Long Television set Poems

He’s just a dog, a mongrel pup that fitted in me hand,
short haired, tan and white, with needs of high demand,
he’s whingy and he’s whiny, I s’pose he misses Mum,
but now his Mum and Dad...

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My most recent vision of Jesus Christ was: walking on a golden 
heavenly pathway. On either side of Him were Harold angles 
dressed in white robes, and blowing silver trumpets. They were
harolding Jesus Christ's as...

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"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's closing time," was a classical ending to some theatrical
theater events most likely.

However, this writer is not referring to the theater, but to a warning message of
Jesus Christ, recently given to her...

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OH! Praise the Lord and Bless this very day,
the morning of Wednesday, March 24, 2021!
Because the single dosage Johnson and 
Johnson vaccine's shot is the very one
that I humbly and faithfully prayed about!

First I filled...

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To church we had hurried and did go,
When outside God would let it snow;
He said if you can;
Make me a snowman;
Put my Son's face on and see it glow.

Did Drink Wine

We prayed to God with...

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Have you ever heard the “term you want more of the Lord”, “you want more of God”;
In  it’s simplicity this just means;
You want more of them;
Now what would you do if you didn’t have...

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Those leather pants fit perfectly
Against your skin. I can’t stop
Staring; You can’t stop teasing -
It keeps me up all night,
Struggling to

Keep shouting.
Nothing is resolved when you slam
The bedroom door - Don’t sleep
Angry. You know I...

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When a child if gifted with a book it transforms into a key to unlock the mind.  The gate to the secret garden of imagination is pried from its forgiving hinges and the child...

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My grandmother used to bake pies 
in the kitchen where I lived as a boy. 
She would spend all day mixing 
             ...

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The front page of the newspaper read “Black Ten Year Old Boy Murdered in 
Mississippi Last Night”
A product of a rally that resulted in a racially motivated fight
This reminded me of the years of captivity...

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>>1111>>NO CONSCIOUSNESS BEHIND THEIR FACES<<1111<<

Dam straight dam straight, 
These ill lines are great,
Best be evacuating your current mindset, 
Let yourself breath away from your television set,
You unconsciously imitate,
Looking for my soul mate, 
Exploring in all...

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The Yard Sale 

By Elton Camp

We must admit, to our disgrace
Have run out of storage space

We cannot understand just why
Things we don’t need multiply

There’s clothes from when I was trim
Fear I’ll never again be quite...

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It's safe to assume I had a pretty unorthodox childhood. The blunt of the trauma and confusion being from an innocently named building known as the Stonehouse. Though after the assembly broke up, I believe...

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Rampage marching through the streets;
Crunching of infestation beneath bare feet.
Have you ever smelled true fear?
Mellowing heartbeats, trying to persevere;
Desperately quieting incorrigible tears.

Perhaps somewhere on a television set,
Or in a newspaper you gently fold back:
You might...

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A dark room with a small wooden desk, no lamp
A thick pad of paper and a typewriter, never used
Like a museum exhibit, though they aren’t allowed to gather dust
And dead flies and moths, a pack...

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OF THE NEW FLESH

A returned to open channels 
Open to the unknown the beyond 
Burning humming like angry hornets
Bottled in electric light and shadows 
The whispers come through the void
Humming in the open channel 
Of...

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It is recorded in the Bible that the memory                          ...

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Word Painting In Black and White

Cubed ice dismantling the plank bridge with pliers 
made of syrup spilled with a dash of grief and brawn 
the reptilian doughboy mixes up another cosmic batch 
of truth cookies...

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Garbage In is Garbage Out
by M. Griswold
06152020

Garbage in is garbage out, facts are facts beyond any doubt.
Experts say what you put into your head is what you're all about.
So be careful of what you feed...

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It was a cold and dreary Christmas Eve, 
the snow was deep so I couldn’t leave.
I was feeling sad and a little down, 
most of my folks don’t live in town.
I thought that maybe I...

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Early every morning, he started reading the newspaper at four
All by himself, no one else up at that hour
Nice, peaceful and quiet, a good time to think
Did not have any good news in it, advertisements...

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Dutiful little kid you always did your chores as you were told
not fully understanding why cigarettes on Mom had such a hold
Dad coming home from his different shifts at times very stressed
disappearing into your room...

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‘Twas an ordinary day in an ordinary park
When an old woman cam up to me
She said “Lend me your ear and I’ll show you the future
For only a very small fee”

So I gave her a...

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I Can’t Connect to the Internet

By Elton Camp

When I got home from having been gone all day,
It’s into my office to see what e-mail has to say
The Internet Explorer icon I give the usual click
However,...

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I was named after my grandfather on maternal side.
Cecil is my name, though at first I hated it so.
Teased I was, when I was younger, you need to know.
A cartoon there was, Beanie and Cecil...

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