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Left To Wander

...Left To Wander

Confusion’s underbelly
frustration’s embryo
Orphaned seeds of black and white
spread where nothing grows
Choices wander celibate
new pregnancy unfound
Up or down left to right...

Rewriting History

...
   
   The renowned Columbia professor, Edward Sa’id
   influenced many thousands in thought and in deed

   Pre-1970, Edward told us he was Lebanese Christian, interestingly
   Post-1970, he ...

The British Seashore

...On the cliff at the Worm’s Head 
High above the horns of the bay
I see the surfers ride great waves
With horses’ manes
That ever fail, but never end
In the strong Atlantic surge...

A Poet, Not a Recluse

...Red blood courses through my veins
    I've written my will, I pay my bills
  The currents of the day reach me too
    I am a poet, not a hermit

  At the sight of blood, I do not swoon
    Nor...

My Generation

...Saturday nights I remember
  were bad in September
    even worse in November

On campus, roving mobs and gangs
  looking for girls to get drunk and then bang

In dorms, wise fools dropping LS...

Musings On Presidents In Residence

...It's so hard to select just one president --
  even harder to put a new resident
into a WH occupied by true decadents

You think I mean Biden and Trump, ho-ho
  but I'm thinking Bush vs. Gore, a...

The Worries of Darlene and Dharma

...My Aunt Darlene used up hours worrying.
Turning down invitations, sitting in one spot.
Afraid she would fall if she got up.
People brought her meals, so she would eat.
It is unclear whether or no...

Metamorphosis - a Tale of Dartmouth College, 1968

..."Wah-hoo-wah!"
said the 'bro,'
 "Let's head toward 
  Fraternity Row."

The Library bells
toll ding-dong,
  Drunken brothers
  play beer-pong;

All through the night
play and drink,
  By ...

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...

Eric Philbrook Kelly

...The American Scholar,
professor of English at Dartmouth College.
Books for children
were your domain.

From “The Trumpeter of Krakow”
I learnt the second part of the legend. 
“The Golden Star ...

Wake Up and Smell the Tea

...(This poem is a lightly satirical look back in history at what 
  was known as the Boston Tea Party)


Something's brewing on the Dartmouth
"Are those Mohawks that we see."
No, but over-taxed c...

Avatar Queen

...Avatar Queen
The mask or the screen
What’s never to know
What’s never to see

Avatar Queen
Your name to mislead
One more cryptic posting
That always deceives

Avatar Queen
Both petty and p...

A Heart Now Taken

...I never wanted to own the words,
but only rent them

I never wanted to stay too long,
just not leave early

I never wanted to hear the answer,
and keep the question

I never wanted to give m...

Greenish

...What does it mean, to be green,
Referring to color, not politics or emotions.
There's some tints or hues, between yellows and blues;
With a lot of room, in between, for so many types of green.

...

Robin and Marian

...North of Nottingham, there lies a wood

Clothed with fern in Dartmouth green

A barefoot Beauty, There she stood

The likes of which, the worlds not seen



A man observes, but undetected
...

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