Graduate Poems

seniors
eighteen, eighty
graduate, retiree
pursuing opportunities
seekers


February 10, 2020
Contest: Modern or Traditional Cinquain
Sponsor: William Kekaula
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To the Circuit of Energy permeating the garden, sustaining the canopy permeate
Washing through with waterfalls, cascading rivers, and upwelling springs the fermement
Was magically darkened when Eve took her classes at Satan’s grove
Where one tree (or gate or pedestal) stood, and...Read More

A PhD in emotion and feel,
licentiate of what lives within

Professor of imagery, doctor of will,
a Saint with a penchant for sin

Explorer of evil with devils to hunt,
the fire burns liquid and hot

Degrees of atonement, diplomas unread
—graduate of words future bought

(Villanova...Read More

BORN AGAIN FREAK

Was a virgin
long time
waited until he
pulled back that veil;
He kissed me for the first time.

I, never wanted to be
Handled nor touched,
he being my first,
I became weak, for the musk of him.
Innocence replaced with lust.

Through him, I learned to...Read More

Sweet blooms in golden hour's wake,
As a diploma is given with handshake.
To blue-gold skies over glassy lake,
Scarlet redbird, the clouds overtake!

Nature is alive, and so is the degree,
And just no telling what all will be!
Like midnight stars in afar enormity,
Or...Read More

Marvelous mitzvah "munchkin" minted

Thy eldest daughter Eden Liat
treasured more'n a pearl
(otherwise known as Rapunzel)...
donated cut hair to charity - you go girl,
ha, whereat your fine brunette locks of love

will be repurposed into wigs for kids,
and perhaps even don kepi
of trumpeting...Read More

There has been much about being on a stage 
Since I started dealing with that adult style wage 
The Orange one used to welcome the new year 
With an evening date filled with cheer 

Now it says goodbye
With a match...Read More

Before you say I love you in Africa
Think twice before exposing your feelings to a lady 
The center of gravity should be ‘Iphone' because every young girl's heart has its name embedded in it 

Before you say I love you...Read More

Fish make little of the fact
they matriculate in schools;
though fishermen opinionate
most fish are fools.

Humans too and in large numbers
in schools matriculate.
But would you dare opinionate
they’re smarter when they graduate?
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As I watched our daughter watch her son graduate from college yesterday…
as our three generations aligned
I wondered if she was thinking what I once did…
If my same thoughts crossed her mind.

Was she wondering where the time went?
Was she wondering how...Read More

Stolen Statues

The glory of yesterday, 
taken down and destroyed. 
Pummeled into dust,
by those that stole their rights, 
to be where they are. 
They promised good things, 
and took away all that 
meant anything. 
They replaced our heroes
with shadows, 
and demanded,
more...Read More

Irrelevant boyhood arcane flotsam and jetsam...

Impossible mission to jettison
nonetheless laughter iz best medicine
more enjoyable with vignette aye fabricate
(think swifty taylor harried style)
ah... voila - metaphorical light bulb Edison
would appreciate.

Martha Groff a classmate
the youngest of four progeny
born approximately nine months after...Read More

Helplessness immobilizes yours truly,
I genuinely agitate
permanently lasting indelible impact deux
biological offspring unfairly bore brunt,
compliantly, complicity, and complimentary
I avidly, doggedly, instinctively helped create

subsequently, unintentionally, or willingly
unpleasantly affected as adults facilitate
learned behaviors to navigate
their respective independent lives
both managed to coordinate
transitioning as responsible...Read More

"My decision
is not any negative reflection
on you.
It's not personal."

This would be a Business School graduate,
meaning, if it is personal,
then it is not political or economic.

"It's your decision,
for you to personally
and responsibly make."

This would be a Social Work graduate,
or maybe some...Read More

On the count of three we will all stand up.
We will walk out and we will not look back.
They cannot expel all of us, right?
We are convinced it is the smart thing to do.
We agree on it for two weeks...Read More

Hi there,
Please take your seats,
Welcome, I greet
You four young ladies
Applying for this
Wonderful post,
Call me Bill, I’m your 
Interviewer and host!
I hope all of you enjoy
Gym and exercising 
For you will surely get a
Lot of that,
I ensure and promise you
That is...Read More

They talk so much but do little
Yes that’s it, for that is all they can do
When we used to walk distances on daily routine
It was enough to say things can be made better	
Horses, bicycles and carts saved the bare-footed walks
But...Read More

I'm the one
Still wearing
The graduation cap
After we thrown them 
Off
Like I just wanted to
Keep it on my head
For the whole day
Years have passed, my friends
How are you all doing
Seems like everything has changed
And
Yet nothing has
Still the immature kids
We were
Teasing about...Read More

the entry below is a short little entry to say hello
may all be well with poetry soup and all of you
happy holiday season


"blue birds"

a better place a better time
baby blue birds flied
call me a dreamer
dancing in front of me is...Read More

Maza-ratee!           (Maserati) 

The computer of choice. 
A tele-byte of memory, plus,  
a few extra sticks for looks. 

You can see into the main frame, 
from the side of the...Read More

As I studied long for my last exam,
I found me drifting off to happy land.
So I had to think of a fool proof plan,
to keep me studying for my last exam.
I wrote a note for anyone’s hand,
it reads like this,...Read More

I can't imagine the cry ranged from my eyes
Sweeping the floor like a flood.
This non can imagine to be our lot.
Despite all hands on deck for success to make

Non can tell of how fate has thus loots us
Adiye nlagun, iyere...Read More

The Homecoming Mum

The mighty mum most represents our past homecoming dreams.
In yellow splendor it adorned the chests of grid iron queens.

For as we know it’s given birth in warm October sun
the Autumn time when we adore the gold Chrysanthemum.

Tooth shaped...Read More

Bird Seed

The power of a small kindness,
can never be overstated.
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Blows me away of what I have learned
At the institution of soup
How dumb I was to think this poetry
Was just rhyming on a dime

You have opened my eyes to a whole new world
By letting me enroll into this institution of...Read More