Campuses Poems - Poems about Campuses

Bad ideas never die

...Social Media influencers on the racist right
said us Jews control radio and TV
That we rot the roots of morality’s tree,  
The implication is clear; there’s no society free.

One TV personality ...

Purim

...Purim

A Jewish celebration of salvation
from the hands of the vile Haman
Esther and Mordecai stood up for their people
even while fearing for their lives
Haman was made to pay for his guilt
a...

Workplace Beauty

...True workplace beauty resides not in grand corner offices
Or sleek designer furniture that impresses.
Nor is it found in trendy open floor plans,
Or state-of-the-art gadgets in employees' hands.
...

I Survived '75

...KEY - W: Will/Me - F: Friend - M: Mom

Thanksgiving week of '75, as a concurrent student earning multi-degrees from two campuses, and one off. I lived above the Uni, uphill, panicview Hilo ...

Vanguard

...David sought a vanguard for revolution,
The Black Panthers seemed the perfect solution.
He built them a foundation, it employed his friend,
Until she found fraud and met a quick end.

Betty’s mu...

Beer Cheese Poetry Soup, Part Whatever

...

Just add beer and abracadabra . . . 
Flavor galore! 
Just don’t add too much . . . 
Alcoholism is a disease. 
It should cook out though. Anyway, I hope it’s not too cheesy. 
Some of you are ...

These men who have caused trouble all over the world have now come here Acts 17:6

...When the apostles of Jesus Christ, after his ascension into heaven, spread the doctrine
of Christianity throughout the ancient Roman empire.  Those who made their profits in
making pagan idols for ...

America Never Learns

...The powerful have bombs
the students have voices
enough is enough they say
University campuses unite

A map in the year of 1947
tells a story no one in the west
really wants to hear
thieves o...

Protests

...In the 60’s we protested
Out on the quads
With our armbands and banners and signs
‘Til the rage manifested
By police riot squads
Put a damper on all our designs.

We erected no tents
And we w...

The newest generational divides in America today part two

...Many members of the two youngest generations used to describe themselves
as being "Nones," believing in no religion at all.  But in the process they have
decreed themselves to being their own gods ...

US Health Warning New Virus Alert

...EPIDEMIOLOGICAL NAME: Donkey Pox

ORIGIN: First detected in Orwellian hippies, Leninist/Marxist think tanks, insane asylums, secret societies, bourgeois anti-intellectual elites, social order a...

Ideals

...Ideals

Ideals 

High ideals?  
We all had them 
In the forties, in college, 
those long, all-night
heated arguments,  
sitting cross-legged 
on the floor,
debating how
to change the worl...

Why Does the Bds Equal Money For Iran Part Two

...In part one we addressed the facts that any amount of money raised by the BDS regardless of nation gets funneled into Iran. Portions of their ill gotten money ends up in the hands of Hamas and the Pa...

Beaches - and Dickinson

...I
The word, when said
Makes some go dead
The sound of dog (she)

II
Most beaches lead somewhere
Some beaches lead nowhere
Truth or dare (campuses
Have grassy, waterless beaches)

III
Dick...

The Grief of a Windchime

...you don't hear much about sleeper cells anymore
no whispers of 
elevating or lowering 
the terror alert...
we've lost the rippled art of vigilance i suspect
but you can bet the ghosts of the pen...

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