Camp!

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Camp!

In the cold, lightless days of early winter, share a warming memory of camp. Use your descriptive powers to conjure the experience of those sun-up-to-sun-down days. What are the sounds, smells, sights that stand out for you? Was there a favorite campfire story, a new discovery you made about yourself, a powerful bond with another camper? Write about it! [Photo credit: "The Woods!!" by Writer1326]

Submissions

  • camp.

    If I close my eyes it feels like I'm still there.

    I can hear the clatter of plates and the clamber

    to be first in line for breakfast,

  • And my home

    It's too hot

    and it's too humid

    and I'm awake too early

    and I miss my home

     

    My bunk bed is lopsided

    and we let mosquitoes into the cabin

    and the showers are dirty

    and my socks are wet

  • Loon Song

    Author's note: I recently found out that a school that I loved sold their camp in the Adirondacks, where I have many fond memories. This grief inspired some writing, which I have posted below.