CD Campbell : Writing

A Poem Is The Stone

A Poem Is The Stone

A Chapter by CD Campbell


A Poem Is The Stone (That Breaks The Back) A poem is the stone that breaks the back. It's a true new thought that brings yo..
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Untitled #27

A Chapter by CD Campbell


We laid flayed at the gates of Metropolis,each other, to each eye, bound in stone,lashed for stepping over the ignoranceof our betters and dulled to p..
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Untitled #26

A Chapter by CD Campbell


I am in love with the power.I am in love with the force that breaks.I am in love with that hiddenblack boughthat one must duck underto survive another..
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Untitled #29

A Chapter by CD Campbell


What did you give me? Naught? Plenty? A willow thin shadow dancing in the sun, plastered to concrete? Oh. It’s not ..
The Long Green Road

The Long Green Road

A Chapter by CD Campbell


The Long Green RoadIf My Granddad had a hog to be culledhe would say, "That ole boy has had his day,his walk's done ended on the long green road."He'd..
The Brown Mare

The Brown Mare

A Chapter by CD Campbell


The Brown MareTrembling soft near the water trough,neighing unburdened in the fieldamong the mules, among the newwet wheat that has yet to be bit,erec..
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Untitled #31

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Before my callous hands harden, Before the many fingers split; Let the light leak through In a blaze, scour the old skin. Let it ..
In Conclusion

In Conclusion

A Chapter by CD Campbell


In ConclusionPreoccupation without formSits loose then spoils inside my gut.It's just a hook meant for the worm;It's something dark to hide behindWhen..
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Untitled #32

A Chapter by CD Campbell


No knowing home across the river, Feet on a bridge under a pine green sea Connecting the elegy to an uncut bough. There are creatures ..
The Shale Pit

The Shale Pit

A Chapter by CD Campbell


The Shale PitMy brothers and I use to playin a deep dug shale pit one hillover. We'd hike above the rise,spy the dragons oily slick nestbelow and slid..