“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” Aristotle
The Flicker Of Hope The candle flickered, dancing all over the walls of the cave of dark times, as if frantically gasping for air like a ravaged runner. We huddled round it in hope, the ill wind whipping at our backs and flailing our fortitude, but we held on, the light remaining, growing stronger with every word of love gifted into the circle. Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. - Edgar Allan Poe
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Articoli su Medicina, Legge e Diritto, ma anche Aforismi, Riflessioni, e Poesie.
Un balbettio che pian piano diventa linguaggio
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. - Edgar Allan Poe
Korean cooking, restaurants, and delivery foods
poet and author of The Light in the Cave
A place to freely express emotions and ideas.
Home of Democracy Jones
Man is a self-conscious nothing. ~Julius Bahnsen
"That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works." Psalm 26:7
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Thank you Cheryl
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Beautiful. Candlelight in darkness is a great symbol of hope.
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Yes, I find it so powerful, thank you Sascha 🙂
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So much hope and optimism in the poem. Wonderful
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Thank you Sowmya, we sure need hope.
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Beautifully optimistic. We have to try hard to hold on to the light.
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Absolutely Pat
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Uplifting words so needed right now.
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Thank you very much Sandy, we do need to encourage one another.
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Beautifully rendered! 🙂
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Many thanks 🙂
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Such an apt metaphor for these time, Paul.
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The breeze is persistent, but hope will pull us through.
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Oh, beautiful.
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Thank you Ana 🙂
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Thank you for this poem of hope, Paul. The world needs it!
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Yes, I just want to live into that hope Liz.
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As do I.
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Together we go 🙂
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Beautiful poem, Paul. Solidarity and courage are making a magnificent showing. May evil be defeated and right prevail! ❤
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Yes, I second that, thank you Cheryl.
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Beautiful poem. With love, the light may only be a flicker, but it will never be extinguished.
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Yes, I believe that too.
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A lovely poem, Paul. We are all hopeful.
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That is good to know, we are many.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Always a pleasure to read and share your posts with followers, Paul!! Have a great day!
😊👍✨✨🎉
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A lovely poem ~ can actually picture what you penned.
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Thank you, that makes it worth while, thanks for sharing that.
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A perfect poem for these times. Each day, I try to balance every doomsday scroll with an uplifting thought. (No easy feat, that! ) Thank you for helping out!
-Julie
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well, my pleasure, a worthy thing in my mind too, thank very much for that Julie.
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This is beautifully poignant and perfectly timed, Paul. The whole world needs a little more hope right now. Thank you for sharing 🙏
Caz x
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My pleasure Caz – and many thanks 🙂
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Thank you very much
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Deep and beautiful
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I thought you’d really like this one in particular.
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