Photo: Cafe in Bunbury, a spirited Willy Wagtail – the fly-catcher who came in from the cold!
“The highest proof of the spirit is love.” Albert Schweitzer
When the prophet spoke
the wait was long and dry
till some shepherds called
though few believed their news,
I glimpse her if I’m careful
in children passing by,
birds, laughter, dragonflies,
faces on the street,
wise wind of Sophia
ancient eternal present,
heartfelt.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Filed under community, Free Verse, life, mindfulness, nature, poem, Quadrille, quote, Spirituality
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“Until we accept the fact that life itself is founded in mystery, we shall learn nothing.” Henry Miller
Knowing
that one doesn’t know
is the most profound moment,
like seeing through a window,
not to the other side
so much as to see
what was not seen before,
a complete unknowing of
everything and a turning
to the inner compass
awaiting stillness.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, meditation, mindfulness, poem, Quadrille, quote, Spirituality
dVerse Poets – Poetics – Let Us Labour
Photo: Lake Amadeus, NT.
“Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death.” Arthur Schopenhauer
Did I conceive that I wondered as
the idea floated through my mind,
there I stood on sacred ground
my feet bathed in the dust of ancestry,
and I scooped a handful
of this dry, red wisdom as if
I were scooping up water
for my parched throat,
sifting it through my fingers,
feeling the lives of ages,
seeing the future in past, lived, lives,
some of them my own
even not yet birthed,
but being born
and one day they will ask,
not were you someone famous,
rather, were you really Paul?
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Country, Free Verse, life, poem, quote, Spirituality
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“Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.” Zen Haiku quotes
The brazier floats on tatami,
kimono and cups neatly appointed,
the smell of sencha wafts and
the steam curls upwards
so does my heart
with each step,
she breathes slowly
moves deliberately
as I wait patiently
for my life to pour out
floating on tatami.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, Haiku, life, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
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“This body, full of faults, has yet one great quality: Whatever it encounters in this temporal life depends upon one’s actions.” Nargarjuna
You said words which cannot be undone
and in the simple math of cause and effect
how I reacted determined my pain and
gave grounds for yours
should you choose to nurture it so,
but in the end we chose to
hold that space and
find a balanced view,
sowing forgiveness and reaping love,
then suddenly finding that
the words had gone,
as if a thunderstorm had
watered the earth and passed over
without event.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, love, mindfulness, Philosophy/Theology, poem, quote, relationship, Spirituality
“I’d love to give you something but what would help?” Ikkyu
Zen
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Filed under Free Verse, life, meditation, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
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“What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Those days do come,
they surprise
arriving unannounced and uninvited
days where before, we caroused and
rejoiced with wine and fine food
only to be usurped by a pressing sense
of dry bones and a yearning for
something more,
something deeper,
something beyond,
and as this desert deepens,
to know the invitation and
to look for the very things that
nourish the soul.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, meditation, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
dVerse Poets – Poetics – Smoke and Mirrors
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“The journey not the destination matters.” T.S. Eliot
I wanted to be sure
that the threshold could be crossed
to leave the paracosms of childhood
those parental certainties,
cassocked beliefs
of vaulted minds,
mortared cracks of real,
I picked up the almanac of my life
and it frittered away
like so many burnt pages,
fragile and flaking,
faint and indecipherable,
certainty sliding,
via negativa evolving
an apophatic line,
a Dionysian celebration,
if somewhat muted,
in the joy of not knowing
that you were there
but everywhere.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, life, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
dVerse Poets – Lost In Translation
Laura at dVerse has challenged us to look at three poems and write our own.
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“… of the eternal Face without gestures
and of the kingdom without form.” Gabriella Mistral ‘Anniversary ‘
As deep calls to deep within me
slowly I untangle
the habits of the mind,
perhaps now my heart can see
as ever yearning through
the fog of all that is
drawing me ever inwards
that I might see your face
as if for the first time,
you who are eternal stillness,
come, let me see.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under challenge, Free Verse, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
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“The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. the challenge is to heal the mind.” Caroline Myss
Outside her box she attended to her breathing
setting aside the rivers of consciousness
that on any ordinary day might drown her,
and settled for nothing that was yet something
without it being anything at all,
and later she could only imagine
that she was fed by angels.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Filed under Free Verse, meditation, mindfulness, poem, quote, Spirituality
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Athul Raj
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#Livetoread
who you follow now determines what follows you in life
A digital space feat. poetry, art, nonfiction, interviews, and reviews by marginalized creators.
Book Blogger, Author, and I talk about dogs...a lot
Explore the World of Imagination & Join the Mind Revolution!
The view from here ... Or here!
Here's To Express.. :)
Ink Travel Vintage
i just opened my diary and found an array of emotions
God's word for the world
Poems, Haiku, Paintings & Photographs
A somewhat healthy obsession with photography
living in the vibe of my emotions
Travel Guides to Destinations Around the World
Home is where our story begins.
A place in my city "that if you ever come to please check out some of these finest restaurant that my city has to offer .
work as an investment manager with a crypto currency mining firm that generates good profits weekly
I read and fall in love with fictional characters
