Short Laude Poems

“magna cum laude”


i am a graduate
of Vegetative
State...

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Children raised with discipline
Parents spanked and praised 
Summa Cum Laude...

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Happy birthday, Noah Roque, 
A student has high distinction; 
Graduated magna cum laude, 
He has learned from education. 

Topic: Birthday of Noah Roque (March 30)...

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Education
Haiku: by Tom
12/29/2020

I have a degree,
It reads "the school of hard knocks."
not Magna Cum Laude.


Haven't wanted for anything,
God has really blessed.
Tom
...

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graduated cum laude 
with a PhD in madness,
practitioner of your
  own philosophy as
    the harbinger of doom,
tales of darkness where
the deck is always stacked,
what's the sense of light
   to an austere night
or spring's flourish 
   mid winter's brashness,
you don't need to be
      a rocket scientist 
    to diagnose absurdity...

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walking into
the lobby of
my doctor's
office

wearing a t
shirt that reads
Vegetative State
Athletic Dept.

becoming one
with the crowd
realizing how
i'm just one

of the crowd
magna cum laude
world traveler now
postal worker of

course what else
could i be other
than just another
nut that has

rolled far from
the family tree...

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Go lightly...not tightly
walking tall...into walls

Fall softly...in lofty
places...of graces

Share cares...and fairs
rains...and pains

Speak kindly...and mindly
Smile broad...and laude

When you shake...don't quake
In your eyes...no lies

To the little...teach riddles
and the old...just hold

Go lightly not tightly
Walk tall ....into walls...

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I'm tellin' you now, don't ask how–
but
I made it out, without a doubt
it was hard
I studied every night, until my grades were just right
but
even that college degree won't protect me
because
graduating cum laude won't save me
when
I'm laying face down on the ground
with
a knee on my neck and pressure on my chest
and..
my vision's blurry, it's hard to see
and..
and I can't..
I can't..
b r e a t h e...

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