Long Camp out Poems

Oh Hanna. 

The sinking of the USS Stefan wood. 

Oh Hanna 
I want to take you to Montana. 
We can camp out by the springs we will go and see the way oil is founding...

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Splat

Explosions do not always signify combustion but often combustion arrives after many years of layering the layers and tightly packing. Thus meaning that a fried piece of fat could slip and burst out of the...

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See them coming they are possessed 
See them coming they are obsessed 
See them coming they are undressed
Their blood filled eyes stares at us in disgust 
And big guns protrudes from their sides, they are...

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Open minded Ike, who hailed from County Pike
Inherited a classic Indian Motor Bike
Being open minded and concerned it might offend
He buried it in the land fill of South Bend
Open minded Ike lived on the old...

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It is a lovely Saturday afternoon
The sun is shining the trees are smiling
And fall is closing in
Bright golden leaves hang proudly
from  tall slender trees
They stand at attention on top of the hill
Waiting patiently for...

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It happens every two point- five years so make sure you are there. Pack some stuff and put in the land rover and meet me at the desert in California. 

We will have barbecue on...

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Nestled among the trees in a primitive campsite,
A cub scout and his mother were on their third camp-out.
The tent was pitched; double foil wrapped food was cooked just right.
The young campfire cook gave his skills...

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II.
Now Reg was good at pressing flesh,
always had a gift for the gab,
in twenty minutes the locals
treated him like the best friend they had.

He bought some drinks, but not too much,
did not want to raise...

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What I Want For Christmas
By Curtis Johnson

I suppose I could use a new pair of pants, a suit of cloths, a coat,  or a light jacket. But that is not what I want. ...

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The old ruin sat near the brow of the hill
it had been there for centuries forgotten
none now knew for what purpose it had been used
not even the elders who had many suggestions

A not unattractive looking...

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I Think Of You - Ground Zero (Part 1)

Leaving under a blood moon
                in a jet plane rising
  los...

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See them flourishing in the field with vines running up and down the street, petals of hope are springing up everywhere opening up branches far and near and the lessons that we learn are hidden...

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Well, he's goofy and gangly and thin up on top
And his real last name once began with a "Cop"
But I don't give a hoot about all of that
'Cause his box office draw's made his wallet...

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This is a parable how so many on the highway to death
Following and fighting over material things
Caught up in this world following the crowd

We have Jesus on the other end with the self check out


Have...

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Have you found your bargain
So many will camp out
To get a present on a deal
The lines will wrap around
The outside doors 
When the door opens be careful
For they stampede in trying to enter
Many get injured...

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It's been years since I've heard that lonesome whistle blow 
Or smelled the smoke along the track
And I've been getting the urge to go
As my memories carry me back
There's an old railway station with its'...

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OLD CHARLIE

Old Charlie
he’s a Cockie from a bygone age,
has not departed 
from his old-time ways,
and his way of doing things,
tonight, with the billy on the boil,
and by the campfire bright; 
with last log from the...

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Write a song for me and let my soul sing
Write a song for me and join in the rhythm
Play the harp and the flute and take me back
Take me back to the days of my...

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Sitting round the
campfire
the men told each
other tales
as the night went on
each one
became more
elaborate by turn

Tales of whoopers
that got away
a few night time bed
stories
of this and that
very lush ladies
they swopped some
hunting stories

As the fire started
to die...

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Disarray,yet It’s just three forks

I sat for a few minutes on the newly placed couch, this will do for now.
I tried to gather a list of things to do methodically yet the disarray was apparent...

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And the people were fascinated by the
sssa!
Lava touches water,
cools.
Water heats.
Water wraps its hands around the melting
earth, to choke it, smash it, crush it.
Reduce it to its powerless state.
Then
sssa!
Earth and water consume each other.
Water, flown apart,...

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Why are there Stars?  I will tell you why…

Stars come out so we know that it is 
Time for a fireworks show to begin.

Stars give us light when there is a new moon.

Stars are...

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We accept tornadoes here,
expect them, tick them off
as they pass by like demon dreidels.
Usually they are not a big deal
unless they are.
Spring culls its little lambs
in all sorts of ways.

The murder rate in Chicago
climbs ever...

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175,000 Corona Ghosts

The corona ghosts get together
The 175, 000 band together 
And vow to haunt the living

As the voice of the dead
Need to be heard 
In the halls of power

They march to the WH
Surrounding the...

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The days as a counselor with the Y.M.C.A.
 We had a Y.M.C.A. blouse and blue shorts  with hush puppies.

My father Dr. Wolf had said that they are interviewing for the position of counselor,
I went...

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