Long Tuna fish Poems

I love spending nights on the lake.
Once the oven-like sun disappears,
things get suddenly quiet, except for
the occasional hoot of an owl, crickets, frogs
and the soft lapping of the lake on the boat.
When the moon rises...

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"Every day is a page to write a new story". 
And I have rewritten us every day for the last 20 years
We break up…but we were never really together
We make up…how sweet it is ...but...

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Redundant Again

By Elton Camp

There’s an expression hard to beat
It’s a reference to “hamburger meat”

Here’s another that’s too often seen
Come and use our “ATM machine”

In a storm, folks always “hunker down”
But to “hunker up” is not...

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posted--no swimming, strong under tows
no guard on duty

what kind of life is that, no swimming 
it’s my life and I don’t need a guard
I’m taking the sign down

He spotted a another sign, ‘no boating’
He had...

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OF ROY AND PINCH BANDITS

Claims Roy one day
to have been approached
by an angel of GOD
alleges the said angel
brought him news
news that he would pass to glory
complete with day and time...

Come the day... Roy
arranges meeting with...

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A_Abalone by the sea floats to shore then adored
B_Bonnets of the world make my heart unfurl surely not bored

C_Conch alive how their song can jive
D_Dove Shell rings my bell not like bee hive

E_Egg Shell poached...

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Mike and his father went grocery shopping.
Mike, age 4, chooses a tuna meal fish can.
Since his hands were full as he was swapping.
Mike opts to put the tuna in his pocket as a man.

A while...

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I've traveled the world o'er and consider myself a connoisseur,
Of the sandwich specialities of many a haughty entrepreneur.
I've sunk my teeth into tuna fish and spicy barbecue,
But there ain't nothin' like a rueben and ...

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hey man, your words smell like tuna fish
your rhymes are ludicrous
and I have a wish
you on vacation would be my bliss
your shirt is wearing spagetti
did you dine in the serengeti
oh yeah ha ha  just...

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A baby elephant arrived at my door,
I invited her in; having guests I adore.
Clutched in her trunk was a purple petunia,
I stifled a giggle; she looked very peculiar!

Swinging her trunk, she request some lunch,
I said...

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Depart from your accustomed 
typically usual routine. 
Specialize in being a generalist. 
Immerse yourself fully in the whole entirety 
of the complete volume. 
You’ll be surrounded on all sides 
by a myriad and multitudinous plethora...

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LOSS OF APPETITE (the heat)

Things don’t even look good
I’ve opened a can of tuna fish
Because –
Fish is supposed to be good for you     (iodine)
150 calories in the whole 5 ounce can
(by...

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Love Sonnet 
This afternoon at the local grocer I had bought a bottle of beer
 and a tin of tuna fish and I meet the daughter of the woman
I had been in love with, I...

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Little Billy Henderson got himself a notion,
He thought that it sounded like a lark to swim across the ocean.

He was never much of a swimmer but he thought it should be easy,
Unless the waves grew...

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         Christmas Visit of Santa Claus on 2020

      Being confused Santa Claus called  Reindeer
      ‘Will we...

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Grape Dog
‘Like a grape?’
There was a dog that ate grapes
The dog was happy eating them
For they tasted so sweet
Especially the black ones
So wonderfully yummy

They were small and seedless
Disappearing with a bite
And a couple of chews
Into...

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The Revenge of a Doormat 

It is late at night happily not hot just like 
a friendly spring and I have forgotten to water my plant
…. I have in the yard a 23 year old...

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My cat sat on the window seat
Tail thumping with a rhythmic beat
Like a lioness stalking meat
A bird to eat        A bird to eat

Oh, no you don't, my sweet...

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In a cat's life.We get a rubber mouse, 
a shoe string, or a butterfly to play with.
In a cat's life.We get names like Sylvester, 
Felix, Tom And Jerry, Morris, and Garfield.
In a cat's life.We chase...

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My great Grandpa Ving, he would eat anything
That he picked up in his misadventures. 
He ate lots of snails with their heads and their tails,
Grinding their shells with his dentures.

Toenail clippings with cheese? He’d say,...

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I went out sailing on Sandwich Sea
With my motley crew of make beliefs 
In a boat of pumpernickel with masts of cheese
Mustarding our courage  in a spreadable breeze

We watched peanut butter jelly fish swimming...

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I lean into the fridge to get a bite to eat.
And as my nose attests to,it doesn't smell too sweet!

I'm trying to decipher what that is in that dish.
And much to my dismay,it's month-old tuna...

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I remember:
Our red dodge with a hood

Where we would camp in back
With a box of cereal - Cheerios
My little arm all the way'n
Eating little round o's
With small chubby fingers

The truck reminiscent 
of my childhood in...

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When I was growing up, one thing
I’d never understand
Was why my mother didn’t keep
Necessities on hand.

I’d find there was no ketchup
For my burger on its bun
And running out of tissues
Wasn’t really too much fun.

Suppose I...

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the clever ones are tightening nets
'round the neck of the masses 
who
swim in the mist of
overconfidence
under a flimsy umbrella called faith  

but the blood net is closing fast
soon the masses will panic  ...

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