Photo: gdaypubs.com.au The former One Tree hotel in Hay.
“While all old people have been young, no young people have been old, and this troubling factor engenders the frustration of all parents and elders, which is that while you can describe your experience, you cannot confer it.” Andrew Solomon
Flaking Legends
An incomplete picture,
flaking legends,
broken frames and corry,
the place of rusted stories
the utterances of elders
railing conformities,
shaping new spirals
of futures undreamed,
incomplete visions verging,
questioning what we know,
let alone what we believed,
myths of belle époque
passing in the night
as we swept history aside
and made our own songs.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com.
Good one….
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Thank you Nabeela
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You are always welcome
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Image, quote, and poem all work so well together.
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I do love it when there is a connect, thank you for sharing that it worked for you Liz.
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My pleasure, Paul!
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🙂
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So true, and meeting the time, as never before. Thank you for sharing these important thoughts, and have a beautiful weekend! We are not locked down fro life, only from comformity. 😉 Michael
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Spot on Michael.
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“flaking legends” – creative concept.
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It started with something less polite, but then it grew, thank you VJ
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Intriguing…you are welcome, Paul.
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🙂
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Many thanks Charles
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Always a pleasure to share you posts, Paul!! Be safe out there!!!
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Yes, and you too. I guess we’re all holding our breath!
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great poem – love the quote too
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Solomon is an astute writer, I resonated with him. Thank you 🙂
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