Pris Campbell: Among other Journals and Poetry Collections, Pris Campbell's free verse poetry has been published in Poems Niederngasse, MiPo Publications (print/digital/radio), Boxcar Poetry Review (her poem in the May 2007 issue won the issue's peer award), The Dead Mule: An Anthology of Southern Literature, In The Fray, Empowerment4Women, Tears in the Fence and Thunder Sandwich. She has two chapbooks, Abrasions and Interchangeable Goddesses, the latter with Tammy Trendle. In addition to Sketchbook, Pris has published her haiga/haiku in Simply Haiku, Haigaonline and Moonset. Raised in the Carolinas, she has lived in the midwest, Hawaii, New England and now lives in the greater West Palm Beach, Florida with her husband, a spoiled dog and a cat who sleeps on her rough poetry drafts. Formerly a Clinical Psychologist specializing in developing and running treatment units for people with chronic mental illnesses, she has been sidelined with CFIDS since 1990.

Unredeemed Souls

 

Sara is suddenly afraid of everything—
gray Chevrolets
Earl, the retriever next door
her new yellow trashcan
the man selling flowers at Kirk and 10th
her powder puff tree

She wonders if unredeemed souls
spin through the galaxy
like planets or moons, even space debris.
She wonders if grandfather is close now,
like Mars was that time,
still trying to grab her,
still wanting one last shot
at the child she used to be.

 

 

Haiga: lambs bleat, his hand touches mine

 

 

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