Bowdoin, A collection of Haikus

By Sammy Ginsberg

Smell
Bowdoin has nice bricks
and smells like pine trees with a
floor of sun and snow.

Feel
Bowdoin makes me feel
so east, moose and evergreen
Longfellow, Hawthorne

Sex
Alfred Kinsey, first
to truly study sex, I
think Bowdoin’s for me.

Food
Best food, I tried it.
Roast vegetable soup, for
you I would attend.

The English Department, Bowdoin
I walked in red bricks,
felt warm and inspired
romanticism.

Tour Guide, Bowdoin
She had permanent
duck face, as she bragged about
teachers, food, lobster.


I applied early decision, and got rejected.

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