A poem written in Jedidiah Smith State Park

Campfire Stories

Campfire stories,
knights brave and bold.
Campfire stories,
with ghosts of old.
Campfire stories,
over a warm yellow glow.
Campfire stories,
make the night wane slow.
In the still forest
soft whispered voices
pierce through the dark
and over crackling bark
to tell of far-away places
and thrilling detective cases.
These campfire stories
play in our mind
stories of worlds
we never could find.
These campfire stories
they twist and they dance,
as the teller crafts tales
everyone’s caught in a trance.
Rare nights are these,
when we go without tire
among the tall trees
sharing stories and the blessings of campfire.