dVerse – Poetics – Your Majesty
Photo: looking out across the breakaway at Jindalee into the Victoria Desert.
“Words are the fallen ruins of silent majesty.” Bryant McGill
I Am Invited
To think that the horizon is not of my doing,
an expansive ocular trove
kaleidoscoping emotions that
leave me sighing and faint,
as yet an inescapable addiction
for a mind enamoured with
a living beauty that speaks
in slant of cruciforms and
sunsets watercolour bleeding
that is so sweet to taste
more than fruit to my wonder vine,
I am undiminished
though simply an observer of
this vast raw beauty
tucked in the bottom left corner
of this living majesty
to which I am invited.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
There is an openness to beauty here, as if you are inhaling the world in all its glory. I’ve read it three times now, and I’m about to go back and read it again. I love the opening and closing – the invitation – the poem itself is an invitation to experience.
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Sarah, thank you so much for sharing that, you’ve made my day, very thoughtful.
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I think the only way to admire such majesty is to be an insignificant part of it… succumbing to being a pebble.
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I do agree Bjorn, very much so, if we’d done that from the start we might be in a very different place now as a species engaging with nature.
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I am enamored with the idea that we each have a wonder vine that bears fruit. I’m going to swing on my wonder vine today. Hopefully, I’ll get a blossom that smells good today. Maybe some fruit soon.
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Yes, we are so wonderfully abled and differently, so amazing, hope you have an abundant harvest 🙂
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absolutely stunning, the wonder of life … love it!
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That place we call our special place, the bush, is so inviting, thank you so much Kate.
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that shot with your words says it all, you have talent young man!
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So thrilled you liked that, but then we do share a passion for the bush, i really do appreciate your encouraging words Kate, wonderful to read and savour.
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hey you have loads of fans now Paul and it’s well deserved 🙂
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Yes that’s true, but I would say that if you have a hundred followers you’ll have only ten active followers and if you have a thousand you’ll have a hundred active followers. It’s an interesting culture. 🙂
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for sure, I have 600 more followers than you but far less likes and comments … each to their own 🙂
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It’s a puzzle with no answer 🙂
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indeed … you can’t accept that you are a gifted poet …
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It is difficult, I can hear my parents voices and my elders downplaying.
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then do what you need to hush those cruel unfair voices!
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O that’s an ongoing journey, the voice that said don’t get above yourself.
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what about the quiet one saying you are worthy!
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They’re getting louder 😀
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❤
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An invitation to behold the majestic beauty of the world. As a guest, respectful of natures gifts.
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Yes, if only as a species we’d been more taken with the majesty and remained as guests rather than overlords. Thank you so much.
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Beautiful. 🙂
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Many thanks Jennifer 😀
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I love the opening to this, redefining the horizon as an “expansive ocular trove
kaleidoscoping emotions that
leave me sighing and faint,”
I have felt once or twice what you describe and it’s been so hard to put into words, so I’m glad you have succinctly done so, in this invitation to creation.
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I really appreciate your comments Amaya, means a lot to me that my work has spoken in some way, thank you for the inspiration to engage.
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Nice first line about the horizon. And these: “tucked in the bottom left corner
of this living majesty”
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Frank, I really do appreciate your kind thoughts on this.
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Dude, your stuff…it’s magic
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Thank you so much 🙂
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You are always chooing wonderful words. “kaleidoscoping emotions” is great. 🙂
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Oh sorry! “choosing” 😉 Think i will need another new keyboard, here. 😉
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Lol, I do that all the time, but in a true sense I do chew the words over to use an English idiom. 🙂
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:-)) Lovely,and perfect!
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Many thanks Michael.
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I have read this several times, Paul, captivated by your imagery. The opening line is intriguing, has me questioning, and just when I’m melting into the mood of the piece you drop the ‘univited’. This is the stuff of poetry!
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Thank you for sharing your reflection and thoughts, I’m encouraged by this, thank you very much VJ. I must say it came very quickly and it drove me, but is my heart felt stance.
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I love those moments when words flow. Most welcome.
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A love poem if there ever was one ❤
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It takes a true romantic to notice, thank you Lisa
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🙂 ❤
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Nature overwhelms us and makes us realise how insignificant we are in the grand scheme of things, but it also instills in us a raw hunger for beauty and belonging. You’ve expressed that so clearly here.
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Thank you, I do appreciate your reflection and indeed your kind, encouraging words.
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Beautiful reflections/ and photo!
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Thank you so much Charlotte
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What a lovely meditation on the horizon, which, now that I think about it is a metaphor for perspective-taking, awe, and wonder. I just love the ending:
tucked in the bottom left corner
of this living majesty
to which I am invited.
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Yes, the horizon is indeed about perspective for me, nice to know another appreciates that point, thank you Liz.
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It was that “bottom left corner” that opened up the full meaning of the poem for me.
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Ah, for me it’s my consciousness of my part in the greater whole, thank you for sharing that Liz.
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Feeling your connection to Mother Earth with this piece, Paul. Well-done!
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I think one of the first books I read was the children’s book “Pond Life” and it really impacted me, I really do feel connected, thank you so much for your encouraging words.
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You’re welcome, Paul.
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