*Pomona College* The joys are countless—of life as a Sagehen,But let us break it down to these 47 things.Let us count this, and so we shall begin,Here is the list of the 47 things: The act of attending what is…
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Pomona College Poem
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UC Santa Cruz Poem
*UC Santa Cruz* If you found a forest fire in the City on a Hill,Would you then come out? Or try to put it out?If I told you there’s Banana Slugs opposed to decompose,Would you fade with no resistance? Or…
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Humboldt State University Poem
*Humboldt State University* Oh it’s a sunlit California afternoon in the middle of April,And this car full of Humboldt State studentsCannot think of a better day to go on a long road trip. They were on their way to the…
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University of San Francisco Poem
*University of San Francisco* Change begins at USF. A road map that has encompassedGiants of San Francisco like Bill Russell,Rolling Stones like Charles Fracchia who have taken the same bridge as the tourists, photographers, and beatniks, each coming back changed…and…
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California State – Sacramento Poem
*Cal State Sacramento* (Set to the Melody of “I Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty) Well I—Love Sac-Town.Yes I—Love Sac-Town.You can raise town costs and the rates like hell,I’ll still—Love Sac-Town. Tree Campus is our ground,So Forrest—ran to town.And we…
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San Jose State University Poem
*San Jose State University* 30,000 Spartans are deployed all over the combined 216 acres of San Jose State University.And they arrive in lecture halls like the BBC, to receive their weaponry. This is where the Spartans are briefed on how…
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Santa Clara University Poem
*Santa Clara University* In the trees of the Redwood yearbook,There are photographs that are in His image,It is the aftermath of another clean finish,And what just passed us now commands a second look. Returning to the orchard and the Santa…
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UC Riverside Poem
*UC-Riverside* Each year, more immigrants voyage to California than any other state in America.Many of them sail through boundaries so that their children can cross Riverside.People who believe that borders between unity should be crossed until they’re crossed out.So that…
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Scripps College Poem
*Scripps College* We’ll start here at the doors of Denison,Then with the years you’ll go proceed,To hold each tick as prime as venison,In gardens where Green shows you’ll succeed.You’ll stroll daily through shades of flowers,Be serenaded by the roses of…
Loyola Marymount University Poem
Loyola Marymount Lions trudge out their blue & red lairs to make hunger crawls stall inside Hunger Banquet, Iggy’s, and heat up in shelters like The Den that deliver dark doses of warmth. There’s an emanating nearness coming from this…
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Original Clyde Aidoo 