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Composed in the spirit of a former student disillusioned and disenchanted with the University of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia due to its snobbish elitism and sectarian ultra-conservatism.

The Trill of the Lithium-Laced Lyrist


Law, English, business, and so on—
    alas, are tiresome!
All the professors here go on 
    with a prime axiom. 

A moldy, college campus where 
    knowledge and books abound,
freshmen and co-eds are clueless
    and confused all around.

Mid-terms and finals I so dread
    as the semester wends;
the pressure's on me to study
    as my freshmen year ends.

School's oppressive this semester,
    I'll see my old provost
and leave 'ere I rot and fester
    to try a better post.

William & Mary's M.B.A.'s
    are just worthless BS
(degrees from the home of “The Tribe,”
    dross that just obsolesce).

I'll trill as “The Lithium-Laced Lyrist”—
    as rhymes are my forté,
not tomes or stuffy scholastics:
    for poesy's my métier!
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014


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Date: 8/7/2020 5:20:00 PM
Delightful read infused with humor and a smooth style. Congrats on the win!
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Date: 8/7/2020 1:53:00 AM
...ah...so!...one must have it's contrast... ...e^ipi = -1.....or....-(e^ipi) = 1...they mean the same but....which be us : ) stan sand
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Date: 8/6/2020 10:48:00 AM
Smooth flow of words and ideas supported by light humour makes reading this piece an interesting experience. A great write!!
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Date: 8/6/2020 10:18:00 AM
Congratulations on your winning placement Wonderful poem loved it .
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Date: 8/6/2020 9:13:00 AM
Stone me - you've only gone and won something with a rhyming poem. Well done old son - is this a sign that us real poets have finally got a chance in life???
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Date: 2/9/2014 7:02:00 AM
Wonderful piece of a poem, congrats on the win, ngoc
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Date: 2/7/2014 7:48:00 PM
Winner List: Impress me III! (Old / New) Sponsored by: Giorgio V. are posted and I will: Congratulate you with your winning poem,Ngoc !!! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)
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