*The United States Naval Academy* (Set to the Melody of “Anchors Aweigh”) Bear the Gold Standard, boys, power through the sea!Wear these colors told and bold and fight with dignity!Steer onward, Navy Men, don’t give up the ship!Lead the way…
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The United States Naval Academy Poem
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Johns Hopkins University Poem
“Johns Hopkins University” It was the night before Christmas,When a dying Johns HopkinsBequeathed the gift of lifeTo our university and Johns Hopkins Hospital—So that our residents could return this giftTo patients of America, China, Italy, and Singapore…Ensuring hundreds of years…
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American University Poem
*American University* Great University wearing our colors and name,Fortify this dream upon the Northeast,Represent in accuracy with patriot’s aim,Stream the stripes with uniformity’s crease.Over the redwood trees of dawn,Above the tracks of oppression’s lawn,The Eagles shall rise to radiance,Triumphing over…
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The Catholic University of America Poem
*The Catholic University of America* The Lord’s clear, unspoken words:“Let there be right.” We will take the Way of the Cross,&Encounter with the Spirit,Unwavering Cardinals near itThrough prayer, worship, and retreats,MLK Service that day and all weeks,Finding injustice so we…
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UW-Oshkosh Poem
*UW—Oshkosh* Like an intersection where a child meets her birth motherfor the first time:Oshkosh is where you and your future meet.And here we repeat the same phrase the mother utters to her daughter: You’re among family now. When you take…
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Northwestern Wildcats (College Poetry)
Northwestern Wildcats Take a walk around this school by the lake andyou will encounter a Rock.Wildcats go east of the courtyard between Harris and University Hall many steps after marching through the archto mark this boulder with Northwestern Stripes and…
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Maintenance
*Maintenance* I’ve got to do some inside Maintenance, beforeI can even consider having company. I’ve got way too much junk in here, and although I could use some company, I’m dreading the ringing of the doorbell, becauseI am far from…
Empire
*Empire* I will take these two hands and with cracked then bloody knuckles I’ll build an Empire.I will build a fortress out of rubble,I’ll wear myself down to a stubble.I will then make an autonomous list:Then I will rulewith an…
Supermassive Black Hole Ablaze
*Supermassive Black Hole Ablaze* Your Effigy is my MuseAnd it Ignites as ILight the Fuse. My affection was carved in stone—It was a monumentBeloved—to Behold…Now the world is watching it burn.Burn, baby, burn. *** S-B-H is my MuseAnd it Ignites…
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Sign
*Sign* Jay’s BBQ Potato Chips—2/$5Only we are too busy trying to read each other. We both roam about this aisle—But neither is making a move. I feel the tension as strongly as the Peach Snapple that’s in my hands,but without…
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