Such a beautiful armchair,
fit for a royal,
stately,
sitting in this velvet throne,
jaw set against the world,
eyes righteous.
From this regal center
you rail against
everything that affects your realm
of small suburbia,
ever moralising
from cigarettes to popes,
drowning everyone.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul,
pvcann.com
Filed under life, Philosophy/Theology, poetry, politics, Quadrille
 | LuAnne Holder on Too Many – a poem by Pau… |
 | pvcann on Too Many – a poem by Pau… |
| pvcann on Too Many – a poem by Pau… |
| pvcann on Redeemed – a poem by Pau… |
| pvcann on Redeemed – a poem by Pau… |
Meandering through this World one word at a time
Laboratory Fume Hood & Lab Workbench
The untold tales of paths trodden, fears conquered and battles won.
Bringing you Perseverance, Perception, and Power.
Contemporary Writings by Nathan AM Smith
Your business and personal development books blog. This is all about being better at work and life.
Passionate about crime fiction books
Lifestyle. Beauty. Fashion.
REFINE WHAT DEFINES YOU
sandra wood
Personal Views and Experience of the Universe
The kind heart, Sane Beautiful Mind And Brave Spirit.
Personal | Depression | Self Harm | Family Issues
This site is mainly to share with you about music, dancing, books, food, travel etc.
stories of our shared journeys on this tiny planet we call home
Natatanging Walang Halaga: Walang Kwenta (Basura Ng Sanglibutan)
Capturing the world at hand, the appealing and the appalling, in pictures and in words
A poetess possessing passionate purpose. Promising possibility perfected prayerfully.
All the love, all the time...
poetic_🖤forever/a little less extrovert
thoughts of a confused human.
You are Not Alone
Say It Out Loud
Life is busy, messy and complicated. But that's the fun of it.
Meandering through this World one word at a time
Laboratory Fume Hood & Lab Workbench
The untold tales of paths trodden, fears conquered and battles won.
Bringing you Perseverance, Perception, and Power.
Contemporary Writings by Nathan AM Smith
Your business and personal development books blog. This is all about being better at work and life.
Passionate about crime fiction books
Lifestyle. Beauty. Fashion.
REFINE WHAT DEFINES YOU
sandra wood
Personal Views and Experience of the Universe
The kind heart, Sane Beautiful Mind And Brave Spirit.
Personal | Depression | Self Harm | Family Issues
This site is mainly to share with you about music, dancing, books, food, travel etc.
stories of our shared journeys on this tiny planet we call home
Natatanging Walang Halaga: Walang Kwenta (Basura Ng Sanglibutan)
Capturing the world at hand, the appealing and the appalling, in pictures and in words
A poetess possessing passionate purpose. Promising possibility perfected prayerfully.
All the love, all the time...
Wonderful write
LikeLiked by 1 person
Many thanks for that.
LikeLike
Can a whole poem be made by one word? What about the absence of one word? To me, this poem becomes brilliant in the last line where you say, “drowning everyone” rather than “drowning out everyone”, as I might have said. The former is so evocative. It expands, rather than contracts the meaning and significance of the guy’s behavior.
Thanks for sharing this!
LikeLiked by 2 people
Paul thank you for sharing how this affects you, much appreciated and adds to the experience for all.
LikeLiked by 1 person
‘Sitting in his velvet throne, with jaw set against the world’ beautiful lines ✌🏾🌸
LikeLiked by 4 people
Many thanks OJ
LikeLiked by 2 people
You’re welcome
LikeLiked by 1 person
oh the armchair seer who pontificates while wasting their own life .. very well written!
LikeLiked by 1 person
I’ve done it, such a waste, and doesn’t gain any positive end, can’t stand it when others do, the other one is the works kitchen.
LikeLiked by 1 person
lol so sad when we waste our energy …
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, you can’t get it back, so negative.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yup, I got the couch-based judging by the aristocrats of the society.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I hate it, so negative and mean.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes that’s true
LikeLiked by 1 person
Good poem, packs a punch.
When one of my grandfathers would hear someone pontificating, he’d usually let them wheeze on a bit, and then would smile and declare “Thus Endeth the Lesson” — generally the soapbox speaker would get the message. Don’t think it would work nowadays, though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks Robert, and thank you for sharing some of your experience. Probably “here ends the lecture”?
LikeLiked by 1 person
Can’t save the world from an armchair!
LikeLiked by 1 person
No, and sadly you just alienate everyone by it.
LikeLiked by 1 person
So true!
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow! Loved it. Regards jay
LikeLiked by 1 person
Many thanks Jay
LikeLike
🙏
LikeLiked by 1 person
So true
>
LikeLiked by 1 person
Sadly so
LikeLike