Yes, you can die from ME.CFS

Read the CFS Warrier's Jan 24, 2012 post.

Our disgusting appetite for anorexia chic...excellent article

Another day, another dainty dead girl. The premature passing of the French model Isabelle Caro from complications due to anorexia nervosa is as tragic as it is unsurprising. Caro, 28, was the face of the world-famous Nolita campaign, a poster project designed to show dieting teenagers the horrific effects of anorexia on the body.......Continue the article here




    Another photo of Isabel Caro.

The New Year has arrived!

I've not been on the blog or visited other blogs in a while. My energy continues to be low and since the social networks caught on only the dilligent bloggers have a strong following. I slept most of New Years day but did manage an appearance at the meal with my husband and his father. Our pets were as sleepy as I was:-)

My husband and his dad.

my father in law and me.

one of our two cats taking a snooze.

pup and Spike relax together. Sabrina hides when anyone she doesn't know well is in the house.

Let's hope this will be a good year for all.

Pris

Sketchbook Journal is out!

I have some haiga in the latest issue. Go to http://poetrywriting.org/Sketchbook6-5SepOct2011/Sketchbook_6-5_SepOct_2011_Haiga_Pris_Campbell_00_Thumbnails.htm   
to see my page . Hit the H on top to go back to the homepage and read the rest of the journal, which also includes collaborations with Geoff Sanderson. Thank you, Sketchbook.

I'm still not much online. I'm finding that I don't have the energy to spread myself so thin if I want to use any of it to write poetry or create haiga.

Pris

Postscripts to the Dead is out!!!

My latest chapbook has been published as part of the MiPOesias Chapbook series. The book can be ordered at www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/284771. Free downloads are offered.

Read Grady Harp's review at Goodreads. His review includes three poems from the chapbook quoted in their entirety.

MagCloud is offering 25 percent off of all of their books until Oct 30. This book sells for 7.99 but until that date will sell for less than seven dollars, plus mailing.

I hope those of you who enjoy my poetry will buy or download the book. I'm excited about the chap.

Pris

Health Issues

Health issues have been a major problem for over a year now. I've finally accepted the fact that i can't keep up with a blog the way I did in the beginning but I do love the personal nature of a blog compared to the social networks. This means I'll be in and out as I can and I'll read other blogs as I can. Tis the best I can do.

S.A. Griffin's tribute to Scott Wannberg

Go to S.A.'s blog HERE to read a poem for Scott Wannberrg that will tear your heart apart. The poem is brilliant and moving. The link opens in a separate window.

Colorized Version of a bay in Hawaii where the locals went

 


No bars. No hula girls in fake paper skirts. Just the sea and thee. I loved it there. Since Hawaii's colors were so vivid, I couldn't resist making this brighter to pick up the real feel of the island.

Pris

Wow, what a fantastic site of linked haiga!

See Haiku Here blog. A real gem!

Older haiga published in Simply Haiku 2008

Click to enlarge and read the haiku. Photo take at Lake Worth Beach, FL

Stunning duet with Stevie Nicks and the finalist on Hulu

I see this video is no longer available as of my Oct 4 2011 check. If it comes back I'll repost it.



I took my love, and I took it down
I Climbed a mountain and I turned around
and I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Till the landslide brought me down

Oh, mirror in the sky
What is love
Can the child within my heart rise above
Can I sail through the changing ocean tides
Can I handle the seasons of my life~~~
Mmmm mmm mmm

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too

(Interlude)

Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
children get older
And I'm getting older too
I'm getting older too

So, take my love, take it down
ooh, if you Climb a mountain and you turn around
If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well the landslide will bring it down

And If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well maybe the landslide will bring it down
Oh the landslide bring it down.

An older haiga with Mike Keville published in Sketchbook 2010

The June 2011 Dead Mule is out!

Four poems of mine can be found in The Dead Mule. Lots of good work in the issue, especially Michael Parker's chapbook.

For the Veterans

Wikimedia has given permission for free use of this photo. It's among the most moving of many I looked at in considering what to post in honor of Memorial Day.

Pris