Thursday, January 23, 2025

Columbia University in NYC

 1.

Low Library stands—
a crown of marble and light
on minds in motion.

2.
Autumn on the quad,
leaves gather near worn textbooks—
Plato meets pigeons.

3.
Steps filled with debates,
coffee cups and quiet dreams—
every stone listens.

4.
Hamilton’s old walls
echo with tomorrow’s thoughts—
past still lectures us.

5.
The Alma Mater
holds her scepter to the sky—
we bow to the climb.

6.
Late-night Butler hums,
highlighters bleed like battle—
knowledge has its cost.

7.
Snow coats College Walk,
and silence briefly settles—
even minds rest here.

8.
Barnard’s voice joins in—
sisterhood across the street
carves its own bright path.

9.
Students pass in bursts,
languages blend in the breeze—
a city of thought.

10.
The library clock
ticks through one more rough deadline—
pages grow heavy.

11.
Midterms in Pupin—
equations like constellations
burn across the board.

12.
Carman’s hallway noise,
late ramen and louder hopes—
freshmen map the stars.

13.
The campus squirrels
are bold like the students here—
no fear in their eyes.

14.
A campus protest—
words held high against the wind,
the old gates rattle.

15.
Morning jogs past Dodge,
a blur of breath and focus—
even rest works hard.

16.
The skyline beckons,
but we bury our heads deep—
truth lives in footnotes.

17.
Spring blooms overnight,
students sprawled on Low’s great steps—
sunlight grades no one.

18.
The 1 train arrives—
backpacks sway with subway sway,
books and sleep collide.

19.
Lerner’s glass refracts
ambition, nerves, and laughter—
a prism of minds.

20.
Office hours linger,
professors scribble answers
into hungry air.

21.
We rise, we collapse,
we rewrite what we once knew—
the Core reshapes us.

22.
From Alma to Gates,
our shadows stretch toward the world—
yet always return.

23.
The lawn after dusk—
a candlelight vigil glows—
we hold space for pain.

24.
One last final done.
We stumble out into spring—
New York is still here.

25.
Caps tossed in the wind,
cheers rise through Butler’s silence—
a dream walks forward.

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