Today I see a brick wall Magnificent and cherry-red laid in layers of parallel cement lines It rises on all sides Cold and hard Towering and deep It is a house from the 1960’s with a wide porch and stately columns of white But it is not my house though I am bound to itContinue reading “The Brick Wall”
Author Archives: Eden Campbell
Eden-Gram #1: The Love Hypothesis
Welcome to my first book review! I’ve been waiting on a special book to begin with and Ali Hazelwood’s contemporary romance The Love Hypothesis is so incredibly worthy of my debut blog piece, I want to shout it from the rooftops. But first—what makes this book review different? Well, a self-proclaimed Enneagram enthusiast is writingContinue reading “Eden-Gram #1: The Love Hypothesis”
Even When
#VSS365, Prompt: Even Even whendarkness shroudsall that I hope for,the warmth of your feetbeneath the sheetsslide to find mineat some ungodly hourand I’m reminded in the worst of timeswe still have each other
Impossibility
#VSS365, Prompt: Ledge My knees dragas I crawl to the ledgePeer over into all possibilityGrab my rope, tightenmy laces but stay It’s the sameevery dayI know what I could bebut I’m too afraid of heights
Forgotten
VSS #365 Prompt: Change I once flew away—migratingnorth to southat the slightest hint of changeMy wingsgave me freedom,until I exchanged itto eat from the palm of your hand,perched in the beauty of your shadeMaybe I’ve forgotten how to be a birdbut I’ve learned to be love
Running in Circles
Tonight I am tired in my bones Deep-soul tired and When I close my eyes I can hear my feet pounding the earth in a heartbeat cadence The cool of the evening swallowing me as if I’m in another place and time — And, isn’t that the point? Some of us run for accolades TrophiesContinue reading “Running in Circles”
No Place Like Home
Pounding like a pushed too-far heartbeat Each careful syllable of the word California paused like slow-motion in my mind Because I was a small town girl with no knowledge of highways that stretch across the length of a state And I didn’t understand that a backyard of chard grass could drink of a brief seasonContinue reading “No Place Like Home”
Writing Community Connections
Here it is! Thanks to some wonderfully generous writers, I am compiling a database of expertise and interests from among the Twitter writing community. Everyone listed is open to DM inquires for anyone interested in learning more about a specific skill, trade, or interest. Please keep this writing related. Some Twitter users require you toContinue reading “Writing Community Connections”
Writer Community Connections
Here it is! Thanks to some wonderfully generous writers, I am compiling a database of expertise and interests from among the Twitter writing community. Everyone listed is open to DM inquires for anyone interested in learning more about a specific skill, trade, or interest. Please keep this writing related. Some Twitter users require you toContinue reading “Writer Community Connections”
Second Chance
Jessa stood in front of her desk, scanning its surface for anything suspicious, evidence he’d been there. Of course he had. They were in a daily war: Who could rearrange something miniscule without being caught? The day before she’d removed the staples from his stapler. It felt delightfully mischievous. Once he’d inserted a single yellowContinue reading “Second Chance”
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