*Chicago* Inquiring minds want to know:What is behind this city of wind, towers, and freight?This freeway of sweat. The Ivy Terrace above Make.Then the question shifts to who are behind it?Is it the Michael Jordans? Champions who have defied time…
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University of Chicago Poem (College Poetry)
Tagged with: Books, Chicago, College, College Life, Creative Writing, Poetry, UChicago, University of Chicago, Writing
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Georgia Southern (Alma Mater – College Poetry)
From Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South. You can read the full four-volume Alma Mater collection here. Copyright © 2017 Clyde Aidoo *Georgia Southern* We got a quiet town with pleasant country folks,With Eagles flyin’ their Blue and White,“I go…
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Barry University (Alma Mater – College Poetry)
From Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South. You can read the full four-volume Alma Mater collection here. *Barry University* You can observe it here, but it’s present everywhere. Barry University was built with catholic tenets and resided in Dominican heritage,but…
Tagged with: Barry University, Books, College, College Life, Florida, Literature, Poetry, Writing
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*Alabama A&M*
*From Alma Mater Vol 4: The South* *Alabama A&M* Why do they do it? Where do they find the passion? Where does it come from? Why do the Bulldogs at Louis Crews put in the time, and those in Elmore put…
Alabama Crimson Tide
From Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South *Alabama Crimson Tide* <Set to the Melody of “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd <Guitar Intro> Turn it up… …. Warm reels keep on turnin’… Pull for Crimson; Team, bring it in… What a catch for Alabama… Take…
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Alma Mater: A Series for the People
Alma Mater is a series that celebrates the universities of the United States through poetry. Kirkus Reviews has described the series as “A thoroughly unique project” with “A variety of delightfully unexpected poetic forms.” I see it as a project…
The Evergreen State Poem (Alma Mater Vol 3: The West)
*The Evergreen State College* This is the college of the Evergreen State, Where rain and Geoducks make the crops rotate, A hotbed where contemplative minds collaborate, And professors are known to be of the first rate. Yes, this is the…
Tagged with: College, College Life, Evergreen, Poetry, Poetry Books, Washington, Washington State
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Michigan Tech Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest)
*Michigan Tech* My, what lakes the mind can surf With all the discoveries We find; At Michigan Tech, we inspect global turf, The Land of Opportunity: We mine. We build ice sculptures from creative fires— Husky Fires Glow in the…
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South)
*University of Louisiana at Lafayette* Lafayette Welcomes You, You mayn’t feel it now, but you shall soon, So when you are feeling all at sea: Prepare for the battery. Festivity: Happily, Boldly, Creole life resides Faithfully; School Spirit, Love &…
University of Rochester Poem (Alma Mater Vol 2: The Northeast)
*U of R* (Set to the Melody of “Some Nights” by fun.) Some Nights I Stay Up Tweaking hard on Starbucks, Cramming to pass the vital laps. Some Nights I wish that Rochester had White Castle, Boy I sure crave…
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