Freshman Year Poems - Poems about Freshman Year

Night of the James Taylor Concert during Freshman Year at College

...My friend most beautiful
sat shoulder to shoulder with me
after the lights went low
and the show began.

We took in ballad after ballad
the tender voice hour after hour
and a spell was cast.
...

The Pen

...I remember that day clearly
even though it was 37 years ago-
I was off on a new adventure
because I had just moved into
the dorm for my freshman year of college
but I had no idea how my life was...

class of 25

...If freshman year was aspirational
and sophomore year was unhinged
junior year was put up or shut up
and senior year is a dash to the finish line

This year’s on fast forward—and it’s for keeps
...

HINDSIGHT 20 20: OPTIMIZING FREEDOM

...
Enclosed around parental safeguard
my personhood was exposed to freedom 
bound by subjection to authorities
which my mind never questioned
since I acknowledged such as the ideal… 

Then my se...

Will wonders never cease!?

...Will wonders never cease!?

Alternately titled: Last of the fluff
belonging to a Mohican
Norwegian bachelor farmer wannabe.

Any resemblance between said unnamed individual
and living persons ...

In the Sixties

...
  
  In the sixties I went to university
    where I experienced much diversity

  For example, among fraternities
    mine went from ‘Kegs-a-Tappin’
    to ‘Pills-a-Poppin’ 
     ~ LSD, we ...

Athens

...We’re (Lisa and I) back in Athens Georgia (hometown USA), where it’s the halcyon days of summer. The south used to be the home of summer heat - not anymore. Now everyone has their little ‘heat domes’...

Early Poems Xxi

...EARLY POEMS XXI - JUVENILIA

Dance With Me
by Michael R. Burch

(circa age 18)

Dance with me
to the fiddles’ plaintive harmonies.
Enchantingly,
each highstrung string,
each yearning key,
...

You

...It was you
From the first day of sixth grade
When I was scared and awkward and pimplily

It was you
The next two years 
Through braces and glasses and first my first period

It was you 
Fres...

Democratic Trust

...When I drove away from the family farm
to embrace my freshman year
at the University of Michigan
in Vietnam-era 1970,

I was planning on majoring in political science
which later turned into a ...

Pressure

...It’s May 18th, 2022. I’m poised, alone, heart pounding, in front of my laptop, waiting for courage, my finger hovering over the return key, like a child hoping the timing of my keystroke will bring m...

Sundown

...Its sundown, the day’s been reduced to a crack of lavender and fiery pinks along the Massif des Maures mountains. This evening we’re sipping cocktails at “Les Toits,” the Hôtel de Paris’ rooftop rest...

Embarrassing Mornings

...My freshman year is ending and I’m as busy as a one-armed juggler. Of course covid is back. 
It reoccurs at the worst times, like a movie slasher long thought dead.

When we have something schedul...

Freshmen Conversation

...We’re (my pose is gathered this Saturday morning because I made a pancake and bacon breakfast) listening to a Britney Spears song, off one of Leong’s playlists. “I remember when I was about 8,” I say...

Those High School Years

...I remember those high school years
When being popular was so important,
I tried so hard to fit in with my peers.

Each grade was like changing gears
Readjusting to teachers was torme...

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