University of Colorado Boulder Poem

*CU-Boulder*

There are those who play it safe, wadding adventures kept in a safe,
Then there are those who venture to go over, those who have dared
to
Live Boulder.

They Buff surfaces, then let their lights shine
A Boulder Gold and Silver found on an incline
For thoughts of ascension that mind their own affairs
Then ramble on through Conference of World Affairs.

And from this stand we assure the world hears us.

This is a campus of extraordinary beauty. High on the grass of Farrand Field,
Discovered every climb of the idyllic flatirons,
Where every time we see Colorado, we’re pushed to hike a
“Half Mile More.”
You can spot the Herd in a Pearl Street Stampede on our way
To the first zero-waste sports stadium in America:
Where the plays on the field are kept in sacks,
And memories inform the black:
No take backs.

In sports, CU remains
High. On the Hill.

With a pension to Free-ride in the snow Colorado
Has won 19 skiing titles, Go Colorado!
And the Cycling team has gloried Colorado
With their place at the top labeled: Occupado.

This is where shredders come from the largest snowboarding factory in the country.
Where the C-Unit blows the doors off Coors.
Where Ski Season is the “place to be” season,
And where there is no season like
Football Season.

Led out by the best mascot in college sports,
We’ll leave Rams in the dust, then
CU down the field.
Buffs roll forward: CU Touchdown!
And win another fierce
Rocky Mountain Showdown.

Team, all of Boulder has come to see you fight!
Fight, CU, Fight!

“The Pride and Tradition of the Colorado Buffaloes Will Not Be Entrusted to the Timid or the Weak”

Fight, CU, Fight!
Fight for Colorado: Week after Week.
Join the conference champions and the team of 1990:

Top. Of the Hill.
Then meet us every day
For another CU party, where you can find us
High. On the Hill.

The Hill where legends are made,
And phone calls are made
To friends across and out of state
Saying,
“This is the school to party.”

There goes the Herd down 13th street,
And if there’s a party with drinks, bet it will leak,
Then the entire Herd will soon come out
And show the whole world what CU’s all about.

Four years down the drain is what some think,
But these folks haven’t seen us clog The Sink:
A signature of Boulder, with names signed on the wall:
Graduates who after Commencement will answer the call

To stampede the world with the Nolin Charge:

“Go forth, but not from us,”

The University of Colorado will always run inside you,
And as now an official member of The Herd,

You’re always welcome back—to run it back
With us.

From Alma Mater Vol. 3: The West
You can read the full four-volume Alma Mater collection here.
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