Boelter Poems | Examples

Kerckhoff in the Rain

Do mem’ries of the Inverted Fountain 
Well past midnight with Irene still remain?
Do you recall the way from the bus stop 
To the Kerckhoff Coffee House in the rain?

“From the bus stop, start with Lot 2, then through
Each familiar, brick-clad, commemorative hall:
Slichter, Franz, Kinsey, Boyer, and Boelter -
Next - to Kerckhoff - you’re dry despite the squall.

Coffee and compelling conversation
In Kerckhoff with companions and good friends -
Lots of lively talk and entertainment  
Before the evening finally ends.

That hilly Westwood campus paradise 
Has mem’ries for each point of view I take -  
Powell’s front steps, a pretty view of Royce,
The PM sun lighting both up from Drake.

Since that balmy summer night with Irene
A whole lot of water’s gone down the drain,
I just walk in my imagination, 
And I look out my window, and I see rain.”