Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Dec 26, 2022

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POETRY

Our Vampire Lord

The vampire living on top of the hill
 Has ruled our town with terror centuries.
 He tells us that he keeps us safe and will
 As long as he exists — and we must please
 Him, feed his thirst or, we’ve learned, he will spill
 More blood than we have given him. The…

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Oct 26, 2022

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POETRY

The Orchis Enthusiast

At last, she had it all — a maid to clean 
 And cook, a nanny who could watch the kids,
 And cash enough for her to at last ween
 Herself from any kind of work. Her bids

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Jun 11, 2022

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POEM

eHarmony

It is the modern day, and so we met
 Before we met — we each of us came in
 The network, joined a common node, and set
 A trap for someone we would like to win.

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Sep 14, 2022

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POETRY

The Door

You stand before the door of rotting wood,
 All lichen-mottled gray and green, the stone
 Wall matching. You knock. Do you know the words?
 The door stands silent, then it gives a moan
 That sounds like clippers rotting in their docks,
 Then silence from the door, the…

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

May 23, 2022

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POETRY

May Day

If Marx is right, the more I work on this
 One poem, as I contemplate it’s rhyme
 And rhythm, I will see its value kiss
 The clouds as labor builds up over time.

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Jul 4, 2022

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POEM

Animism

The river is a spirit, flowers grow
 Along her banks and house their fairies in
 The folds of leaves and petals — yet we know
 These things are primitive supersition.

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Oct 25, 2022

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POETRY

Finding Oneself at Home

A lyric on the radio and I
 Am reconciled to my fate to live
 In Dallas and to find it home. Yes, why
 Not find my happiness, my want to give
 In these, my neighbors. Why should I deny
 These buildings, people, streets, and theaters
 Who are and can…

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Dec 23, 2022

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POETRY

Cowards and Tragic Heroes

The coward destroys, despises, and hates — 
 Denies all virtue, knowledge, charity — 
 Empowers only hooded hangmen, debates
 Nobody, certain he is right — he’ll flee
 From love and risk and pain at any cost,
 And will not suffer any suffering
 To…

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

May 12, 2022

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Poetry

On the Hills

Dark pines on low, rolling hills, 
hiding those hills so slightly.
What life hides beneath their boughs,
springing up between pine needles?
Little life in such acid soils
produced by pines and oaks and magnolias.
These seem sufficient for the beauty
of these hills, a…

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Troy Camplin in Thyme and Time Again

Feb 2, 2022

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POEM

A New Wal-Mart

“We do not want it here,” they chant and cry — 
The time, the money spent, the vigor of
Their protest — fools alone would dare deny
This all is for a neighborhood they love.

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These were the top 10 stories published by Thyme and Time Again in 2022. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2022 by using the calendar at the top of this page.