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Summer Camp Poems - Poems about Summer Camp


Witch from Minnesota
Her spell remains over me 44 years later Once a bumblebee has kissed the nectar of Snapdragon The creature is fever of succulence She says, “You kiss so softly I think it’s a thing with guys with braces My name is Bob.” That’s quite a coincidence After our third day at Civitan camp in Albion High school awaits us all this fall Someone...

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Categories: summer camp, change, childhood, feelings, high
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Summer Camp
Summer Camp Summer camp's been a win-win, this week made me grin! What great times we had, going like mad, never sad met playing croquet the first day of our va-cay you're the one I had fun with each day in the sun played awesome sports in shorts, laughed through games of all sorts what jokes we'd make sitting by the...

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Categories: summer camp, first love, goodbye, love,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Summer Camp Riff
Ding a ling Ring a ling Ping a ling Ting a ling Sing a thing Wing a thing Fling a thing Sling a thing ...

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Categories: summer camp, song, summer,
Form: Light Verse
Summer Camp
Two ladies on an hilltop slept Where coyotes howl and nightly crept They heard no growl Nor any howl But learned to look before they stepped!...

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Categories: summer camp, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Clapping Song
There was a farmer knew his vowels And this is what he'd sing-oh A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U And sometimes W. (And Y.) There was a farmer knew his vowels And this is what he'd sing-oh A E I O CLAP! A E I O CLAP! A E I...

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Categories: summer camp, children, farm, humorous, kindergarten,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member At Summer Camp
at summer camp sharing candy necklace with new friends posted on June 25, 2018...

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Categories: summer camp, candy, fun, summer,
Form: Haiku
The Old Summer Camp
In the green Adirondack foothills lies the haven of our old summer camp, once a place of adventure and outdoor joy, and the loud cries of precocious scamps, their energy you never could tamp, scurrying ’round on small, rapid feet, leaping into the pond without a beat. I remember coming here myself, gazing up at the grand totem pole, the mess hall with fieldstone...

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Categories: summer camp, childhood, lost, remember, sad,
Form: Rhyme Royal
Premium Member Summer Camp Souvenirs
When I got home from camp today, My parents almost died. They asked me how I got this way, And here's what I replied: "This little cast from heel to hip Is nothing much at all. Some broken shingles made me slip From off the dining hall. "The poison ivy's not so bad. It missed my back and chest. Of course, I guess I oughta...

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Categories: summer camp, childhood, humorous, parents, vacation,
Form: Light Verse
Summer Camp Fun
I went to camp one year to feel so free Not one of us got sick at all for sure I went into the river to see and fish But I was pushed into water so pure Setup the tent to sleep the night away With bites that itch kept up the night so sad The next we thought an idea...

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Categories: summer camp, adventure, childhood, children, education,
Form: Sonnet

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