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Cornell Poems - Poems about Cornell

Premium Member Boxes of Memories
...It's hard to believe it has been nine years since my brother delivered each box. They all seemed to hold a special key, mysteries and memories to unlock.   My Dad had lived a mostly happy life, ......

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Categories: cornell, dad, grandfather, grandmother, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Of Passages on Pages of Time
...Used books were sold each semester. Los Angeles City College bookstore, and California State University, Long Beach ... They, too, sold used books. I've been in possession of some - Students fel......

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Categories: cornell, adventure, appreciation, encouraging, freedom,
Form: Bio



Premium Member No Protest No War!
...No War No Protest! Colors of red, green, black, and white spread on the east side of one campus On the other a wave of white, and blue stars A flock has gathered The atmosphere seems peaceful......

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Categories: cornell, courage, hope, war, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Clerihew Cornell
...Visual artist Joseph Cornell hit the spot,truth to tell In a collage of poetic reverie of glass boxes* you see *https://www.royalacademy.org.uk......

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Categories: cornell, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member Wind Rider
...I'm not a drone, a plane, or a superman. I'm not snow, hail, or the Rainman. I'm a ......

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Categories: cornell, animal, wind,
Form: Personification



1673 Newport Murder Trial
...1673 Newport Murder Trial One of my great grandfathers in my family tree Was accused of murder in 1673. His name was Thomas Cornell And they said he killed his mother Rebecca and sent her to......

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Categories: cornell, anger, death, funeral, grandfather,
Form: Rhyme
Fried Chicken, Made of Awesome
...I think it is time that I take a stance on an issue of supreme importance, I’ve stayed quiet on it for far too long, to keep living a lie feels so wrong, I hope this doesn’t sound hokey or trite,......

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Categories: cornell, appreciation, bird, celebration, food,
Form: Rhyme
Who Do You Think You Are
... "Who Do You Think You Are?" She said, “Do you think LOVE is real?” He said, “LOVE is all there is. It permeates all dimensions and all......

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Categories: cornell, humanity, i am, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A National Tribute To Chris Cornell
...A National Tribute To Chris Cornell Such a treasure! He'll always live in our hearts, and nothing can take that away from any of us. The beauty of death can sometimes make treasurable moments, tha......

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Categories: cornell, america, bereavement, career, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Angels
...There are men who deserve to be loved just because of their eyes, naked souls which whisper straight to your heart. Star dust, soulmate, God's elemt. Call it whatever you want, there are no w......

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Categories: cornell, absence, death, love, men,
Form: Free verse
Dressed Up Like Suicide
...Daily mounting pressures What hides behind the eyes You've tried your best to catch her This crazy thing called life While imitating art No one saw you draw the signs Sadly here you are ......

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Categories: cornell, death, depression, suicide,
Form: Rhyme
Asian Stereotype
...A pair of monolid eyes, and I’m academically enlightened. As if I’m some talented prodigy on his way to an Ivy League. Able to quickly solve problems without ever breaking a sweat. Absolutely - pe......

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Categories: cornell, discrimination, racism,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Long Lost Love-Lyric
...Long Lost Love Mine was the kiss that you so used to miss, when I was just gone for the day. Now I'm always here and I'm ever so near, but you couldn't be further away. Mine were the eye......

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Categories: cornell, loneliness, lost love,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Miracle of Hypocrisy
...I was listening to Cornell West, who described our catastrophic tolerance of disvalues for others, situations we would never tolerate for ourselves, disvalues like homelessness and hunger, but al......

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Categories: cornell, abuse, culture, earth, integrity,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Live-Streaming
...The Great Blue Heron always does its best While hatching, fledging, high atop its nest; With Nature’s rhythms every day is blessed, As surely as the Sun sets in the West. The heron pair take tu......

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Categories: cornell, allusion, analogy, beauty, bird,
Form: Rhyme

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