A
summer, long ago
a
different sleepover,
out
under the stars,
in the
Berkshire woods
when
summer camp
meant
the YMCA, Camp Shepard
Dad
and I arrived late,
what
a surprise,
my
age group
already
at the campsite,
long
past dusk
Finding
a spot to roll the sleeping bag
on
the ground, look for roots,
for
rocks underneath
see
the sparks of the campfire
yards
off, spiraling upward
toward
the white pines above
Creating
strange orange silhouettes
in
the June air, stillness
Nearer
to the overflowing trash can
than
the fire pit, a few of us stragglers
hunkering
down for the night
A
sudden rustling nearby, FREEZE…
for
the family of skunks
was
out for a snack;
lay
still in the sleeping bags
boys,
for we dread a mistake
made
more real, urgent,
this
far from the fire.
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edited September 26, 2019
Closer to the Fire – v4
editing original and version 3
&
edited September 26, 2019
Pocahontas-ed – v2
&
edited September 26, 2019
Focused on My Family – v3
&
Edited January 7, 2014
Focused on My Family - v2
&
edited April 7, 2015
Closer to the Fire – v3
(editing version 2)
Camp Shepard
edited July 22, 2012
“Closer to the Fire – v2
&
part of a series of poems written the same night
&
September 23, 2006 21:07
Focused on My Family
note 9/26/19 –
not sure the basis of the
change in plans,
Erica was 10, Shyanne 6,
Shanequa 4;
but I wrote the poem
Pocahontas-ed
at September 23, 2006 21:12,
about 5 minutes later
about the girls sleeping
downstairs with gramma
and about 15 minutes later I
wrote the poem
Closer to the Fire at September
23, 2006 21:22
about YMCA summer camp years
before
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