A Seox – by Paul Vincent Cannon Image: ommagazine.com A Seox - a hexastich (3-7-6-5-4-3) created by Ann Byrnes Smith. so tell meof the human conditionbetween the will to liveand the fear of deathwhat might happenanything Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

More Than A Pound – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write a poem from a perspective other than first person, for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - MTB - Perspective And Pronouns Revisited Image: 'The Burning Of Troy' by…

A Tanka – by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Joshua Woroniecki from Pixabay A Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) incrementallylines ever moving to blurslowly realigningmy quiet inner compassto subtle new directions Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

A shadorma for #PoemsAbout #Mannequin with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

👇🧵 #CostofLiving #ElectrifyEverything with #Renewables for a cleaner, better future. #auspol #wapol

Not everyone can make the commitment that these two extraordinary women have, but we can all do something to help each other, our Earth and its creatures

For #tankathursday #tanka #poetry #writingcommunity #subtle incrementally lines ever moving to blur slowly realigning my quiet inner compass to subtle new directions Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved

Who Lies? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: infomgmtexec.me American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) Who Lies?In a cold post truth worldquestions without answerare so common but one abides -who lies? Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

🧵 Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?" Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful." — #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025 #ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪

Paddle Rhythms – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Truedessa is the host for poetics with an invitation to write a poem inspired by the poem title "The Song My Paddle Sings" by Emily Pauline Johnson as a jumping off point. dVerse Poets - Poetics - Dipping Our Poetic Paddles Photo: me on the…

Haiku – in Honour of Basho – by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Challenge No. 32, Haiku Like Basho, Selma has invited us to read some of Basho's haiku as provided and to then write our own haiku in his style. Image: Matsuo Basho, 1880 by Tsukioka Yoshotoshi, Japanese woodblock print, from…

Their Heaviness – Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Mish is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to use the theme of fall - falling. dVerse Poets - Haibun - The Fall Of The Leaf Image by Loyloy Thal from Pixabay Their Heaviness There are times when I speak as perfumed blossom, light and…

Over and Over- a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon This poem was originally posted on Bluesky for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk on Friday 26.9.25 Photo: Inside the gas chamber at Auschwitz 1, the memorial tribute to the dead is refreshed every…

Watching The Watchers – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: designingbuildings.co.uk Note: the panopticon prison was formulated by 18th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham. It consisted of a circle and at its centre was the surveillance hub, the cells were at the circumference, the photo shows one…

#poemsabout #NeverAgain #KeepWriting Thanks, as always, to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #PoetsWhoSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky

Got a busy day today but will catch up after work and at the weekend. Here’s my piece for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain. This is a really important prompt, thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for asking us to share words on this. (Alt text added)

#NeverAgain is quite a recent expression, one that would have made any monarch or ploughboy laugh out loud in perhaps more honest times. For #PoemsAbout @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Good morning #Blueskypoets all the bold @thebrokenspine.co.uk contributors and the inestimable @alanparrywriter.co.uk Thankfully I cobbled this together on Tuesday as I’ve been out of action with migraine since. Still need to limit screen time but will checkout the other #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain soon

#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain @thebrokenspine.co.uk I will post either a reel or a link in the comments, in which I will say I don’t want to disparage or discount anyone’s service but I don’t like being in a society in which only those who wear uniforms and carry guns can be heroic.

Good morning! This is a revision of a poem I wrote after a bombing of a theater in Mariupol filled with children. There's a tradition in theaters to keep a ghost light burning. For #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Thanks as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk .

Here is another #PoemsAbout that must speak for itself. Suffice to say it is #raw #NeverAgain @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Thanks for #Likes #Reposts #Responses #PoetsSupportPoets #StayCreative #PoetsOfBlueSky

For #poemsabout #neveragain this week,I reworked an older, shorter poem I wrote about my Great Uncle, killed on the Somme in 1916. Thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for a powerful prompt and everyone else sharing amazing work for us to read #poems #poetry

4-year-old Amani knew she wanted to be a doctor. She and her brother Zayn were on Air India flight 171. This #PoemsAbout was written for an anthology compiled by their teacher @dreambeastpoems.bsky.social for their classmates and family. #NeverAgain @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Showing my age for #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain Huge thanks to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for this wonderful prompt every week that keep us pushing words around. (Alt Text on the image) #poetlife #poetrycommunity #PoemAltText #poetsofbluesky #poetrymatters #poetryforall

Hi @alanparrywriter.co.uk and your wonderful #PoemsAbout #NeverAgain:

Happy Friday all. Here's a wee stream.of consciousness prose poem thingy for today's #poemsabout #neveragain for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk it's meant to be breathless and fast. The lack of punctuation isn't a mistake. I'll check in later and read the others! Sorry it's so small

This Is Our Time – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: found at lionsroar.com This Is Our TimeThis moment we are infor which we have no map,where the compass has failed usthe place where everything iscollapsing especially nature,not least our institutions which are under fire,because the wolf has…

Magic Thrives -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 Image: from magicartworld.com by Mircea Magic ThrivesLook carefullyseek andyou will discoverthat magic thrivessomewhere near by,closer than a…

#PoemsAbout #NeverAgain With thanks to: @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Evil Laid Bare – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: trtworld.com American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) Evil Laid BareGazastarving for lifethe Global Sumud Flotillalays bare netanyahu's evilgame play. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

Abstracting – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Punam is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem that is a happy poem and raises a smile, using (if desired) a choice of book titles (one or as many as you like) with the word happy included. For the full list and more detail follow…

Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 31 – a Bussokusekika by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 31 Just One Day, Yvette has invited us to write a syllabic poem about how impactful one day can be. Image by Frauke Riether from Pixabay Form: Bussokusekika (5-7-5-7-7-7) Kigo…

Infusion – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Lillian is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem including some form of the word petal. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Peonies? Lily of the Valley? Pick Your Posey! Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay…

Making Him Up – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image: found at englishstrippedbare.com Making Him UpHe's a sow's earnever the silk purse,we all know his record's crystal clear,you can eulogise him all you like butyour words mean nothing,they're just lipstick on a pig. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent…

You There! – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Thomas from Pixabay You there!What's that you say?You'd never hurt a fly,how could I possibly imaginethat you might harm your dogor hurt the neighbour's catlet alone the wild things thatcreep or flutter in your yardday and night, night and…

Navigation – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon For #PoemsAbout #SilentPlanets @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk Image by WikiImages from Pixabay Jupiter An American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) NavigationSurfacetingles to lifein the silent whisperof your heavenly body's sloworbit. Copyright 2025…

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

From @MattH093 on twitter Happening now: protesters have taken the rooftop of fossil fuel executive Scott Wyatt’s house. Wyatt is the CEO of Viva Energy, which is seeking to build a gas import terminal in Geelong.

Rain – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Poets Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with and invitation to poetry with a colour motif: take one or more literal colours (not a fancy colour name) repeat the colour word(s) throughout the poem (e.g. refrain; anaphora, epistrophe) use colour synonyms…

Shimmers Of Heaven – a poem By Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Leopictures from Pixabay Shimmers Of Heaven Is it truethat the old gods are gonetheir tide out longtheir marbled halls but scattered relics,or are they roamingin the faint ink of poetsoffering fragments frombetween light and shadow,the…

On Any One Day – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Merril is hosting Poetics with and invitation to two options - You may write an ekphrastic poem inspired by Claude Monet’s “The Studio Boat.” Your poem does not need to include anything about reflecting or reflections, but it can. AND/OR You…

Housekeeping – prose by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Bjorn is hosting prosery with an invitation to write a piece of prose (144 words) including the line "the yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes" from 'J. Alfred Prufrock' by T.S. Eliot. dVerse Poets - Prosery - T.S. Eliot and J.…

Autumn Close – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon For #TankaTuesday Challenge No. 39 24 Seasons Colleen has invited us to write a syllabic poem and - use kigo words from the White Dew (September 7 – 22) theme in their syllabic poems. The challenge encourages creativity and engagement among…

Tea Or Coffee? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Peter Olexa from Pixabay Tea Or Coffee?Coffee,she's fast and hyperlike a meteoron firewith a bang,excitingbuzzingshe leaves herselfon your lips.Tea,she's slow and mellowlike burlesquesmouldering slow fuse,enticingrefreshingshe draws from a…

Waiting – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Erik Karits from Pixabay American Cinquain (2-4-6-8-2) WaitingCunningthe fox lies lowin the silent shadowswhen the silver scimitar shineswaiting. Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

For this week's #PoemsAbout #Candlelight, I'm thinking about monsters. A clockwork violence late but not nothing. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

Good morning! Here's my poem for #PoemsAbout #Candlelight. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this opportunity. I'll be away from my computer most of the day, but I'll catch up with reading and commenting over the weekend.

A suitable prompt for this gloomy weather. A #PoemsAbout #candlelight for @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity

My today’s contribution for #PoemsAbout #Candlelight @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #Oulens #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry Thanks for reading!

I so appreciate the journey this #PoemsAbout #Candlelight prompt took me on ... @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetsSupportPoets #PoetsOfBlueSky #StayCreative #Poetry