UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY
NURTURING THOSE WITH A DESIRE TO WRITE POETRYEmery L Campbell
Poetry Anthology Book: This Gardener’s Impossible Dream
Publisher: Multicultural Books, 307 Birchwood Court, 6311 Gilbert Road, Richmond, B.C., V7C 3V7, Canada
Publication Date: May 2005
Number of pages: 95
Cost: Copies available for $15 including postage if mailed, from E. L. Campbell, 369 Cottage Way, Lawrenceville, GA 30044 or elcampbell08@comcast.net
Book Description: Divining the Spirits in the House of the Hush and Hush is a collection of poems that take “us on his profound journey through years of suffering . . .”, as described in the Forward to this book by Professor Emerita Susan Elizabeth Howe, BYU Department of English.
Sample poem from This Gardener's Impossible Dream:
Parting Is Such Seat Sideshow
I bend; the stresses, vengeful Huns,
they sunder seam—my trousers split,
revealing bare rear bumper buns;
I blush all reddish over it.
Six Girl Scouts squeal, their leader swoons:
how could the Fates be so unkind?
It’s eventide; a pallid moon’s
highlighting my exposed behind.
Retreat’s in order, back away.
Oh no! They’re dialing 911.
If cops come there’ll be hell to pay
before this episode is done.
The moral: let the penny lie.
Do not be tempted; pass on by.
-Emery L. Campbell