Poem-A-Week
pure absence
by Edward Canavan
sacred places revealed
in certain light
a menacing pull
from dark caverns
urging us to fill
the emptiness
having convinced us
it is detrimental to
keep it void
when it might be best
to hold it close
as it is
not like a secret
but an asset
a safe haven
to store the woes
of our world
and to rest
the universal burdens
of being
all too human.
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Edward L. Canavan is an American poet whose work has most recently
been published in Poetry Quarterly, Harbinger Asylum, and The LA Poet Society anthology "Los Angeles Poets for Justice".. His second poetry collection entitled "Protest and Isolation" was released by Cyberwit Press in July 2020. Born and raised in the Bronx, NY, he currently resides in North Hollywood, California, where he practices Buddhism and listens to The Clash.