Best Convinces Poems

In a world bejeweled 
with tainted trinkets,
and feigned flowers,
we follow the 
wailing waves below 
whirling wind,
like secluded silhouettes,
stranded on the
cusp of chaos,
unable to find the sparkling
streak of hyacinth hope-
between dusk and dawn. 

Perhaps there is a
reason why I stopped
rewriting runes with
cashmere conclusions, 
as I’ve long...

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Up high on our soul’s trapeze
we tire of the bar we hold
but we find it hard to release our known.
Eyeing the free bar full of potential
we wish to air dive, then clutch-catch that swing.

Here comes, now nears, the free bar
we thoroughly want to grab,
but fear...

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Riding a scotch high
down
a twisting
river road past
midnight,
his grip tightens
on the steering wheel
in sync 
with the pressure of his foot
on the accelerator.
He convinces himself
he is chasing
meaning
in a meaningless time,
waiting perhaps 
around the next curve
or the next
in the tree with his name on it.

Silence shatters
in the mirror
above...

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There is an enemy, who keeps herself hidden to some.
There is an enemy, who with his mighty lies torments others.
But it is only one enemy.
And this enemy destroys the blood of brotherhood by convincing all that God is 
one.
By convincing all that God is one...

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100 miles
It's pretty far 
Feels like a loss
Not far by car
But Too far for a rock to toss

The deadening silence of your voice
Slices to my core, it's a salty wound
Made worse by your choice

I see your smile everywhere I roam
Its sincerity demolishes my pain
It convinces...

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Summer turned away, escaping my praise
Risking dreams from yesterday, shadows grew
Dating hope and faith, the love story knew
This is beautiful whose more than a phase

Stars glistened in the night, erasing tears
Summer turned away, escaping my praise
Winds of elation smiled through autumn’s gaze
Drifting on seas of...

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(The audience for this is small children who have seen the movie.)

Mary Poppins Makes a Visit

By Elton Camp

When Mary decides she wants a job
Other applicants of a chance will rob
She causes a strong wind to blow
Riding umbrellas, off they do go

When competitors are no longer...

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Wrong!
A little boy plays football.
His parents call him a "tomboy".
He doesn't understand what it means.

Wrong!
The boy is now twelve.
His best friend gets her period.
And puberty hits him hard.

Wrong!
His friends put him in dresses and makeup.
His parents are proud of their "little girl".
He doesn't get why...

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He last had a pal in the 7th grade,
 They shared a class from the 1st grade.
 And together, for Home Economics,
 they were always late.
 But the seventh grade showed up, in its
 claws it held their un-anticipated fate.

 For death's heartless might had
...

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She’s a daughter of those West Virginia hills.
Each morning she comes down from the holler,
And catches the bus going to another county.
She goes to a fancy, newly consolidated school
Some of the teachers think she’s a slow learner
Her shyness punctuated by a bothersome lisp,
On the playground,...

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" I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy because they know what it’s like to feel absolutely worthless and they don’t want anyone else to feel like that..." Robin Williams


She's always there to make them smile.
Her shoulders are ever...

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January is here as expected
that makes me wary of the new year
but Jesus reminds me of His promises

Oh, February already!
Dad shows the burden he carries
but Jesus pats him with His word.

Here comes March
Mum becomes trouble’s new catch
but Jesus creates a way for us to overcome

April...

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There's power abounds within our worlds,
that science will deny.
Just silly folks with twisted minds
who rant and rage and lie!
If they can't see, or touch or smell,
they know it isn't there.
Until the day, to their dismay
it's forced on them to share!

Now television, planes and phones,
it's very...

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[This poem 'No God Of  Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't  cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]


By way of prologue, the picture is indicative of a discovered...

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The old man, who slowly walks with the cane 
Many years ago, he looked just as you do
He was handsome, virile and tall
Living then so easy, no matter the weather
Today, his bones curve; and once steady gait, slowed
He recalls that each season came bearing gifts
Spring,...

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