March 9, 2023 · 1:27 pm
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Then And Now – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

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“Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” Lionel Hampton

Then And Now

I knelt
under the washing line
in meditation
plucking sun burned weeds
from cracks.

Overhead the washing
flicked,
crisp,
cracked
in the breeze.

Then 
I was running,
through familiar grass
with summer in my hair,
and hope in my heart.

Now
I return,
walking towards the day
with autumn on my face,
and hope ever in my heart.


Copyright 2023 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
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12 responses to “Then And Now – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon”

  2. rugby843
    March 9, 2023 at 6:07 pm

    Very nice!

    Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad

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  3. Liz Gauffreau
    March 9, 2023 at 10:40 pm

    I LOVE this one!! It made me feel happy and warm. (And there’s an aesthetically pleasing symmetry to it as well, like a a resolving chord in music.)

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  4. lync56
    March 9, 2023 at 11:06 pm

    Oh wow this is such a beautiful poem – made me teary

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  6. Amy
    March 11, 2023 at 3:36 pm

    Then, now… beautiful. “hope ever in my heart”, Love it. 🙂

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  7. Astrid's Words
    March 13, 2023 at 12:28 pm

    Heartfelt memories last forever and strengthen us in times of need. A small anchor to help center.

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