effect, acting entirely oblivious to the viewer.” Our…