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Best Mess Hall Poems

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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...

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Categories: mess hall, childhood, lost, remember, sad,
Form: Rhyme Royal



Premium Member Rite of Passage
Is 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
Premium Member 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 Dream
I 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 Field
Jayne 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 Ham
Perchance 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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© Lisa Ricci  Create an image from this poem.
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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© Tom Bell  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: mess hall, funny, imagination, on writing
Form: Burlesque
Premium Member Dining In An Army Mess
I 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
Premium Member Neanderthals
Weary 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 Precious
This 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 Sailed
The 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
Premium Member Dad and Me
She 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 Ham
Fork 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 College
Elitist school hovering;
     Hummingbird-like wind laden migrating.
     Evening mess hall dining;
     Past the...

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Categories: mess hall, school,
Form: Free verse

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