CD Campbell : Writing

Thoughts on Young Love

Thoughts on Young Love

A Chapter by CD Campbell


I cannot pretend that young loveis either blind or well fed,it revels in it's emaciation.As two doves that hidein the Old Oak out theback way; hunting..
Recurring Piercing Bewilderment

Recurring Piercing Bewilderment

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Recurring Piercing BewildermentSomething was not right.It wasn't the odd angle of thecarnation stabbed throughthe blazer. It wasn't the half-smilestha..
Poetic Disillusionment

Poetic Disillusionment

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Poetic DisillusionmentAll poets lie and have a half-finishedscreenplay hidden in the closet.There their funerals are written out in martyredtears with..
Awake

Awake

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Awake I awake at times and wonder When this skin will burst forth New flowers. There, the slightest feather touch That raises an army of passionat..
Love letter to the Ancients

Love letter to the Ancients

A Chapter by CD Campbell


My memories as a boy.
My Shui Gui of Hong Kong

My Shui Gui of Hong Kong

A Chapter by CD Campbell


She fed me ice by hand,plopping them in one after the other.Kings Road, Forest Hill, Hong Kong.I held her close in the alleyavoiding the rats.I first ..
Love Sonnet

Love Sonnet

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Sonnet
Do Not Deny Our Victory

Do Not Deny Our Victory

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Here is a nice little Kyrielle while I work on my next poem. It's a rhymer. You've been warned.
Breaking the Pact

Breaking the Pact

A Chapter by CD Campbell


Ezra, I damn you for the bloodless form You sold to us with ruptured lies. I damn you for a sickly worm Who stole the flame from great men's eye..
Desire the Conqueror

Desire the Conqueror

A Chapter by CD Campbell


There is a grace in the way that we fall; There are fears in which we cannot obey When desire draws near to conquering all. What fighter woul..