Resistance – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: Rock Sheoak one of the allocasuarina family of trees, this one growing out of the rock. Taken at Datjoin Reserve. ResistanceSomedays it feels likehope is hoping against hopelike hanging by a threadin a cyclonic storm,storms pass andevery cloud…

There I Was – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo by Vitaly Gariev pexels.com There I WasHowdid you slide into my dreamwhen I’d already left youcalm at sleep and thought to be alone,there I was between eden and gomorrah, unsettled restless on a sunless bedlost and seekingpleasure. Copyright 2026…

The Possibility – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Lilian is hosting Open Link Night (with Live Edition Saturday) dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: silliconcanals.com The PossibilityIt’s not that kindyou can see physical onesbut this kind are not visible,though not invisiblethey can be seenby…

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

For #TankaThursday tanka weekly #poetry challenge April 9, 2026 this week’s prompt: troll write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

Two Haiku by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: mindful.org Two haiku time escapes controllike the wind which blows wherever unseen passing through can I be here nowpresent to this experienceor away over there Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️

Listen – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Dora is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a poem where there is at least one line in the imperative mood. dVerse Poets - Poetics - Imperatively Yours Photo: found on tumblr.com ListenTrust yourselfyour heart knowswhen given reign,shut out…

A choka by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 59, Onomatopoeia In Poetry, Robbie has invited us to write poetry that includes onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests a sound that it…

The Bare Bones – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem which includes some form of the word bones. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Writing Down The Bones Photo: found on tumblr.com The Bare BonesBones boned bonedown…

When Life And Art Collide – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Devon Breen from Pixabay When Life And Art Collide The movie is over the moment youdesire different charactersthe moment you proposea different endingwhen you seek outcomesthat suit your needs,the movie is over when it has to meet…

Revealed – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Skibka from Pixabay RevealedNo sooner had the words entered than I had chosen to ignore them,a blister in the paintalong the skirting board,I poked it just to feel what it was like, soft and pliable, as if a scabI pulled at the break, a sliver came…

Tomorrow At Seven – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: goodfon.com Tomorrow At SevenMarking time,such an interesting sayingas if an indelible markmight be left on the universe in some metaphysical way.Taking time,but where and howsure time as a construct is alwaysthere around us but can I…

The Past Is Biting – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Laura is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to write an epistolary/letter poem either verse form or prose form. dVerse Poets - MTB - Letters In A Poem Image by jacqueline macou from Pixabay The Past Is BitingDear Carl,trust you…

No Dressing Gown – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo by Alina Matveycheva: No Dressing Gown One night stand orregular hookup she sits up wraps herself,goes to the toiletwraps herself,goes to the kitchen wraps herself,answers the doorwraps herself,she gets up for workwraps herself,in theking size…

For #TankaThursday Tanka weekly #poetry challenge April 2, 2026 this week’s prompt: egg write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

False Flag – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Grace is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about false spring, literally, metaphorically or both. dVerse Poets - Poetics - False Spring Photo: infidelitycecoveryinstitute.com False FlagHe made an announcementan honest declaration to…

A Fool Indeed – Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 58, Fools Abound, Yvette invites us to write a syllabic poem about types of fools or fun or annoying pranks.  Image: A 19th Century illustration showing Don Quixote after his fight with a windmill. Found at…

Discombobulator’s Ball – Haibun by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Frank is hosting the Haibun with an invitation to write alluding to the Mad March Hare. dVerse Poets - Haibun - Mad March Hare Image: pixels.com Note: if you're not familiar with Alice's Adventures In Wonderland you might not make…

Didn't quite manage Friday but did write something for the #PoemsAbout #InBloom prompt. Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk for the inspiration! 🙏💜

I always thought Granny Smith was a little tart. I mean, of course, the apple namesake. #poemsabout #inbloom #writing #prose #poetry #darkfairytales #poem #emoetry #inkmine #vss #apples

Not sure why my poems are on such a downer right now with the world being such a happy, cheery place. 🤷‍♂️ #PoemsAbout #InBloom @thebrokenspine.co.uk

For this week's #PoemsAbout #inbloom @archivewhisperer.bsky.social and I collaborated to create this piece. All credit to her for the visuals and inspiration. Thank you to the host @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk and to all of the other writers. #poetry #poem #writing

I breathe in lilacs and miss the taste of your skin, memory of you soft and pliable like sin, like your blush rosebud in bloom. #faesense #lilacslonging #inbloom #poemsabout #tanka #tankaboutit #micropoem #micropoetry #poem #poetry

The fall of the cherry blossoms, I know, is what should trigger my sadness and reflection. But their flawless, burgeoning beauty, sudden as a cascade of laughter in an echoing hall has its own sweet melancholy, I find. #PoemsAbout #InBloom

In response to today's #PoemsAbout prompt #InBloom, here's a poem from a few years ago. Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk for hosting. I'm away from home so will respond to other offerings from the #PoetryCommunity in due course

A wee poem looking forward to spring for #PoemsAbout #Inbloom this week. Bit of a busy day ahead so will read others when I can later! Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk / @thebrokenspine.co.uk for a fine seasonal prompt :-) #poems #poetry #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity

Scarred lunar surface, Paradise beneath, gardens Of the moon in bloom. #PoemsAbout #InBloom #haiku #senryu #poem #writing #writingcommunity @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

Here’s one for today's #PoemsAbout #InBloom Many thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

#PoemsAbout #InBloom @thebrokenspine.co.uk This may not be the crack you are expecting. I will post a reading in the comments. I will be reading and commenting, but definitely will be behind as I care for the Klee Kai in the cone.

For this week's #PoemsAbout #InBloom @thebrokenspine.co.uk Look forward to reading others later.

🙏 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoemsAbout #InBloom #poetry / #photography: ©Jan Peters/Solivagant Wisdom, 2025/2022 Out all day - will catch up #RosaCanina #Easter #Pentecost #Mysticism #Yeats #DeepTime #Flowersky

#poemsabout #inbloom @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk

For #PoemsAbout #InBloom ✨ for @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk Didn’t make it on time again… one could say I’m a late bloomer (forgive me) 🌷

Good morning! For #PoemsAbout #InBloom Thank you as always to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk I look forward to this every week. No Kings tomorrow, Saturday, March 28!

I am having an awful time at the moment as I am currently in hospital keeping vigil at my mom's bedside, waiting to say goodbye. This is a poem I wrote about her a while ago. It seems a fitting tribute to share here. Love you Mom 🩶 #PoemsAbout #InBloom @thebrokenspine.co.uk

Came The Duck – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: goodmorningamerica.com photo is an unrelated prop Came The Duck By the treesteer chewing on pasturecalm, serene, almostcontemplative,I could hear the nothingness of his mind,came the ducknot fastnor angry,ambling slowhappy enoughstopped to talk…

Reimagine – a prose poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Form: Prose Poem Reimagine Some things stick in the mind like glue. I remember a few quotes like Einstein’s dictum that problems can’t be solved by the minds that created them, and I can’t argue with that - it’s playing out before me in environmental…

Grand Narratives – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Image by Pexels from Pixabay Grand Narratives The grain runs full length, once it would have been fresh, light and smoothnow it carries many storiesits scars and dents testimonyto every known opinion every fantasy expressed, there are small notches…

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

You Made An Impression – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Mish is hosting Open Link Night - the night we choose a poem to post. dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: sunlighten.com You Made An ImpressionSkin is easily impressedwith tight ribbed sockswhich leave their duplicateupon the soft flesh of my…

Less Than – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon Photo: Image by miami car accident lawyers from Pixabay Less ThanGoing once going twicecame the gavelwith thricean ending of sorts,they pulled the pluggurgling sucking whence he went,down downthe drainof a less thanperfectly purchased life. Copyright 2026…

For #TankaThursday tanka weekly #poetry challenge March 26, 2026 this week’s prompt: knot write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry with much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social

The Albanese Government banned Iranians with valid Australian visas from entering the country, to stop them claiming asylum because of the war their Government supports. Up to 7,200 people with visas had the door slammed shut when they most needed our help. It's a dog act.

On My Mind – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Punam is hosting poetics with an invitation to write a poem that involves food. dVerse Poets - Poetics - Comfort Food Photo: found at cooking.nytimes.com On My MindChoices legionsettled for softfluffy pancakesso light they mighthave nested in…

Last Hope – a Hautt by Paul Vincent Cannon For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 57, The Hautt Melissa has invited us to I found the “Hautt” poetry form at Poetry Magnum Opus the form is said to have been created in honor of Christian educator Dr. William D. Hautt. It was created by Viola Berg.…

When Is Silence? – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon At dVerse Lillian is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write about silence. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Shhhhhhh .... Quiet, Please Photo: wallpapers.com When Is Silence?Silence,article indefiniteis not in the…

@merrildsmith.bsky.social's dVerse prompt inspired by the lines: It all belies Our existence; we wait, and are still denied. from “Winter-Lull” by D.H. Lawrence dversepoets.com/2026/03/16/p... #poetry #poem #writing #PoetryCommunity #BlueSkyPoets #writingcommunity

Sky's gone a funny colour again!🤨 @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk A piece for #melt #poemsabout Thanks to Alan and all!

This week's #PoemsAbout prompt, #Melt, took me into a 'teenage kicks right through the night' vibe. Look forward to reading more over the weekend. Thanks as ever to @thebrokenspine.co.uk and @alanparrywriter.co.uk Happy Friday poets! 💜

A bit late to the party, I didn't have much time for this this week, here's a thing 😳🤷 #poemsabout #melt