Category Archives: Personification

I’ve Often Wondered – a poem by Paul Vincent Cannon

At dVerse Grace is hosting Meeting The Bar with an invitation to shift the focus from poetry form to craft style. Specifically: poems built around questions that remain unanswered. This technique isn’t about confusion. This is about about curiosity, exploration, and invitation. Rather than providing closure, question-driven poetry creates space for the reader to think, feel, and wonder with you. For more details follow the link below:

dVerse Poets – MTB – Poems of Questions (No answers)

Photo: the Leschenault Inlet at Australind, taken April 2025.


I've Often Wondered

Surely not all skies
are the same,
just imagine being
different every day
even every half day,
what would that be like
how would it feel?
Does the sky even have feelings,
I’ve often wondered if clouds
are the outward signs
of sky’s feelings,
not just the seasons
but the micro moments
of every day,
the mood swings
reactive expression
the joy, even laughter
is it possible that clouds
reach out like those
soft clumpy cotton wool
clouds that lighten my day
I suppose I could just ask
.

Copyright 2026 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
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A Dodoitsu by Paul Vincent Cannon

Robbie is our host at Tanka Tuesday with an invitation to write a syllabic form of poetry using personification.

#TankaTuesday Poetry Challenge No. 27, Personification

Photo: taken in 2018 at Datjoin Rock Reserve: Clown Orchid (native to Western Australia).

Form: Dodoitsu (7-7-7-5)

that day has finally come
no more the innocent clown
now radiant bloom of youth
your beauty fills me

Copyright 2025 ©️Paul Vincent Cannon
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