A Tanka by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo by Fotos on Unsplash Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) my raw emotionsleave me jangled as the closeddoor opens tensionyour departure unresolvedI’m on edge this tightrope day Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

Full Vac – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: found at cleanhomeexpert.co.uk Full VacAsh grey show and tellfrom the vac gutsall hair, grit and dusta blend of detritusno way of telling its provenance nowYears of perceptionchoking the filterif I shake my head will it all fall out into the bin and…

For #PoemsAbout #EarnTheRight With much thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Micro Moment – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo by Yoksel 🌿 Zok on Unsplash Micro MomentAir hangs like velvetover feathery grasssingle dew drop suspended, and here I amtouching the whole fabric of the universe. Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

For #TankaThursday tanka weekly #poetry challenge May 28, 2026 This week's prompt - daydream write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry with much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

Sorry, guys, for being slow. This happened today - if you'll believe me. #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness I put up my first ever video, too, in a separate post. I had to play with it to get it up. It's not great. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Got another migraine starting so won't be back until it's easier. A sort of sonnet. @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness

Haven't managed the last few weeks of #PoemsAbout, happy to be back with something for this week's prompt, #BearingWitness. I look forward to reading everyone's responses! Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk 🙏💜

You wanted the best and you got the best!!! Let’s go!!! #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Good morning #poetry people thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for this Friday platform. Here’s my wee snippet for #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness I had a rather boring convoluted piece I ditched. Will enjoy reading the contributions. Have a great day.

Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for today's #PoemsAbout prompt #BearingWitness. Here's a revised version of a poem shared previously which recognises the witness borne against historical injustices. Looking forward to responding to other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity

Sharing a second for #PoemsAbout #bearingwitness Many thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

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bearing witness is survival #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets

The scorched skeletons, The bullet-riddled bodies Of helpless children. The daily abuse, The rapes, concentration camps Run by savages. The amputees in Their thousands, the starving hordes, Death, bearing witness. #PoemsAbout #BearingWitness #poem @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Happy #PoemsAbout day everyone. I am very much looking forward to a long and sunny bank holiday weekend and I hope you all have a good one too. Now I've been nice, please find below a suitably depressing poem 🤭 @thebrokenspine.co.uk #BearingWitness #Poetry

The intended piece for this week's #poemsabout actually typed out now.... also a pretty literal interpretation of #bearingwitness.... just fuzzier. Still have some comments and catching up reading to do. Take care 🤗 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poem #poetry

Haven't had a chance to type this week's #poemsabout yet. Here's an old song that fits #bearingwitness, almost too literally. Who knows, maybe if it gets a few likes I'll sing it sometime. Not sure if I've posted it here before? Anyway enjoy #poetry @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

The Lightness Of Being -a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Mish is hosting poetics with an invitation to blend the concept of “Let Them” (by Mel Robbins) into a poem. Here are a few ideas. Take the theme elsewhere, into nature, space, time, or emotions substituting “them”. Example: Let the…

Haiku by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 66, Exploring Haiku, Melissa has invited us to write haiku that are a little edgy, a little offbeat. We can even call them “micropoetry” if need be. You don’t need to use a kigo. Have fun. Experiment.  Form: Haiku (5-7-5) Three…

Winning At Death – Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Frank is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write with memorial in mind. dVerse Poets - Haibun - Remembrance Photo: historic-uk.com Winning At Death The water passes by but once, only the granite remains, for now. Much like the scars…

A Tanka by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) then I didn’t knowonly after she departedone weekend in termfirst class on monday morningI felt lost, empty, aching Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️ Originally posted for #TankaThursday…

Open – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Video taken at Lesmurdie Brook in the Mundy Park reserve. OpenAlone sitting on winter granitedamp and cold seepingthrough denim,creek gurgling crystal ripplesunder respite sun,the quality of quietcannot be spokenonly soaked,I am fully openedIn this spaceall…

Mind Play – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Валерия Шарагина from Pixabay Mind PlayWhen light softensnot quite dark,though that will come,sufficient nowto see her silhouette and remember. Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

A Game – 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 by NathalieBurblis from Pixabay A GameFree floater touting a wagera simple parting cash downa game of possibility,one hollow across the fieldfive hares…

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

Recharge – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: taken at Kookynie - late winter 2021, this winter creek was not running! Form: revisiting the Zuihitsu RechargeFirst rains break faux summer as autumn slides towards cool solstice while my heart warms in anticipation. Drops splatter loudly on…

For #TankaThursday tanka weekly #poetry challenge May 21, 2026 This week's prompt - prize write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry with much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

That Feeling – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write an ekphrastic poem using one of four Marc Chagall paintings provided. To see all four and for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - Don't Box Me In: Chagall My choice…

No More Screen Time – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word dog. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - This One's Gone To The Dogs Photo: Taken at home in Augusta November 2022, Vianna - the…

A Tanka by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 65, Fun With Homophones, Colleen has invited us to write a syllabic poem which uses homophones. The two words that I have chosen are cereal and serial. Image by Yves Bernardi from Pixabay Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) not all cereals…

A Tanka By Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: one of my many post dawn shots, Augusta May 2024. Form: Tanka (5-7-5-7-7) trauma deficit plausible paucity reignsnegatives sappinglife's nature is oppositeeverywhere abundance grows Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️ This is a revised…

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A bit late, but here's my offering for #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk #villanelle #poetry

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Here's my offering for today's #PoemsAbout prompt #WhatRemains, including a pen and ink sketch by my mum of the churchyard where she and my dad lie. Many thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk. Will read and respond to others later

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May post the original anti-war poem attempt later, but it felt preachy and this felt real so we're going with this one. Anyway feedback soon, hugs all around. 🤗 @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poemsabout #whatremains #poetry #poem #6amwritersclub

#PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk OK, let’s get this party started! I’ll put a reading in the comments. #FuckWar #FuckTrump #FuckHegseth #FuckSheep

For #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains this is Dust.. #poetry #writing #writingcommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

In the earliest versions of the story, Pandora does not open a box but a storage jar. What leaves the jar is not clearly named. What remains, elpis, is usually translated as hope, though whether it consoles or prolongs suffering is uncertain. #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Mixing reportage, quotes and poetic rendering, an article from The Times by Marc Bennetts; a first-hand account from Druzhkivka, Ukraine for this week's #PoemsAbout. Sharing it here, with his permission, for both #NamesNotNumbers and #WhatRemains. @thebrokenspine.co.uk @poetsonbluesky.bsky.social

@thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains the disgust that they discus the details for the exchange of bodies the remains of what remains of a done deal undoing disgust

For #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains. This is a revision of a poem I wrote for this year's NaPoWriMo. Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk

A second #PoemsAbout #whatremains if you will indulge me. An experiment in form that needs more work. Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk for teeing this one up. #poetrycommunity #poetry #poem #poems #skypoets #blueskypoets #blueskypoetry #poetsofbluesky #skypoet #writingcommunity

(The 'me' of this poem is not exactly me, honest.) #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Hello Friday, again, to everyone 🤓 #PoemsAbout #WhatRemains Thanks, too, to @alanparrywriter.co.uk & @thebrokenspine.co.uk

The Rut – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by No Way from Pixabay The RutThe current stasis an aortic constrictionhand round the throatdon’t thinkdon’t actdon’t make any sudden movesnothing to see here,if we wait long enoughit might all go away -offering nothing saying, the only way forwardis…