Best Liberal Arts Poems

When he is a young man
He stands head thrown slightly back, 
Tie straight, proud flag flying high on the ships main mast
He is full of ideas, thoughts and the deepest sense of self and selflessness. 
How will he conquer all that weight that he feels...

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When we walk the campus
			to what used to be the center,
			we might miss the venerable place.
			Taller piles of brick and towers
			obscure the central space
			of Western Pennsylvania brownstone.
			Who hasn’t heard the poet moan:
			“Present concerns shroud the past;
			Granddad’s principles will not last.”

			But as we turn the corner...

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Imagine
if you would be so kind,
join me
in striving to become 
less blind

Brilliant God says:
Give to your oppressively militarized government
weaponized suppressive
defensively repressive
straight white monotheistic privilege
paid for in tax advantages

And so
it was nationalistically done

Every fall
all co-invested residents send in their conservative
or liberal
or bipartisan dollars
to empower Ceasar's congress
to...

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