Easter Weekend Camping & Sneaky Poetry

So every Easter, if we're in town, we go camping out at Cooke Creek. It's usually hella cold, but always entertaining and a lot of fun. While I was holding back my best bud's hair as she was on all fours returning some wine back to the Earth, I pondered on how to introduce her to a little poetry. Then I thought, how could I get everyone we'd gone camping with a little more excited about poetry. The friends I camp with aren't super interested in reading poetry, or reading books for that matter, but they do like to play cards, drink, hike, fish, and BBQ steaks. And then it dawned on me -- I had brought Cards Against Humanity to our little soiree in the sticks and figured that would be a great way to introduce just a smidge of poetry into these poetry-less lives. The card game comes with blank cards where you can jot down your own funny verses, definitions, words, etc. After putting my ill-fated friend to bed, I pulled out my Cards Against Humanity game, jotted down a few sentences of poetry on each blank card, reshuffled them into the deck and waited for my next opportunity to play cards with my buddies. Turns out I didn't have to wait too long. The next afternoon, a couple of us sat around the picnic table ready to play some games. Just as I was about to suggest my doctored set of cards, someone else arrived with their own Cards Against Humanity set and we ended up playing with theirs. So poop. No slickly introduced poetry this weekend, but at least it's all cued up for the next time I find a group of friends eager to take in some giggles with a side of sneaky poetry.

Hoppy Easter, everyone :)  (See what I did there?)