Best Mess Hall Poems
Below are the all-time best Mess Hall poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of mess hall poems written by PoetrySoup members
The Old Summer CampIn 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...
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Categories:
mess hall, childhood, lost, remember, sad,
Form:
Rhyme Royal
Rite of PassageIs it any wonder that on a recruit's first day of service he is befuddled?
From day one he's told to do things by the numbers...
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Categories:
mess hall, funny, day, day,
Form:
Rhyme
Latrine Acrostic(L)eatherneck Jugg Butt was detailed to clean the barracks latrine,
(A) humiliatin' prospect for a dedicated United States Marine!
(T)he young jarhead wanted so much to gain...
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Categories:
mess hall, humor,
Form:
Acrostic
Perhaps To DreamI used to sleep and dream
Bright colors....and images,
As a young man...
A new soldier....
I would sleep just so
I could dream....
Missing noon meals....
In the Mess Hall.....
Hungry...
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Categories:
mess hall, sadsleep,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Jayne In a Man's FieldJayne in a Man’s Field
I wrote on a Porsche “Take the Jayne Train”
How long in the mess hall would she remain
She came out and saw
She...
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Categories:
mess hall, humorous,
Form:
Limerick
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz HamPerchance yar juiced a young man or woman
maybe born, bread and raised in the city that never sleeps
and as a loyal son or daughter...
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Categories:
mess hall, adventure, appreciation, devotion, family,
Form:
I do not know?
Jack and Jill and Company -- One --"Jack and Jill and Company"
Jack and Jill were on their way to the unknown
talking many hours on the telephone
They never could say good bye
with...
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Categories:
mess hall, friendship, fun,
Form:
Limerick
Ten Thousand Torturously Terrible Tom's Tidbits (Two)12)Coddle- Two fish enrapt in love.
13)Mustard- A diarrhea victim who can wait no longer.
14)Jam Session- A gathering of sweet-toothed weirdos with various jams and
jellies.
15)Coffee...
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Categories:
mess hall, funny, imagination, on writing
Form:
Burlesque
Dining In An Army MessI became familiar with intriguing chow in the army mess,
Tho' I savored their chipped beef and gravy I must confess!
But some of their culinary efforts...
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Categories:
mess hall, foodthanksgiving, fruit,
Form:
Rhyme
NeanderthalsWeary of the mindless malls,
We journey out to view the scrawls
Etched by the Neanderthals.
And there compelling to us all,
We stand speechless and enthralled
Observing scenes both...
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Categories:
mess hall, animal, history,
Form:
Rhyme
To Sleep So PreciousThis is the darker side of me.
I used to sleep and dream
Bright colors....and images,
As a young man...
A new soldier....
I would sleep just so
I...
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Categories:
mess hall, lifesleep,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Oceans SailedThe Oceans sailed
I drove down to the coast today, could feel it pull
after all I was in the navy for 30 years and...
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Categories:
mess hall, fruit, future,
Form:
Sonnet
Dad and MeShe said "Let's go to Dad And Me, it really would be neat."
I couldn't say no. I loved her so. She was so young and...
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Categories:
mess hall, daughter, family, nostalgia, daughter,
Form:
Bio
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz HamFork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by...
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Categories:
mess hall, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form:
Rhyme
Privileged CollegeElitist school hovering;
Hummingbird-like wind laden migrating.
Evening mess hall dining;
Past the...
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Categories:
mess hall, school,
Form:
Free verse