CD Campbell : Writing

In Sprawl

In Sprawl

A Chapter by CD Campbell


In SprawlI am mad without the woods love.I am ugly dazed that the treesbounty has been ripped from my tongue.The peach blossoms drift to the groundwit..
Sam Starr Comes a Courting Belle Shirley Reed

Sam Starr Comes a Courting Belle Shirley Reed

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Sam Starr Comes a Courting Belle Shirley Reed I believe in the knife spilling my blood; have felt the painful graze against t..
An Oldtime Apology  (of sorts)

An Oldtime Apology (of sorts)

A Chapter by CD Campbell


An Oldtime Apology (of sorts) I’ve been cutting my teeth on your cold stone heart, your moods been as solid..
Talken' Distracted Modern Orpheus Blues

Talken' Distracted Modern Orpheus Blues

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Talken' Distracted Modern Orpheus BluesorEurydice has found a lover in hell and she ain't coming backIt's a Sunday newsday loon,we can rest the phone ..
Brief Supplication

Brief Supplication

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Brief SupplicationWith every twinkling star,there was you.With every dipping sun,there was you.There on my lonely trail,There when I'm feeling frail,W..
Blooded Eden on the Plain

Blooded Eden on the Plain

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Blooded Eden on the plainWas where we watched the stars melt on the grassAnd burned the beauty from our lustful soulsJust beyond the reach of the dash..
The Long Green Road (II)

The Long Green Road (II)

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Villanelle
The Field Mouse

The Field Mouse

A Chapter by CD Campbell


The Field MouseThe Field mouse collects his acorns;flits them to his hidden burrowin the garden behind the barn,between the rotted compost pileand the..
A Dustbowl Lament

A Dustbowl Lament

A Chapter by CD Campbell


A Dustbowl Lament I’ve seen a mess of pain, Of that there is no doubt, When dust is in the grain And gone from all ..
The Man Descending

The Man Descending

A Chapter by CD Campbell


The Man Descending I Inevitable, muted through the years; The shiver pines shake the dew, Drip, ..