Best Rochester Poems

It was an early fall day, some decades ago, 
When three of my boys were still young.
Looking forward that year to the Rochester Fair,
An event...

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Now Adam and his beauteous Eve
A love like ours could not conceive

And Cleo and her Anthony
Could not compare to you and me

Sweet Juliette and Romeo,
our...

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Throughout history, we are lovers
Throughout history, we are soul mates
 
We are Romeo and Juliet
We are Anthony and Cleopatra
We are Lancelot and Guinevere
We are Tristan...

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The book and nook go hand in glove
and hold my hope inside. 
The pages turn to fervent love 
my corner can’t confine.

I won’t suppose a...

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This is a Crown of Sonnets I wrote about one of my favorite books and movies (the version in 1943 with Liz Taylor, who was...

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"Broken Mirrors of Blue and Green"



There,
in the cracked reflection,
broken mirrors
shadow shades of
blue and green
There, 
the true soul
is conjured, 
twin seen
through 
shadow shades of
blue and green...

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"The Swoon Hypothesis" - Part 2



Arimathea stands next to you and I on the deck, soon we are back in Nazareth, you press into my...

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We went to sleep for but a little while
 I met you in my dreams. 

You delivered to me 
all your stories
all throughout the little...

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I didn't have a chance to say goodbye,
to let you know how dear you are to me
and though my chance is gone, I still will...

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The Susan B. Anthony Few Know

By Elton Camp

In our day, Anthony is a person of note
Mostly in connection with womens’ vote
But name just one other...

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We walk across meadow and moor 
Along tracks where horse and carriage once rode 
Treading paths where the poets of yore 
In search of inspiration...

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Legend has it that six hundred years ago, lived a creature of the wild. His name was Talos. He held the strength of a bear...

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Stuffing flags in the window
and calling it home
valuing our space
as our space!

Picking up rocks from the driveway
like when we were little
rescinding our past
like some nightmare...

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“Gods Like Men”



you the small men 
who war like gods

mystery that never was
in a likeness formed

through the mirrors
of the soul of God

a darkness
and a light...

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NB - familiarity with the pronunciation of the British place names in this poem is essential to comprehend some of the lines - and to...

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