dVerse Poets – Poetics – Purifying The Mind
Photo: The breakaway at Jindalee, so still and quiet.
“Since all is empty, all is possible.” Nāgārjuna
Good Friends
I was a younger man then
when I wrestled the kraken of nemesism
and made friends with silence and stillness,
almost by accident it seemed
leaning on the strainer post
looking out across the paddock
at the sunset painting itself,
and everything melted
just fell away,
leaving me light of heart,
ever since
my friends have stayed the course
in various guises,
and wherever I am they are there
a welcome balm
for my cosmogyral mind.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
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…couldn’t have made better friends.
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Thank you – yes, such good friends Heather.
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Friends who will not desert!
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No, and they’re in it no matter what.
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Which is such a comfort, Paul. 🙂
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Yes, I feel that too Punam.
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Friends forever
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Yes, definitely.
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Absolute friends, lovely
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Thank you so much.
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Good friend will always have your back.
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So true Winnie 🙂
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faithful friendship, indeed. Your beautiful poem reminds how Van Gogh said about friendship, “Close friends are truly life’s treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves…”
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How amazing – I have been reading about him again only yesterday. I love that quote, thank you for sharing it. And thank you for the compliment too.
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How cool. 🙂
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Fascinating person.
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Endured so much…
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Yes, his biographers always say – tortured soul.
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What a lovely word, cosmogyral.
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It sure is, so many good words.
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You made real good of that word today, as I have written a lot of stuff and I never found the opportunity to use it yet
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It will come I’m certain.
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Nice descriptions: “cosmogyral mind” and “the sunset painting itself”.
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It really is wonderful when something connects or interests, thank you Frank.
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Beautiful and so true of my experience too
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Absolutely 🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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🙂
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