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Saturday Share – Gene Hyde and Peter Venable

Posted in Saturday Share, tagged , , on October 3, 2026| Leave a Comment »

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Saturday morning readers share:
Gene Hyde, Peter Venable
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Holy the Firm
– for Annie Dillard
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Falling like saffron flakes at my feet,
the glue holding the cover
of Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm
comes undone,
the cover slipping free
as I sit in the car dealership,
my brakes being repaired
and my safety,
at least in this regard,
assured for a while.
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I gaze out the window
at the Blue Ridge,
thinking of Dillard’s
Countenance Divine
as it shone forth
on the clouded
Olympic Range,
while the same
God goes riding here,
oblivious to tourists and traffic
and human foibles,
of which we are legion.
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God sits at my feet,
in the dust of bookish glue,
and washes across this waiting room
filled with unwitting pilgrims,
infusing even indifferent souls
with sparks of silent prayer.
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Gene Hyde
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Originally appeared in a slightly different form in Amethyst Review. It was inspired by Annie Dillard’s book of the same name, and I dedicated it to her. I thought this might be a good time to share it.
– Gene
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Gene Hyde

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Read another of Gene’s poems at Salvation South . . . and listen to him read it to you:
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And here’s a poem by Gene at Verse and Image:
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Lazing On A Summer Afternoon
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Drifting in our wooded cocoon, oars at rest,
the cypress canopy shading noon’s full moon,
the pond smooth as glass, dragonflies circle…
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You drop a pebble and concentric ripples
spread outwards across the lily-padded
surface, minnows schooling below
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and I look into your eyes—
deep dark pupils—and plunge
into your vortices, swirling and swooning…
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Peter Venable
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Peter Venable

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We are serving a life sentence–lifers–condemned to write verse. Guilty and glad about it! I am painfully aware of how ecology is being polluted by avārus-ology. Simply, nature is phenomenal. Blake’s To see a World in a Grain of Sand… I never have and never will use AI. Keep on “taking pictures and leaving footprints.”
Cheers – Peter
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Thank you for visiting Verse and Image:
. . . . . every Friday I present one or two poems I’ve read this week that particularly speak to me;
. . . . . Saturdays I present one or two poems submitted by YOU, my readers.
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– Bill
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Saturday Share – Paul Karnowski

Posted in Saturday Share on February 14, 2026| 2 Comments »

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Saturday morning readers share:
Paul Karnowski
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My Brain is a Dog
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which has its ups and downs.
Lunging on his leash,
he takes me places I may not want to go,
sniffing nuanced scents of random thoughts
found along the trail.
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I dare not let him roam
lest I lose my mind.
But what to do?
Make him march in time
with logic’s haughty steps?
To be ever cogent and correct
seems a little cold, even cruel.
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Maybe fence him in a big backyard,
let his neurons freely fire,
with no fear of burning down the house.
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He eats his meals from shelves of books
and snacks upon the bits and bytes
of googlicious treats.
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There’s lots of
who and what, where and when,
but mostly
why, oh why, oh why?
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He keeps me up half the night,
paws pounding round
the racetrack of my head,
chasing squirrels of what’s to come,
and what’s been left behind.
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No matter what the night might bring,
the squeaky toy of his existence
wakes me every dawn to greet another day,
another day of work and play.
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Good boy!
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Paul Karnowski
First published in the March 2025 edition of Witcraft
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Paul and Bingo

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Paul Karnowski, an artist, poet, and retired art teacher, lives on a few acres just north of Asheville along with his dog Bingo and his overactive brain. He spends his days growing flowers, vegetables, paintings and poems.
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Additional poetry by Paul Karnowski at Verse and Image:
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Thank you for visiting Verse and Image:
. . . . . every Friday I present one or two poems I’ve read this week that particularly speak to me;
. . . . . every Saturday I present one or two poems submitted by YOU, my readers.
 . 
If you would like to offer a poem for consideration, either by a favorite author or your own work, please view these GUIDELINES for Saturday Readers Share:
 . 
 . 
If you would like to receive an email each time a post appears, please SUBSCRIBE to Verse and Image using the button on the Home Page.
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If you have a hard time finding the SUBSCRIBE button on this WordPress site, you can send me your email address and I will add you to the subscriber list. Send your request to
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COMMENTS@GRIFFINPOETRY.COM
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Thanks again for joining the conversation.
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– Bill
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