Best Camp Poems
Below are the all-time best Camp poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of camp poems written by PoetrySoup members
Summer Camp SouvenirsWhen 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...
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Categories:
camp, childhood, humorous, parents, vacation,
Form:
Light Verse
ShadowIt was a glorious summer day and I woke up with the lark
Got my wheelchair ready and then headed to the park
I noticed a girl...
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Categories:
camp, dog, memory, soldier, war,
Form:
Narrative
A Need To Be Somewhere ElseI’m the one who needs to be somewhere else,
I cannot stay in one place.
The grass is green where I’ve never been
and never have shown...
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Categories:
camp, moving on,
Form:
Rhyme
I Think of You - Ground Zero - 1I Think Of You - Ground Zero (Part 1)
Leaving under a blood moon
...
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Categories:
camp, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
The Inner ChildI don't want to be your sister
I don't want to be your mother
I don't want to be your wife
nor your mistress or a lover
I want...
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Categories:
camp, beauty,
Form:
Free verse
This Gypsy SoulThis gypsy soul is on the road
It leaves castles far behind
It abandons ghostly mist
which sabotages the caravan of life
It passes along the mountainside
by golden...
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Categories:
camp, absence, passion,
Form:
Free verse
RegretWhy I did it, I don’t know
Tornado of regret tortures my heart
On a moonless night, he approached
Limping toward me as I pumped gas
Why was...
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Categories:
camp, angst,
Form:
Free verse
September 1945red rooftops appear to glow in rainy-day haze
lost in memories of pre-war bliss
she looks up to watch them bleed
pain is...
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Categories:
camp, longing, war,
Form:
Free verse
Once Upon A Time In Milton Creek The ConclusionIt was still quite dark in Milton Creek, and it had just gone four
When Tom arrived at the sheriff's office, and knocked on his door
The...
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Categories:
camp, america, death, western,
Form:
Narrative
Autumn - a Citrine Leaf
A citrine leaf in lingered lilt
did savor breeze of sapphire whisk
as Autumn’s honey-secrets spilt.
A hopscotch star.. an ember brisk,
she sighed and fell— then took her...
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Categories:
camp, autumn, dance, death, flying,
Form:
Quatern
This Gypsy Soul This gypsy soul is on the road
It leaves castles far behind
It abandons ghostly mist
which sabotages the caravan of life
It passes along the mountainside
by golden...
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Categories:
camp, adventure, joy, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Thing of Beauty=================================
A thing of beauty on her wrist
was confiscated by a nurse
who looked for items soldiers missed
in places (and by means) much worse.
They branded her inside...
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Categories:
camp, holocaust, thanks, war, world
Form:
Quatern
Young Brilliant Poet That Left Us Far, Far Too Soon Second Poet In Dedication SeriesNote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley
Percy Bysshe Shelley, Born 4 August 1792
Horsham, Sussex, England[1]
Died , 8 July 1822 (aged 29)
Gulf of La Spezia, Kingdom of Sardinia (now Italy)
Occupation Poet, dramatist,...
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Categories:
camp, appreciation, art, assonance, beautiful,
Form:
Rhyme
When the Stars Sang For MeI remember when the stars sang for me
Sweet sounds echoing through the night,
When I was young and, oh, so carefree.
It was not as though I...
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Categories:
camp, childhood, night, sky, stars,
Form:
Villanelle
Peasants With Pleasant RagsYou see us everywhere you go
Every corner of your street house our offspring
Every bridge in your city has become our refugee camp
We are the people...
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Categories:
camp, morning, poverty, rain, storm,
Form:
Free verse