September 19, 2021 · 2:10 pm
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The Real Story – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

Photo: Late afternoon sun across our campsite at Boondi Rock, gimlets reaching for the sky and casting shadows.

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge 

The Real Story

Trees tower over me reaching for the sun,
speaking to the sky in words beyond me,
with ancient meaning lingering the boughs,

∼ but the real story is an understory spoken ∽

soft and low, gently grazing my ears with 
a delicate language greater than height of
fine soul thirsty for the traffic of connection.


Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
All Rights Reserved ®

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  1. newepicauthor
    September 19, 2021 at 4:04 pm

    You sure do a lot of camping Paul.

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  2. Thattamma C.G Menon
    September 20, 2021 at 5:52 am

    Awesome nature and the lines so nice to read 🌷🙏👌🌷

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  3. Amy
    September 20, 2021 at 5:54 pm

    Beautiful, love the first part of your poem.

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  4. Liz Gauffreau
    September 21, 2021 at 2:18 pm

    I’d never encountered the word “understory” for “undergrowth.” I’m glad I looked it up. I now fully appreciate the metaphor of the poem!

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  6. Charis Counselling
    January 1, 2022 at 6:24 am

    Beautiful

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