“Without stories, the land turns to real estate.” Mark Abley
Below The Culture Line When time was local the land had a story rich in the beautiful greys of paradox, carefully nurtured in mutual surrender, we touched under the pulsing canopy. Rich in the beautiful greys of paradox we slipped below the culture line, we touched under the pulsing canopy, a language unspoken so openly felt. We slipped below the culture line, searching ourselves for beginnings, a language unspoken so openly felt as to be present in each other. Searching ourselves for beginnings, carefully nurtured in mutual surrender as to be present in each other, when time was local the land had a story. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
Note: The concept of time shifted in the mid 1800s to a broader sense of time as universal, prior to that time was local.
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Nice job, my subcultural brother! 😎
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Nice to put a face to your writings.
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Thank you 🙂
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Lovely poem, Paul! ❤ There was a beautiful beginning long ago and far away…Though time has passed, and the situation has changed, the feeling lingers. That is how it seems to me.
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Yes, that’s it really, thank you Cheryl for sharing this. 🙂
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I feel that story when I’m hiking remotely. Time becomes local, but it has no boundaries 🙂
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Yes, that’s the nub of it, time is different on the trail. Thank you. 🙂
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“…when time was local the land had a story…” so very long time ago.
Beautifully writing. Thank you, Paul.
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Yes, only ever captured when we commune with nature, as you do too.
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Another Paul pantoum! I love the line “when time was local the land had a story.” I think the land still has stories; they’re just harder to hear now.
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Very thoughtful. Lets work my brain about. Thank you Paul!
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Great response Michael 🙂
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Thank you, Paul! 😉
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🙂
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Beautiful
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🙂
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