by Neal Levin
Dear Mom and Dad,
I hate this camp.
The cabin leaks.
My bed is damp.
The food is gross.
Mosquitoes bite.
The girls are such
An awful sight.
The days are hot.
At night I freeze.
My underwear
Is in the trees.
My counselor’s mean.
It’s so uncool.
But still, I’m glad
I’m not in school.
Copyright © 2009 Neal Levin. From the book What I Did on My Summer Vacation: Kids Favorite Funny Summer Vacation Poems. Meadowbrook Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Neal Levin is a freelance children’s writer and illustrator. His poems have been published in a dozen anthologies, including Rolling In the Aisles (Meadowbrook Press), Think Positive For Kids (Chicken Soup For the Soul Publishing), and Poems To Learn by Heart (Disney/Hyperion). He has also written both poetry and fiction for several national magazines ranging from Highlights For Children to The Saturday Evening Post. For his day job, Neal teaches cartooning workshops for kids in southeastern Michigan. To find out more, visit his website at: www.neallevin.com