November 16, 2018 · 3:23 pm
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Down-Payment – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Sequester – Word of the Day

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Windy Harbour, looking westward along the south coast.

Down-Payment

Slowly fast we went
and sequestered time,
and left the rush of real life,
where devices twitter perched on data trees,
and slamming doors and ring tones
signal anxious rush to drudge.
We put a down-payment on us,
and floated to the sea,
to taste the salt in the air,
to feel the sand between our toes,
to smell the wattle and friends,
make garlands of seaweed,
and listen to the wisdom of birds,
and wonder, is water the same
yesterday, today and tomorrow?
It was only a day,
but it felt like more,
and I feel younger now,
O to drown in that sea.

©Paul Vincent Cannon

Paul,

pvcann.com

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31 responses to “Down-Payment – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  2. Akshaya Thulasi
    November 16, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    Beautiful

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  3. House of Heart
    November 16, 2018 at 3:51 pm

    Beautiful poetry, you’ve done the sea justice.

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  4. sandyjwhite
    November 16, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    So important to break free and “put a down-payment on us”.

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  6. calmkate
    November 16, 2018 at 8:26 pm

    a restful device free day … what we all need 🙂

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  7. lync56
    November 17, 2018 at 12:58 pm

    So beautifully crafted describing a treasured moment together

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  9. dawnbirdau
    November 17, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    Beautiful and evocative. I’ll have some of that!

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  10. kionnaknows
    November 17, 2018 at 6:26 pm

    Great poem, you had me at sequestration. lol

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