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Brian Gabriel Canever

Writer of True and Imagined Stories

Category: Poetry

Has Anyone Ever Told You

Posted on April 9, 2021April 10, 2021 by Brian Canever

That you look a lot like the balding manon the back cover of that bookLucy posted abouton Twitter. Uncanny, right?The… Read more Has Anyone Ever Told You

Soccer goalie in net

Sunday Game

Posted on November 27, 2019August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

Seated on hot aluminum bleachers, I watch them on green-yellow grass. Sweat soaked Sunday warriors, their heads craning toward the… Read more Sunday Game

Her Limbs The Sea

Posted on September 28, 2019August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

A poem I wrote for my wife in 2017 when we were newly dating and I was on a trip… Read more Her Limbs The Sea

Dogwood tree

Dogwood Tree

Posted on April 19, 2019August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

A love poem about my wife for the springtime Blooming along a walkway on Sequoyah Drive, you are a dogwood… Read more Dogwood Tree

I’m Marrying My Best Friend

Posted on May 1, 2018August 13, 2020 by Brian Canever

On July 21, I’m marrying my best friend. She is the best woman I’ve ever met. She inspires feelings that… Read more I’m Marrying My Best Friend

Mountaintops

Posted on January 13, 2018January 24, 2021 by Brian Canever

I always wanted to see Max Patch. I found it through pictures on Instagram, a kaleidoscope of autumn colors made… Read more Mountaintops

My Dad and the Soccer Ball

Posted on April 20, 2017January 24, 2021 by Brian Canever

I’ll always remember the ball, bouncing up and down on his foot in the park behind our house. Those days… Read more My Dad and the Soccer Ball

On Poetry

Posted on January 30, 2017January 24, 2021 by Brian Canever

When I was in grammar school, I wrote a poem that was printed in a book of student poetry. It… Read more On Poetry

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