Alma Mater Vol. 2: Available Now!

Do you want to learn about all the major universities of the Northeast region in a creative and engaging fashion within just a few days’ time? Have you ever wanted to know what makes each university across this great country unique? Football season is upon us! Now is the perfect time to learn where the school pride you see on Saturday afternoons comes from! And you can do just that for 99 cents.

100 Colleges of the Northeast are celebrated in the second installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “A Thoroughly Unique Poetry Project” with “A variety of delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” It is a collection that is all things college: Educational, Interactive, Experimental, and of course: Fun. Come see why Kirkus Magazine featured the series, calling it a collection of “Delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” You are cordially invited to the poetry party of the year. Do join us.

 

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Alma Mater Vol. 2: Available Now!

Do you want to learn about all the major universities of the Northeast region in a creative and engaging fashion within just a few days’ time? Have you ever wanted to know what makes each university across this great country unique? Football season is upon us! Now is the perfect time to learn where the school pride you see on Saturday afternoons comes from! And you can do just that for 99 cents.

100 Colleges of the Northeast are celebrated in the second installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “A Thoroughly Unique Poetry Project” with “A variety of delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” It is a collection that is all things college: Educational, Interactive, Experimental, and of course: Fun. Come see why Kirkus Magazine featured the series, calling it a collection of “Delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” You are cordially invited to the poetry party of the year. Do join us.

 

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Alma Mater Vol. 2: Available Now!

Do you want to learn about all the major universities of the Northeast region in a creative and engaging fashion within just a few days’ time? Have you ever wanted to know what makes each university across this great country unique? Football season is upon us! Now is the perfect time to learn where the school pride you see on Saturday afternoons comes from! And you can do just that for 99 cents.

100 Colleges of the Northeast are celebrated in the second installment of the series that Kirkus Reviews calls “A Thoroughly Unique Poetry Project” with “A variety of delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” It is a collection that is all things college: Educational, Interactive, Experimental, and of course: Fun. Come see why Kirkus Magazine featured the series, calling it a collection of “Delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” You are cordially invited to the poetry party of the year. Do join us.

 

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The Strength of A Man

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*The Strength of a Man*

We are supposed to have
Strength.
The strength to steal hearts
Right from the Owner’s Chest.
The Strength to evoke
The Power of Love.
The strength to
Build roads, towers, and
Scaffolds…
The strength to leave
The elderly, and our women and children
Baffled.
We are supposed to have the
Strength
To mold, shape and create…
The strength to make and provide,
and keep our families safe.
I am just A Man.
If I could be more strong —
I’d build a life for us,
It wouldn’t even take long —
I just need these roadblocks gone.
If I had the strength
to clear all They put in our way,
And leave just me and you,
I wouldn’t have to say:
I am just A Man.

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Stranger of Tomorrow

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*Stranger of Tomorrow*

this Thought you own
You really Borrow:
Never
Trust the Stranger
of Tomorrow.

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All the While

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*All the While*

While you were making friends,
I was in my Den.
While you were having fun,
My work had just begun.
While you were on your dates,
I was working late.
While you were “tapping asses,”
I was mapping classics.
While you made a family,
I made a biography.
While you were in Love,
I chose to Write…
&
While I have your time:
I was wrong. You were Right.

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Flip the Switch

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*Flip the Switch*

When I walked into your illuminating room,
My eyes correlated the Brightness
It may have been this two-fold Ray,
That caused me to be so blind
Rendered Dim,
I was unable to
look any further
The room remained blissful
Still
The only charge was
Ignorance
When I dared walk
to the broader side,
I knew I might gain
Some Insight
Though I was reluctant to see the light,
this was the only way
to shed some on You
I decided to become your company,
even if risking
overstaying my welcome.

The room is undeniably bright,
for my eyes can only be so wrong,
But as your ray shined
down on others,
I found myself
In the Shade.

This light once as beaming
As the Heavens—
Now flickers like a
Domestic Watt,
After being upon
The cold, cold Shade,
I could now clearly see:
This room — while
Open for Others,
Was Closed Off to Me.

She may have set
The Conditions—
but I would leave on
My Own Terms:
I may not be the
Brightest Bulb,
but I too can shade
My Pitch…
Before I left the room,
I was sure to
Flip the Switch.

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Stranger of Tomorrow

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*Stranger of Tomorrow*

this Thought you own
You really Borrow:
Never
Trust the Stranger
of Tomorrow.

Follow ClydeAidoo.com for the many sample poems from Alma Mater Volumes 1 and 2 as well as the Art of Mind series! And you can purchase the newly released Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast, a poetic celebration of the top universities of the Northeast below.

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Flip the Switch

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*Flip the Switch*

When I walked into your illuminating room,
My eyes correlated the Brightness
It may have been this two-fold Ray,
That caused me to be so blind
Rendered Dim,
I was unable to
look any further
The room remained blissful
Still
The only charge was
Ignorance
When I dared walk
to the broader side,
I knew I might gain
Some Insight
Though I was reluctant to see the light,
this was the only way
to shed some on You
I decided to become your company,
even if risking
overstaying my welcome.

The room is undeniably bright,
for my eyes can only be so wrong,
But as your ray shined
down on others,
I found myself
In the Shade.

This light once as beaming
As the Heavens—
Now flickers like a
Domestic Watt,
After being upon
The cold, cold Shade,
I could now clearly see:
This room — while
Open for Others,
Was Closed Off to Me.

She may have set
The Conditions—
but I would leave on
My Own Terms:
I may not be the
Brightest Bulb,
but I too can shade
My Pitch…
Before I left the room,
I was sure to
Flip the Switch.

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Mr. Poet

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World

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AOM I

*Mr Poet*

I have always found
Your eloquent verse
And commanding tone
To be a ruse as Clever
And Skillful
As your cultured meters
and fitting rhymes.
For the cry I hear
Is not for help
or compassion —
Public sentiment and unbridled expression
lay on the surface of your page,
while between the lines translates ambition,
Insecurity,
A pursuit for validation as much as attention
It is an effort worth a grand applause
And an admiring gleam…
For success is paid in generations
And failure is met with courtesy
And regard…
Just enough to get you through the next page
I have accused your emotions of being
Artificial —
Masterfully Manipulated
to evoke the desired response
Your delivery was lost in your genius lines
and cryptic stanzas:

Message Not Received
I resent you, your motives,
And Everything that you Stand For

* * *

Perhaps as time passed
I may have been hasty,
And If I was wrong —
I apologize greatly
Though our styles may differ,
And that will not change,
That is no excuse
To take motives in vain
I now understand,
And I don’t know why,
But my whole path changed:
Now I’m That Guy

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