November 9, 2022 · 3:14 pm
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Sign Of The Times – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

#2022 November PAD Chapbook Challenge

Day 9 9.11.22

Prompt: create a title by filling in the blank – [blank] … of the … [blank] then write a poem for it.

Sign Of The Times

I want to hurl epitaphs at the world
broken by your intentional ignorance,
asphyxiating life,
stealing hope as,
misty eyed,
you rescue the very last dollar
from extinction.


Copyright 2022 ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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13 responses to “Sign Of The Times – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  1. Rae Cod
    November 9, 2022 at 4:13 pm

    Those last two lines are very impactful, what a thought provoking poem.

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  3. LuAnne Holder
    November 9, 2022 at 10:54 pm

    I have to agree with the others. This is a hard-hitting succinct poem.

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  5. OIKOS™- Art, Books & more
    November 10, 2022 at 12:52 pm

    I agree with all the others, and love it! xx Michael

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  6. lync56
    November 30, 2022 at 7:34 am

    Short and punchy this one – great poem,

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