Tracks, by John Campbell

Dakota Brooktroute

 JC

Pencil on paper

John Campbell is an artist and poet living in Maine. He has received awards for both his poetry and his artwork.  The best advice he ever received as an artist, he says, was: "just draw." With progressive and almost complete loss of hearing, and a recent illness that left him without depth perception, I said to him again, "just draw." I pleaded with him to join his poetry and his art together.  John's poetry flows from the core of his soul - and here is a glimpse into his soul in a new work of poetry and art together. 

   Tracks

Brother Cree say moose leave the deepest track Yet his marks do not stay Follow moose til the last hoof-print A day, a week, a month, even the Earth forgets But a dog, a good dog can leave tracks across a heart forever A good heart like a shield, it tells a story And is taut holding the dog as it crosses If the human heart is poor the dog sinks in cloudy waters of misery For dogs carry love, like wind carries cloud It's their nature here, and in the spirit world On the far side of clear waters others will know you Through your dogs joy, you will be welcome someday

An earlier award winning work by John Campbell. Pencil on paper, 18 x 24"

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