“I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.” Jack London
Still Rising I traced the line of the meteor's red arc in the fullness of your glistening eyes, awaiting love's long, cruel demise, ∽ so soon fooled by its trajectory ∼ a much tilted orbit, ablaze, still rising, lighting the sky's shadowed back, tracing a smile on your glistening lips. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
“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 ®
“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” Abraham Maslow
Simply The Moment Some of today we gave to many futures, then we fell into our living memoirs of triumphs past and things best forgotten, ∽ but the interlude was so glorious ∼ where we held against all polarities, stopping time right in its dual tracks by simply observing the moment. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.” Lao Tzu
Where I Cannot Redoubtable, the granite holds sway, forcing me to wend my way transversely, finding paths of accomodation unlike ∼ the gentle brook who travels with ease ∽ Casting aside the rock as if butter, shifting sand and tree alike, smoothing paths where I cannot. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ® Note: The park name Mundy, commemorates a leader of the Beelu Aboriginal people at the time of white settlement, he was one of the most important and successful negotiators for Perth's Whadjuk community.
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Since the 2019/2020 national fire disaster debate has focussed on a number of positive possibilities for better fire control, especially Indigenous Cultural Fire methods which are cool fires. One of the beliefs around Cultural Fire is its capacity to be a healing process, much like the North American Indigenous belief that fire is healing.
“Cultural fire means everything. It means healing Country and when you heal Country you heal people.” Wurundjeri Elder – Dave Wandin
Healing Blackened trunks of last year's controlled burn, the ravages of heat intense to the sensitive eye, some have fallen while others are resisting change, ∼ some have survived to show the tale of life ∽ Of fragile, selfless community transforming together, how green vibrantly shines and wouldn't be the same without the healing narrative of blackened trunks. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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“Looking at beauty in the world, is the first step of purifying the mind.” Amit Ray
Shaped By The Sea Naked you are upon this open shore, exposed as honest cracks and crags, a weary bulwark against the mighty sea, ∽ even so, what rugged beauty emanates ∼ from this garden shaped by the sea, sparse and roughly tendered delight, perfectly textured for all to see. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
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“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.” Aesop
Rain Sang The storm thundered in across the bay like a drum roll on sheet-metal, while the wind played tunes with leaves, ∼ and rain sang its song of healing ∽ Passing slowly across the grey sky, falling to kiss the earth with life, bringing silence and calm in its wake. Copyright 2021 ©Paul Vincent Cannon All Rights Reserved ®
“Wrens are well known for picking up and leaving whenever they feel the need.” Bernadette King
The Freedom To Dance Tiny, delicate, insignificant wrens, skittering oblivious past our feet, dancing, looking for crumbs ∽ of excitement leading to life ∼ which they unwittingly offer to us through their significant testimony to the freedom to dance into life. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Merril is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write a Puente – a poem with a bridge.
dVerse Poets – Poetics – Build a Bridge
“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” James N. Watkins
Small Ways I think it's in the very small ways, the infinitesimal, inconsequential actions of fidelity to simplicity in all things ∽ that enables me to change ∼ the greater injustices around me, slowly, incrementally, as I change myself to an infidelity to complexity in all things. ©Paul Vincent Cannon
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Words from Angela.
My original blog got too big. Time to downsize.
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In the times i needed most, I WAS ALONE. Real life stories through my life that hopefully can enspire someone struggling.
Words from Angela.
My original blog got too big. Time to downsize.
Serving The Family Caregiver
Videos and Music with Subliminal Joy affirmation meditation
Everything Organic
Poetry and Flash Fiction
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