Merril at dVerse has invited us to write a piece of prose using the words “We go in different directions down the imperturbable street.” by Gwendolyn Brooks.
“How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective”
Two Hearts
Should we go in different directions down the imperturbable street we might discover a confusion of serenity that, in fact, all is not what it seems. In my view all is chaotic fulmination, voices ringing off concrete, the air thick and potent with energy, only to be swallowed in the humous of bordered gardens as dusk ensues, waiting for dawn. In your view, all is serene and in its place, a stillness and a quiet resolve of patient ferment pervading the air. It just happens to be that we are going the same way, though in very different directions down the same street. Somewhere in the parallel journey we find the middle line without looking. There’re no surrendering views, just two trapeze artists in a shakedown in the kingdom known as middle road. Life is richer that way. Two hearts are better than eyes.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
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I like the thought of finding the middle line without looking and this description: “voices ringing off concrete”
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Yes, that sharp sound whether joy or other, thank you so much Frank for sharing how it connected.
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Sorry, but I can’t see/access your prosery piece. I only see a couple of cut off lines in the grey space. It looks like a much of bloggers have liked it, so maybe it’s just me.
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Merril, instead of scrolling down, scroll sideways. I had to in order to read it, not sure what’s going on with the settings in this one.
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Oh. OK. Thanks!
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🙂
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Thank you Lisa, block editor is messing with it, helpful for Merril to have your response.
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🙂 Anytime, Paul.
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Somehow block editor has put one sentence too long fortunately you can slide the text left, doesn’t want to be fixed sadly.
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Oh–I didn’t even think of the block editor. What a pain!
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Well, it normally isn’t until it makes its own mind up, lol.
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I felt a bit like I was traveling a different direction trying to read this. 😀
I liked this idea: “Somewhere in the parallel journey we find the middle line without looking.”
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Yes, heartfelt rather than hammered, thank you Merril.
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Paul, your prose is brilliant but I think you have to change the format from “preformatted” to paragraph cause it’s making it difficult to view,
I copied and pasted the whole text to read it.
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Yes, it won’t fix the last line either, has a mind of its own. Thank you Megha.
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I think I fixed it, as you suggested I changed the block format, thank you Megha.
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You are most welcome Paul.
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🙂
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Moooost creative! Nice job on a very difficult challenge. Much impressed!
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Thank you so much Ana, great to know how you received it.
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two hearts are better than eyes, well said, Paul.
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Thank you so much Amy.
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“confusion of serenity” – love what you do with words.
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VJ – thank you so much for the wonderful compliment, much appreciated. So glad it spoke.
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Welcome, as always, Paul.
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Yes!
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Many thanks.
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I just love this and yes I 100% agree hearts are better than eyes.
Two people walk the same road but feel so different 🙂
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Absolutely, and it is so good that way. Thank you Rupali 🙂
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I really enjoyed your prose riff on Gwendolyn Brooks’ line. My favorite line: “There’re no surrendering views, just two trapeze artists in a shakedown in the kingdom known as middle road.”
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I really enjoyed that piece, I believe that we are all so different, but with some middle ground, and my hope is that if two people can weave a path, so can the world. Thank you for sharing the line that was favourite too.
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I share your hope.
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That is so good to know.
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