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“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through struggle”. Martin Luther King Jn.
We Sat Together
The room went very quiet as we sat together,
it was a pigment of their imagination
that we were perhaps not quite right,
somehow an offence to
the workings of the universe,
but we sat none-the-less
making our mend
one conversation at a time,
bridging the gulf of
someone’s triumphant version of history,
grounding ourselves in each other,
making our paths straight.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
I love ‘pigment of imagination’! I had written about colour a couple of days ago!
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Thank you Punam, I find that with the time difference and the quirks of the reader feed I’m always a couple of days behind, I will find it.
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You are welcome, Paul. No worries about being late. I used to be late too. I still am, in fact, trying to catch up with other bloggers.
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Not much choice.
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I loved “pigment of imagination” as well!
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I was quite chuffed with that when it popped in to my head, thank you Liz.
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😀
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Pigment of imagination. Bravo.
Happy Monday.
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Many thanks 🙂
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Pigment of the imagination is brilliant. Poem is good too. 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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I love the play on “none-the-less” … this poem came from a good place. The world needs this.
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Thank you Dawn, I agree, we urgently need local relationships like these.
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Yes!
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Really nice
🌷🌷🌷
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Thank you so much Luisa. 🙂
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I love it! Very clever wording.
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Thank you so much Janet.
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‘making our mend’, ‘bridging the gulf’ we need more of this please!
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Urgently and local, thanks Kate.
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great pic to illustrate your point 🙂
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Glad you liked it, sometimes it takes me longer to find a pic than to write the poem.
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yes I’d believe that but they are perfectly selected 🙂
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I do agonise over them. The main reason I choose the picture later is that the poem must stand alone.
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it does but your effort to match them is appreciated 🙂
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And I do appreciate your comments on this, encouraging. 🙂
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A very community building poem, Paul! For me it shows how we in need for more communication too. Michael
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We sure need more at the local level.
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So true, Paul!
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I concur with the comments of your other readers!
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Very kind Liz, thank you for sharing
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Charles.
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Beautiful
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Thank you Lyn.
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