Short Swampy Poems

snowy white
ten egrets congregate
in a swampy field...

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karaoke of frogs
buried in swampy pond grass ~
       mating Spring army

5/7/2020...

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IF YOU COME ACROSS A FROG,
IN A SWAMPY BUGGY BOG...
AND, YOU ARE A BIG HORSE FLY...
YOU WILL GET SLURPED UP AS YOU GO BY....

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Licking River, a tributary of the Muskingum in Ohio
It's a Shawnee word for “swampy ground” it ain't no typo
Bet you're glad you tuned in
Hope it made you grin
I'm always here to spread cheer on this sideshow...

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Licking River, a tributary of the Muskingum in Ohio
It's a Shawnee word for “swampy ground” it ain't a typo
Bet you're glad you tuned in
Hope it made you grin
It's why I'm here, to spread good cheer on this sideshow...

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Nonchalant Monkey rides the masked elephant in swampy bend.
We wonder where he found the likes of this mysterious friend.
Who put the mask on this beast? An inquisitive star child asks.
The monkey keeps mum, no surprise, but it was quite a task....

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Creepy crawling slimy wiggly thing
Feels eerily strange against my pajama leg
I wake up suddenly
Thinking cobra
or sleazy wet rat
violated by my own imagination
Snatching my explorer hat
out of the clutches of the crocodile
in the swampy forest floor...

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Marshy   natives  claims  own bog 
Changed in  light   paints  in needle work
Space by space  to lit  hole in swampy darkness

Every  shape thought is legitimate
As it  hangs  in  a opening tree
In  mystical  ways  the  one and only flare
As branches  in  fierce bubled in naive land...

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Wander
Falter
Ponder
Endless steps down endless corridors 
Dragging heavy slimy soul behind
Through dust & rock & mud

Swampy mossy tangled soul
Full of reptile teeth & corpses of flamingos
Glossy rosy feathers float to the surface
& all they can see
& all they can say is
OOOH 
what a lovely shade of pink...

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Creeping and crawling through the miry bog
Disguising itself through the thick swampy fog
The creature it stalks its unfortunate prey
So it can gnaw on their bones all night and all day
Many a traveler has the creature devoured
Feasting on them as they laid down and cowered
The creatures relentless in its desire for blood
As it overtakes you like an oncoming flood
If you do travel go round the way for if you enter 
You’ll end up its prey....

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China made my canoe which I proudly adored
Flotation and recreation all on the creek shores
The day was right cool
The water icy below and a sudden rupture

Sent me into the swampy muck
Slick as an oily tool attended fish school
My feet had no traction and caused a change reaction
No leverage --spilled my good beverage

Never depend on a chinese rubber air canoe
Or you just might loose a shoe!!


**well I guess it is done ;-]...

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Life is our journey
We venture along its road
Sometimes free of burden
Often with a heavy load

Life’s roads are varied
Some hard to navigate
Many long and crooked
Others paved and straight

Some take the swampy road
Sinking along the way
Other roads are all uphill
Coping with a steep incline each day

Many walk a continual maze 
Never able to find their way out
Then those who take one step forward, two back
Forever wandering about……...

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Santa in Florida

By Elton Camp

In Florida, Christmas ain’t so grand
Santa’s sleigh won’t slide on sand
And not many children there stay
Most of the folks are old and gray

Santa’s thick, red suit will be right
To keep away the mosquito bite
Children have to leave him a Coke
On its foul water, he would choke

In land that’s so flat and swampy
The old elf just has to feel grumpy
After Florida, Santa’s not seen later
He got swallowed by an alligator...

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