By Cambell Robinson
Beautiful Ocean
Neve rending fun
Anomie Incredible Reefs Eels
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By: Holt Robinson & Ann Enright
Rogest transformed a tree
To a moose to an evil piece of broccoli.
Cambells scuba skills morphed from
Hesitation to utter elation and now
A prospect for the next Scuba-opoly
Connor and Jack made Kids Sea Camp
Week 2 complete with C-cards
Teen diving and now respectful
Stewards of the Blue
Ann and Holt well we had a blast
Great Buddy Dives and out kids
Certified divers at last.
Another wonderful weeks come and gone
New friends, our kids and divers one
May your year be good and full of joy
We’ll see you again on our next Sea Camp Ahoy
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By:Stephanie Van Zandt
Swirls of pink and purple litter the evening sky
A majestic schooner silently sails by
Stars peek out over Brandaris Hill
The day time chatter of songbirds goes still
The magic of dusk in Bonaire gives a happy sigh.
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By: The Carney’s
From many a region, rare and creed
Waving but one flag-we’ve all agreed
A textile of red with one white sash
Kids Sea Camp is on, so quick lets dash
Book the airfare, pack the gear
It’s time for the highlight of our year
Leave at home the trials of every day
Grab the kids and lets go play
New friends and memories to be made
And of course the sea life on parade!
Sadly the week must come to a close
Where to next? Ask Margo-she knows
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By: Rob Parker
This year we decided to go to Bonaire
To swim in the salt & breathe fresh air-
Kids Sea Camp is filled with wonderful treasures
Time spent with you is one of our greatest pleasure
The dives we do are so much fun
When bedtime comes, teens are still on the run
This week as always it comes too soon
Next year we’ll do it again, starting June?
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Sung to Jingle Bells By: Wakely Family
Chorus
Kids Sea Camp, Kids Sea camp
We’re having heaps of fun
We love to dive
And we love to swim
And we love to sit in the sun
Kids Sea Camp. Kids Sea camp
Buddy Dive is number one
The staff are great
The food is fab
If you can just put up with Ron (and in truth we all love Ron(
Verse one
Diving in Bonaire
A frog fish is quite rare
Turtles are a plenty
I’ve counted more than twenty
Pat dives without a mask
Cindy without a suit
Bob’s booties are falling off
US Queen dives are so tough.
Verse two
Shopping in Bonaire
Can give you quite a scare
You’re wondering if it fits
Boy! That mannequin has got big….bits!
Our Masks to Pat for candy
They’ve come in pretty handy
Bonaire above & Bonaire below
Has made our bits quite sandy.
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Dear Ron By: Robert Sherman
Thank-you for the wonderful week, I will miss you, Love, Nicolas
There once was a family that went to Bonaire
Whose fantastic tale was beyond compare
It started on Sunday and lasted six days
Filled with eating & sleeping & all kinds of play
The divers they came, by boat and from shore
To see all the coral & critters galore
They saw corals of Elkhorn, Pillar and Fire
The giant brain specimens left them inspired
They saw sponges like barrels, long tubes, and some vases
The purple-tipped anemones lit up their faces
The critters they spotted were big and so small
As they drifted on current along the reef wall
Trunkfish & parrots, the angel fish queen
In every direction could always be seen
Grunts of all types, and don’t forget snapper
In black and white stripes, the drums do look dapper
The octopus and tarpon hunting at night
The jellies at dockside causing a fright
The eagle ray foraging deep in the sand
A school of trumpet fish strikes up the band
Now all was not happy, they did the day
When photos of frogfish, turtles and ray
Were mistakenly erased from the flashcard Wednesday
But all was not lost, there was more diving to do
They saw another frogfish and , and not one seahorse but two.
Yes these were the memories of Mom and of Dad
While the kids had their own plan for fun to be had
They dove and they snorkeled and played in the pool
Kayaks and blow carts were also so cool
After painting with Ron, off went lads and lasses
To drive to the place where they save Bonaire’s asses
The time went so quickly, the days were a blast
If only they knew how to make it all last
So it’s off to Grand Cayman in two-thousand ten
Another Kids Sea Camp, let’s do it again
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By: Ann Enright
Ron, thank-you so much for sharing your many gifts with our
Children this week in Bonaire, including your passion, humor
Leadership, motivation and amazing artistic talent! You were not only
The glue that bonded our group this week, but also the sunshine that
Brightened our day.. you were our moon as well, and closed each day
With your calming touch. You made KSC extra special and you were like
An octopus this week, wearing 8 hats and multitasking like no one can duplicate!
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By: Morgan Tapperro
To the Tune of we will rock you
(stomp stomp clap stomp stomp clap )
Sassy’s Seal’s, Jr open water certified
Kids and all the others, scuba diving,
Snorkeling, swimming and all, all were
Guna di is have a ball, singing we will
We will dive, what, dive, yeah, we will
We will dive, what dive, yeah
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By Families: Rivera & Triano
I was asked to write a poem about something dear that hits home
I am writing about Kids Sea camp, where 90% of the time my pants were damp
So here we go, roses are red, violets are blue, oh wait
That’s what you told me not to do
So instead, I will write about the Jersey crew
Where scandals are not new
You may think that we are all corrupt, but truth be told
We just like to have fun and drink up
Felix with the Chivas, Hector with the rum & coke
And poor Madeline trying to drag them away from the bar
That ain’t no joke
Maria with her beautiful girls trying to maintain curfew
But the girls had a different view
Her daily sightings was our children’s nervous faces
Admitting that their gear was in unknown places
As you know KSC is about reuniting with old friends,
And that we have done, meeting new friends, which we hope to see at
The next one.
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By Hannah & Dave Mummey & Sue Schindale
Poem is to be read in the spirit of the Competition
Free month @ Buddy Dive for the best poem of family
Bringing pet hamster
“EST”
We are on a quest
To find words that
Rhyme with Rogest
We’ll do our best
And after all it is not a test
We’re here to rest, but this exercise gives us
Something besides food to digest
We hope the prize
Was not in-jest
Because our pet hamster has built a nest in rm 512
At Buddy Dive –est.
Hammy is not a pest
But he refuses to go
Back home in the west.
Here is his request
One additional month as a
Guest of Rogest
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By: Tamara Matheny
A Bonaire Haiku
Happiest when wet
Bright fish, blue water surrounds
Breath deep and stay down
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By: Sam Matheny
In over my head
But safe just he same
Deeper still
Just my heart to blame
Skin is so brown
Water is bluer here
Sun rays bathe us
Reflections beyond compare
Can I not, do I dare
The cylinders last sigh
A longing breath
In over my head
But not my heart
Let’s go down again
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Ty Matheny
Deep in the ocean
There’s a whole lot to see
Deep in the ocean
Is where you should be.
There’s fish and coral and tons of other things
Deep in the ocean
There’s an adventure to see.
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Bon-Haiku
By: Martin & Marilyn Wolff
Wet children growing
Neoprene, acrylic paint
Ocean breezes call
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