Short Alumni Poems

High school football game
cheerleaders tossed night sky chill
rhythmic beat of drums
alumni and students roar
October's homecoming queen...

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V-ery
N-ice
H-armonious
S-tudies

A-bout
L-essons
U-se
M-ind's
N-otable
I-ntellect

Topic: VNHS Alumni (December 25) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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I-ntensive
L-earning
W-ith
A-ll
S-cie ntific

E-fforts
L-ets
E-very
M-ind
E-njoy
N-otable
T-hinking
A-s
R-emarkable
Y-early

S-tudies
C-learly
H-ave
O-pportunities
O-f
L-ife

Topic: ILWAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Grand Alumni Homecoming (February 24) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Dented Aluminum 

once, kick the can was a lovely
game to play, but not nowadays

as shiny cellphones and prized
handheld games govern the day, 

what a heavy price we will pay,
dented aluminum decays away

our alumni cry out their tired eyes
as hourly the ozone melts, always

1-4-18...

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1.Agar mein jhoti bakwas karta hun..
2.Agar meri batain bay bunyad hain..
3.Agar mujhay bolnay ki tameez nahi..
4.Agar mein culture ka vulture nahi..
5.Agar mujhay tradition ka pata nahi..
6.Agar mein mun phat qisam ka hun...
Q.Why don't you file defamation suit??
Note.Point To Be Noted My Honor.....

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heels Clap against alumni bricks
keeping time with the sway 
of your imperial hips.
perfectly disheveled hair
frames spying pools of color.
two crimson leeches 
utter cold words dressed
in warm clothing.

my fingers ache at 
the hint of skin
and my body Submerges
in lonely Passion
as your Applause
echo behind me....

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a sense of place

            in a virtual space

                       unified in a desire

of the poetic

 

           interacting

               or just observing

              whatever...
    what we will

displaying

       or 'just saying'

 

some stay    some pass thru'

(t'was ever thus)

all alumni 

         touched in some way....

by 

     both you...
and I...

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Securing your strengths  
Encased deep inside
Lift every veil
Found in yourself
Accept all the extra
Cautioning panic
Treat it with trust 
Understand the menu
Affirm the plea
Laugh off the dull
Invite the alumni 
Zero in on the glitz
Act out each stanza
Triple the hunt
Ignore the anti
Option the bravado
Never give up again


Written for the Self-Actualization Double Acrostic Poem Contest
Sponsored by San Woo...

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I thought you were dead
   but then I read
   your name in the alumni news.
Still hanging 'round the universities, I see,
   harvesting young women 
   whose fathers had opinions.
As for me,
   I don't peruse the papers any more; 
   factorial rotations are the kind of
   game you liked to play.
I pull the weeds, I sweep
   the path and climb the stairs. 
   I tie back long vines
   of ridiculously red tomatoes.
And you're not dead?
   Why that's okay; me too....

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