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Best Campsite Poems

Below are the all-time best Campsite poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of campsite poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Lets Rhyme
As embers burn warmly at our campsite,
fireflies propel, floating like citrus in flight.
Crickets chirp in shadows of nature's delight,
composing sounds against a backdrop of quiet.

Spellbound...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: campsite, appreciation, inspiration, nature,
Form: Monorhyme



Sunrise Breaks On a Morning Camp
It’s been a long day beneath hot sun,
with sunset looming and daylight done,
came across water with a stand of trees,
deep in shadow with a zephyr...

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Categories: campsite, bird, nature,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member As Santa Leaves Slab City
Santa hasn’t drunk cocoa tonight,
and he’s not dressed in red trimmed with white.
In blue denim so cool,
he is toasting the Yule
with a drink surely not...

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Categories: campsite, character,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Campfire and Tall Tales
Campfire And Tall Tails

     Friends and sons come walking into the campsite all dress in camo 
 from their long day’s...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: campsite, father, friend, friendship, nature,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member October, When the Leaves Intensify
October, when the leaves intensify -
colored explosions: orange, yellow, red,
breezes to temper summer's heat draw nigh.

There's one last month of days with lightened sky
before our...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: campsite, baseball, october,
Form: Villanelle



Premium Member A Dirt Road Into the Woods
A dirt road leads into a forest
This road is winding and narrow
     into the woods
As the car travels it comes to...

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Categories: campsite, friendship, home,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Winter Magic
Like snowflakes your words fall silent.  But my heart still hears your voice.
Angie Weiland-Crosby


Among soft glow of velvet Northern Lights.
A winter's palette in landscapes...

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© Silent One  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: campsite, winter,
Form: Rhyme
The Grey Brumby Horse
The Grey Brumby horse
          Don befriended him,
         ...

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Categories: campsite, adventuredeath, old, death, old,
Form: Rhyme
Where Dragonflies Alight
It was a long hike before they reached the campsite,
and sunlight was fading with the slight threat of rain.
Mandy was weary and Jeff's mood was...

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Categories: campsite, nature,
Form: Rhyme
The Joy of Camping
As the fire subsides
in the bleak campsite
and the darkness settles in.
It's almost time,
so get in the tent! 
The "fun's" about to begin.

So gather 'round
and make...

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Categories: campsite, addiction, anxiety, confusion, fear,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Ballad of Joyce Hill
To her family she was coy
         but truly she would be their Joy,
 a country girl from...

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Categories: campsite, tribute,
Form: Ballad
Birthday Bash Lost In the Forest
I didn't get lost in the forest that day, it was my beautiful friend Angels Birthday- when night turned so quickly from day ,when the...

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Categories: campsite, adventure, birthday, courage, environment,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Historical Nature Preserve
Historical Nature Preserve


There is an ancient resort at the wooded site
of Mohonk Mountain House, where olden times invite
us to enjoy a beauty that is not...

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Categories: campsite, beautiful, nature, paradise,
Form: Monorhyme
Vacances En France
Vacances en France

Seven hundred miles we travelled,
Across both land and sea.
Because our friends had told us,
France was lovely as could be.

Two caravans we towed there,
To...

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Categories: campsite, holiday,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Going Camping....Not
This year for a vacation
Camping we did go.
It didn't have my vote,
I was outnumbered, wouldn't  you know.

Camping is relaxing
And fun at any age.
Trying to...

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Categories: campsite, adventureme,
Form: Couplet

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