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Sides

*Sides* Take Sides.Then take cover.Command your SurroundingsAnd warn adjutants of opposed troops.Shield the fort that your team has builtFromWannabees&TurncoatsAnd always be on the lookout forFifth Columnists.There is a security in these arms, butEverybody knows that the same colors don’t alwaysShade

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People Who Walk Slow in the Wintertime

*People Who Walk Slow in the Wintertime* You know it getsCold Outside,Why do people walk slow in theWintertime? The temperature is frosty and frigid—but is much colder when you’re all alone.It’s too much for me to bear, while IPower walk—They

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She & He

*She and He* She wore a trim pink tank top…That was the color of her nursery five years ago.They named her Rachel, and she was the newest of three…a welcomed addition to theFamily.She holds the brown skin & heart of

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Scrapbook

*Scrapbook* Precious carats of time cannot be restored—Not even byChips off the block.We can only pick up the scrapsand protect this lasting jewel,Even when the next generationFalls Apart. From Art of Mind III: The Evolution of a TrilogyCopyright © 2013

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Georgia State University (Alma Mater – College Poetry)

From Alma Mater Vol. 4: The South. You can read the full four-volume Alma Mater collection here. *Georgia State University* Whaaaaaaatttt up, A-Town!We are Live, Live, Live! Comin’ atcha from downtown ATL,Album 88, Left on the Dial, Right on the

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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

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University of Alabama at Birmingham (Alma Mater – College Poetry)

*UAB* In Birmingham, Alabama, There was a hypothesis….rather a strong belief That the fusion of love and reason would eventually erode hate. Birmingham was a laboratory for a Doctor and many others to prove this to be so. And at

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Alabama A&M (Alma Mater – College Poetry)

*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 in the grind? They’re not in

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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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Harvard University Poem (Alma Mater Vol. 2: The Northeast)

*Harvard University* There will always be someone smarter. There will always be someone stronger, someone faster. There will always be someone who is hungrier. There will always be someone more skilled. There will always be someone, somewhere, who is better

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