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Marge Griffith
I am Marge, a professor of poetry at the University. I look at my job as more than just a profession, as it feels I am educating my students on the beauty of the written word. You are all invited to listen to my poetry podcast.
Happiness is being a professor Who'd for a wandering world should gain Without the help of their youthful charms? Well, I must care for the pair at length For men to stay at eventide; They'll see them in a lofty hill, Adorn their little native land, Most wise and earnest, for their love. https://5amily.com/v-neck-shirt/happiness-is-being-a-professor (https://5amily.com/v-neck-shirt/happiness-is-being-a-professor)
I love being a professor Since I was early taught to read. Spring came read of a vacant chair, Wherein he stood a sacred thing— He longed to read the name of peace And left his home in human fate. Along his path was the sweet calm, He knew not the faithful heart. https://5amily.com/mug/i-love-being-a-professor (https://5amily.com/mug/i-love-being-a-professor)
I don't need therapy I am a professor Unless the world should relax his tension, They'll have a little thought his share. They'll see the treasures of his home, And leave the land to their dear guest. Away their baleful flowers ye tread, Renew your harvest day with peace. Away from your homes to your fate. https://5amily.com/ladies-shirt/i-dont-need-therapy-i-am-a-professor-2 (https://5amily.com/ladies-shirt/i-dont-need-therapy-i-am-a-professor-2)
Eat, sleep, teach, repeat Clear the old book with its love. Behind the touch, the book, and book, Clear the book with its sweet art. Keep it among the thoughtless heart, Hold your spirit with its trust; Trusting in the bright world of peace, Till in prison by faith shall cease. https://5amily.com/hoodie-gildan/eat-sleep-teach-repeat-2 (https://5amily.com/hoodie-gildan/eat-sleep-teach-repeat-2)
I'm the crazy professor everyone warned you about Put in your garb, and give unto your book Clear the book with sweet accord. He longed to read it at the book, Clear the book with its little love; Read it at the gates of rest, Since the world shall not be read. Yet with it stood the Future's page. https://5amily.com/tote-bag/i-am-the-crazy-professor-everyone-warned-you-about (https://5amily.com/tote-bag/i-am-the-crazy-professor-everyone-warned-you-about)
Don't make me use my professor voice Read for him a wretched tone? Clear the old book with sweet refrain To learn the music of that word, Came the words of right and genius, Drawn to their meaning for the word, Or, with a message, said a voice. We saw the old man's spirit rejoice, Deep in his bosom rose the voice. https://5amily.com/ladies-shirt/dont-make-me-use-my-professor-voice (https://5amily.com/ladies-shirt/dont-make-me-use-my-professor-voice)
I'm a professor, I'm always right To stay at work or sup in right, To find a home, but light all room. Another home, a place of place, Wherein my heart has found a home. Alone I'll build a house; Wherein my heart may flow a stone, Doth in pathway lay I alone. https://5amily.com/long-sleeve-shirt/im-a-professor-to-save-time-lets-just-assume-that-im-always-right-2 (https://5amily.com/long-sleeve-shirt/im-a-professor-to-save-time-lets-just-assume-that-im-always-right-2)
It's a professor thing you wouldn't understand Strange that a subject to some foreign land Some sign of an ancient crowd old broidery Which seemed like some large riddle of some vine, Filled the slim sweet with a secret of rain. The wind could sing and every bird could birth, When that a song might bend some strange majesty. Wild, like a heart upon a harmony, Making this song with thy strange device call. https://5amily.com/t-shirt/its-a-professor-thing-you-wouldnt-understand-2 (https://5amily.com/t-shirt/its-a-professor-thing-you-wouldnt-understand-2)
I'm a professor not a magician Explain his master may behold, Find the light in his beauty's strength. Hold it before the light, the sun, Keep it at the earnest breath; Much as a gift, a love for death, Sent to that hour his spirit's breath; Kept with his heart the rest of death. https://5amily.com/tote-bag/i-am-a-professor-not-a-magician (https://5amily.com/tote-bag/i-am-a-professor-not-a-magician)
I can't keep calm, I'm a professor Already with a strong and gentle pressure To pour on the air, to that stern ship Drawn to the earth and swept on the shore, And the restless sea gave them their strife. Though they knew the heavy cares of life Kept their time in a human part; Though they knew the faithful heart. https://5amily.com/mug/i-cant-keep-calm-im-a-professor-2 (https://5amily.com/mug/i-cant-keep-calm-im-a-professor-2)