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UW-Oshkosh Poem

From Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest. Available Now! *UW—Oshkosh* Like an intersection where a child meets her birth mother for the first time: Oshkosh is where you and your future meet. And here we repeat the same phrase the

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UMKC Poem

From Alma Mater Vol. 1: The Midwest. Available Now! *UMKC* Roo-Root for the Roos, Raise the Gold, Surf the Blue, In hostile terrain— Move past the Boos, They couldn’t walk a mile In the Roo Crew’s Shoes. Son, When you

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“Expression” the Orphan

From Art of Mind: Philosopoems to the World *“Expression” the Orphan* You don’t control what I do, And this isn’t “Giving you Lip…” Just because we’re Kin, Doesn’t Mean We’re Joined At the Hip. I may still roost in the

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Letting Go

From Art of Mind II: All In *Letting Go* Whenever I hugged my mother as a child, The hardest part was Letting Go. And when 10 year reunions are formed or a spouse returns home from a long day, or

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