Best Seizes Poems

A Puritan Seizes a Book of Satan

By Elton Camp

In his church great evil does abound
A wicked book the reverend has found
It belonged to his church’s worst reprobate
Such an evil tome the reverend does hate

Lest the whole church risk the Divine ire,
He is determined to throw...

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now sadly does October wane
as evening seizes day
streetlights - ever earlier
call us home from play

lone mittens of forever lost
never to be found
as their faces slowly shrink
once glowing pumpkins frown

discarded candy wrappers mark
dark trails of monster glee
chocolate faced imposters dream
of things they couldn’t be

gardens stunned by...

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Your eyes have grown tired
hunting the fox and owl
You no longer hear peace
when the ball is in your court
Pay attention to yourself
The fields have grown trees
you walk bare footed on sandy loams
As the World seizes and falls on itself
The voices stand 40 seashells away
Wanting to...

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