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Out of the Mist


I dreamt that I might find my way
on a mountain path from long ago.
High on the slopes of Mount Wudang,
where endless clouds, flow soft below
to carry me back to the time of the Tang.

I dreamt I heard the masters pray
on a mountain top with Kublai Khan.
When out of the mist came old Xuanwu,
to guard the land in the days of the Yuan
with all the things the ancients knew.

I dreamt my path led far away
to a place I knew so long ago.
Where heaven measures Yin and Yang
and endless dreams, flow soft below
to carry me back to the time of the Tang.

Currently appearing in
Blinking Cursor Literary Magazine
Issue Three 2010
hanyu

www.colincampbell.org updated 22 July 2010

 

Out of Touch

(New short story)

 

Runner up:

Adult Creative Writing Club

Competition 106, June 2010

 

 

The Bite.
Currently appearing in

The Straitjackets Magazine

 


"Bull shit," said Big Betty as she snatched the remains of the roll-up from Richard's smoke stained fingers. "If bull shit was an Olympic event I'm sure you'd make everyone real proud of you."

 

"No, it's true. People don't see what's really happening," Richard said each word slowly like it was important. He got back to struggling with ..........

 

 

 

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Colin W Campbell

 

Who?

 

Originally from the UK, this lucky old dog now divides the year between homes in Sarawak and China where he sits in the sun and writes short fiction and poetry.

 

 

 

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