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Best Poems Written by Gayle Campbell

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Sanctuary

Footsteps thumping inches
down the ramp
under the stained glass window
gathering Jesus’ sheep

bleating and pausing 
forward and sideways
scuffing the first white shoes
towards church

moments on the move
squatting before altar steps
with a devilish glint 
in blue angel spaces

a hurried hosanna
reaches like yoga toes
and quickly giggles
with pontificating souls

dropping to knees
rub the foot-trodden rug
measuring worship
in tiny prayer

Copyright © Gayle Campbell | Year Posted 2007



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Rubbing Your Shoulder

Spiraled fingerprints
spinning placidly forward
fingers round and round 
moving inward and outward
backward like a beet bulb 
from the earth and falling
in circles furrowing
arced lines and curved strength
of muscle memory holding
me mindful of long time you 
then and now pressing further
through freckles and primordial fuzz

Copyright © Gayle Campbell | Year Posted 2007

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Reading In Bed

Languid and luscious wet 
like watercolors I lay near 
pillows seeking words 
in a writer’s space riding 
the story coursing 
with compassion freely I drop
the book crested crimson
melts into hot rose petals soft 
and succulent rising 
into you falling into you

Copyright © Gayle Campbell | Year Posted 2007

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Anniversary

Absolutely
no question that
normal life unequivocally
is life with you --
voracious in love, an
energetic longevity of devoted time,
resilient in forgiveness,
sure I am
always already
relinquishing
your ying to my yang.

Copyright © Gayle Campbell | Year Posted 2007

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Autumn Yarn

Like a knitted farm blanket,
September's sun covers us.
 
Rolled up yarnballs are
haybales stacked and stored.
 
Click-clacking needles echo
horses' hooves, hurried hush.
 
Summer unravels like a glitch
in the pattern, only to become
a loop in the autumn purl.

Copyright © Gayle Campbell | Year Posted 2007




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