Shooting Boards – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: wayfair.com Shooting BoardsThere’s a squeak in the floorbeen there a few years,the boards have liftedof that I’m surenot doing their jobmoving way too muchignored it too long,I’m filling the nail gungoing to pin those boards down so tight…
Photo: wayfair.com Shooting BoardsThere’s a squeak in the floorbeen there a few years,the boards have liftedof that I’m surenot doing their jobmoving way too muchignored it too long,I’m filling the nail gungoing to pin those boards down so tight…
Shooting Boards – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: wayfair.com Shooting BoardsThere’s a squeak in the floorbeen there a few years,the boards have liftedof that I’m surenot doing their jobmoving way too muchignored it too long,I’m filling the nail gungoing to pin those boards down so tight they’ll never come up again. Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️
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February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Shooting Boards – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Photo: wayfair.com Shooting BoardsThere’s a squeak in the floorbeen there a few years,the boards have liftedof that I’m surenot doing their jobmoving way too muchignored it too long,I’m filling the nail gungoing to pin those boards down so tight…
Photo: wayfair.com Shooting BoardsThere’s a squeak in the floorbeen there a few years,the boards have liftedof that I’m surenot doing their jobmoving way too muchignored it too long,I’m filling the nail gungoing to pin those boards down so tight…
Ballad Of The Scumbags – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live option). dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: found at sightmagazine.com.au - from REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia votes 2022. Ballad Of the ScumbagsOne more time,surelythere's one good…
At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live option). dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: found at sightmagazine.com.au - from REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia votes 2022. Ballad Of the ScumbagsOne more time,surelythere's one good…
Ballad Of The Scumbags – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live option). dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: found at sightmagazine.com.au - from REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia votes 2022. Ballad Of the ScumbagsOne more time,surelythere's one good one,silly me, nowmy nostrils are filledwith a stench so acridit sears my skin,landslide squanderedconfetti and truffles lauded…
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February 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Ballad Of The Scumbags – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live option). dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: found at sightmagazine.com.au - from REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia votes 2022. Ballad Of the ScumbagsOne more time,surelythere's one good…
At dVerse Bjorn is hosting Open Link Night (with Saturday Live option). dVerse Poets - OLN Photo: found at sightmagazine.com.au - from REUTERS/Loren Elliott Australia votes 2022. Ballad Of the ScumbagsOne more time,surelythere's one good…
February 13, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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Friday JohnKu - AKA - TGIF - Fri-Yay/Good News johnwhowell.com/2026/02/13/f... @johnhowellauthor.bsky.social that is positive news indeed John... hugsx
Friday JohnKu – AKA – TGIF – Fri-Yay/Good News
Today’s good news story comes from the Good News Network Highly Fatal Virus May Finally Be Treatable with First Vaccine–Clinical Trials Starting By Andy Corbley – Feb 12, 2026 In Januar…
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February 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Friday JohnKu - AKA - TGIF - Fri-Yay/Good News johnwhowell.com/2026/02/13/f... @johnhowellauthor.bsky.social that is positive news indeed John... hugsx
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Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight - #Humour #Life Bogie in a Human World - You're Late, I've Already Started by Cheryl Spears smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/s... @finnthekitty.bsky.social @dgkayewriter.bsky.social
Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight – #Humour #Life Bogie in a Human World – You’re Late, I’ve Already Started by Cheryl Spears
Delighted to share the news of the latest release by Cheryl Spears…Bogie in a Human World Book 2 – You’re Late, I’ve Already Started About the book Bogie in a Human World (T…
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February 12, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Smorgasbord New Book Spotlight - #Humour #Life Bogie in a Human World - You're Late, I've Already Started by Cheryl Spears smorgasbordinvitation.wordpress.com/2026/02/12/s... @finnthekitty.bsky.social @dgkayewriter.bsky.social
These Waters – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Video: Taken at Bremer Bay, 2024 Note: This riffs off Rumi's "The Guest House" The guest in my poem of course is a persistent feeling that dogs.These WatersTwingewelling, rising,I feel my guest arrivingnot yet at my door,I'm already resistingdare I…
Video: Taken at Bremer Bay, 2024 Note: This riffs off Rumi's "The Guest House" The guest in my poem of course is a persistent feeling that dogs.These WatersTwingewelling, rising,I feel my guest arrivingnot yet at my door,I'm already resistingdare I…
These Waters – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Video: Taken at Bremer Bay, 2024 Note: This riffs off Rumi's "The Guest House" The guest in my poem of course is a persistent feeling that dogs.These WatersTwingewelling, rising,I feel my guest arrivingnot yet at my door,I'm already resistingdare I speak its namereleasing that flood carrying me to those sharpjutting rocks of emotion,
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February 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
These Waters – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
Video: Taken at Bremer Bay, 2024 Note: This riffs off Rumi's "The Guest House" The guest in my poem of course is a persistent feeling that dogs.These WatersTwingewelling, rising,I feel my guest arrivingnot yet at my door,I'm already resistingdare I…
Video: Taken at Bremer Bay, 2024 Note: This riffs off Rumi's "The Guest House" The guest in my poem of course is a persistent feeling that dogs.These WatersTwingewelling, rising,I feel my guest arrivingnot yet at my door,I'm already resistingdare I…
For #TankaThursday
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 PM
For #TankaThursday
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
tanka weekly #poetry challenge February 12, 2026
this week’s prompt: romance
write a tanka using prompt & include hashtag #TankaThursday #TankaPoem #micropoetry
With much thanks to @evecastle.bsky.social
Reposted by Paul Cannon
Reposted by Paul Cannon
I caught some of HerZdog’s address in Melbourne and he was inciting the Jewish community to be Zionists! How can this be acceptable in Australia? It was hate speech! He was belittling non Jewish/Zionist Australians for speaking up against Genocide. He should be arrested at the airport + detained /
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I caught some of HerZdog’s address in Melbourne and he was inciting the Jewish community to be Zionists! How can this be acceptable in Australia? It was hate speech! He was belittling non Jewish/Zionist Australians for speaking up against Genocide. He should be arrested at the airport + detained /
The Longest Grief – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about what it it would be like to lose one of the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing) for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - I'd Rather Go Blind…
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about what it it would be like to lose one of the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing) for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - I'd Rather Go Blind…
The Longest Grief – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about what it it would be like to lose one of the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing) for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - I'd Rather Go Blind Photo: wmn.de The Longest GriefWhere do you start and I finish,what holds these bones…
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February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The Longest Grief – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about what it it would be like to lose one of the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing) for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - I'd Rather Go Blind…
At dVerse Melissa is hosting Poetics with an invitation to write about what it it would be like to lose one of the five senses (sight, taste, touch, smell, hearing) for more detail follow the link below: dVerse Poets - Poetics - I'd Rather Go Blind…
A Choka by Paul Vincent Cannon
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 51, Synonyms Only, Willow has invited us to write a syllabic poem about love and passion without using those words. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Form: Choka (no envoy) (5-7-5-7-5-7-7) whenever you leavemy bellows fail and…
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 51, Synonyms Only, Willow has invited us to write a syllabic poem about love and passion without using those words. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Form: Choka (no envoy) (5-7-5-7-5-7-7) whenever you leavemy bellows fail and…
A Choka by Paul Vincent Cannon
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 51, Synonyms Only, Willow has invited us to write a syllabic poem about love and passion without using those words. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Form: Choka (no envoy) (5-7-5-7-5-7-7) whenever you leavemy bellows fail and collapsealone I’m emptyand yet all the embers flarefanned red by desirewanting to forge your returnthat I might breathe you again Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent CannonAll Rights Reserved ®️
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February 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A Choka by Paul Vincent Cannon
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 51, Synonyms Only, Willow has invited us to write a syllabic poem about love and passion without using those words. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Form: Choka (no envoy) (5-7-5-7-5-7-7) whenever you leavemy bellows fail and…
For Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge No. 51, Synonyms Only, Willow has invited us to write a syllabic poem about love and passion without using those words. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay Form: Choka (no envoy) (5-7-5-7-5-7-7) whenever you leavemy bellows fail and…
Shadow Land – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word flower. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Swearing By All Flowers Photo: findagrave.com Shadow LandFuneral flowers everywheredeath on…
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word flower. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Swearing By All Flowers Photo: findagrave.com Shadow LandFuneral flowers everywheredeath on…
Shadow Land – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word flower. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Swearing By All Flowers Photo: findagrave.com Shadow LandFuneral flowers everywheredeath on every streetbones in boxesstored in soilno posterity,perfect white budsyour accoladefades rapidly as…
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February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Shadow Land – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word flower. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Swearing By All Flowers Photo: findagrave.com Shadow LandFuneral flowers everywheredeath on…
At dVerse De is hosting the Quadrille (44 words sans title) with an invitation to write a poem using some form of the word flower. dVerse Poets - Quadrille - Swearing By All Flowers Photo: findagrave.com Shadow LandFuneral flowers everywheredeath on…
Reposted by Paul Cannon
Last week lingered at the mouth.
This week: #Undressed.
Not naked.
Stripped of posture.
Stripped of certainty.
Write the moment before the body is offered.
When armour loosens.
When nothing is hidden except fear.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
This week: #Undressed.
Not naked.
Stripped of posture.
Stripped of certainty.
Write the moment before the body is offered.
When armour loosens.
When nothing is hidden except fear.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
February 8, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Last week lingered at the mouth.
This week: #Undressed.
Not naked.
Stripped of posture.
Stripped of certainty.
Write the moment before the body is offered.
When armour loosens.
When nothing is hidden except fear.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
This week: #Undressed.
Not naked.
Stripped of posture.
Stripped of certainty.
Write the moment before the body is offered.
When armour loosens.
When nothing is hidden except fear.
New theme opens Friday.
Don’t post early.
Use Alt Text.
Tag #PoemsAbout to be found.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Reposted by Paul Cannon
Here is a poem called "Ermine Moths" from the titular sequence of my new collection "Hedgerow of Voices" JCStudio Press 2026 for #PoemsAbout #Miuths
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Here is a poem called "Ermine Moths" from the titular sequence of my new collection "Hedgerow of Voices" JCStudio Press 2026 for #PoemsAbout #Miuths
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This #PoemsAbout #Mouths answers Beckett’s Not I by suggesting that while language may never belong to us, the body can still learn a minimal, ethical restraint, silence not as failure or abyss, but as practiced discipline after compulsion. @thebrokenspine.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 5:51 AM
This #PoemsAbout #Mouths answers Beckett’s Not I by suggesting that while language may never belong to us, the body can still learn a minimal, ethical restraint, silence not as failure or abyss, but as practiced discipline after compulsion. @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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I am very pleased to share this review of The Weight of Snow and Regret, my novel based on the closure of the Sheldon Poor Farm in Vermont in 1968.
#12Friends12Books: The Weight of Snow and Regret, and The Seven O’Clock Club #BookReview #Audiobook
I have now read or listened to 5 of the books recommended to me in the 12 Friends/12 Books Challenge. I recently read The Weight of Snow and Regret by Elizabeth Gauffreau recommended by Darlene @ D…
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February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I am very pleased to share this review of The Weight of Snow and Regret, my novel based on the closure of the Sheldon Poor Farm in Vermont in 1968.
Reposted by Paul Cannon
My offering this week is a long way outside of my angsty little comfort zone, so nobody better get all creepy about this, or I'll be very disappointed in you!
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #mouths
#poetry
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #mouths
#poetry
February 6, 2026 at 5:29 AM
My offering this week is a long way outside of my angsty little comfort zone, so nobody better get all creepy about this, or I'll be very disappointed in you!
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #mouths
#poetry
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
#PoemsAbout #mouths
#poetry
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…and safely back to invertebrates for #PoemsAbout #Mouths 😊
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. Happy Friday!
#poetry #mayflies #ephemera
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. Happy Friday!
#poetry #mayflies #ephemera
February 6, 2026 at 6:32 AM
…and safely back to invertebrates for #PoemsAbout #Mouths 😊
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. Happy Friday!
#poetry #mayflies #ephemera
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. Happy Friday!
#poetry #mayflies #ephemera
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This was another difficult challenge from #PoemsAbout #Mouths. Thank you, as always, to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This was another difficult challenge from #PoemsAbout #Mouths. Thank you, as always, to @alanparrywriter.co.uk and @thebrokenspine.co.uk
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Reimagining a Greek goddess who was considered the personification of persuasion, connected to the art of rethoric and also presented as a companion of Aphrodite
Here's my offering for #poemsabout
mouths
#poetrycommunity
Peitho
Here's my offering for #poemsabout
mouths
#poetrycommunity
Peitho
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Reimagining a Greek goddess who was considered the personification of persuasion, connected to the art of rethoric and also presented as a companion of Aphrodite
Here's my offering for #poemsabout
mouths
#poetrycommunity
Peitho
Here's my offering for #poemsabout
mouths
#poetrycommunity
Peitho
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I'm not at home today so will read later this evening. This poem/sonnet is inspired by 'Pasiphaë' my novel that will be published February 12th. I can't think about anything else at the moment For #PoemsAbout #Mouths
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 11:23 AM
I'm not at home today so will read later this evening. This poem/sonnet is inspired by 'Pasiphaë' my novel that will be published February 12th. I can't think about anything else at the moment For #PoemsAbout #Mouths
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
@alanparrywriter.co.uk
@thebrokenspine.co.uk
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As editor + founder, I’m tired of presses cosplaying “community” while using prizes as sales funnels. It’s nefarious, it’s cynical, and everyone knows it. We just don’t say it out loud.
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
We know prizes are bullshit! They’re just taste cosplaying as authority. So we stripped away the lie & left the contradiction standing. No prestige. Just cash. We'll pick our favourite poems & won't pretend we're doing anything else!
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
As editor + founder, I’m tired of presses cosplaying “community” while using prizes as sales funnels. It’s nefarious, it’s cynical, and everyone knows it. We just don’t say it out loud.
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
#TheBrokenSpineAward #ByPoetsForPoets #PoemsAbout #LiftToTheSky
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I was struggling with the #PoemsAbout prompt #Mouths so I condensed my notes into a couple of #haikus. Thanks for the challenge @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk. I'm looking forward to reading what others in the #poetrycommunity have made of it
February 6, 2026 at 9:29 AM
I was struggling with the #PoemsAbout prompt #Mouths so I condensed my notes into a couple of #haikus. Thanks for the challenge @thebrokenspine.co.uk @alanparrywriter.co.uk. I'm looking forward to reading what others in the #poetrycommunity have made of it
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This week's #poemsabout #mouths just wasn't working, I almost gave it a swerve - until this popped into my head yesterday! Kōtare (Māori) is a watchtower around a pā (fort) but, more commonly, a kingfisher! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poems #poetry
February 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM
This week's #poemsabout #mouths just wasn't working, I almost gave it a swerve - until this popped into my head yesterday! Kōtare (Māori) is a watchtower around a pā (fort) but, more commonly, a kingfisher! Thanks @thebrokenspine.co.uk & @alanparrywriter.co.uk #poems #poetry