SIPA Love Stories Love is a poem COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog

SIPA Love Stories Love is a poem COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY - SIPA Admissions Blog Heres our sixth and last story were sharing in this mini series. This final story is actually a poem someone wrote for their classmate. A  SIPA love poem: I dont have any pic left but only a poem written in 2006 for my SIPA classmate : Poem for Sarah Autumn of 2005. Resistance, struggle, hesitation Jostle in the bosom of the newcomer. Yet still a flicker of expectation Upon arrival in New York, The city dreamed of. Then Columbia, SIPA. Weight of study: Meetings assignments papers reports; No interruption to the flurry of work As precious life is left to waste. No one to turn to among these cold connections And in the sudden sickness That pushes me to death’s rim. New home, New York Frigid as the ice of winter. Then… Seemed it couldn’t be true: Sarah, The loveliest girl my life had ever seen Came to my heart. In the nights of swirling snowflakes And the freeze of subzero mornings, You were ever shining with your sunlight, Giving me warmth that lasted all day. And with the heat of a fire on a summer’s afternoon You lit the dull classroom discussions, Making me forget all concerns. Among the things Of that year in New York, What I will treasure most Is not the great charm of the Big Apple, Not the beautiful grounds of an IVY League school. It is a girl called Sarah. She fills my memory, Occupies my thoughts. And if I yearn to return to New York And relive being a student at SIPA, It is only because I wish to Replay the time that we shared, And hold on tightly to moments Of beauty ineffable, Praying for time to leave me there. Alinson I hope youve enjoyed them all as much as I have.  And dont forget to return to  the blog tomorrow, Valentines Day,  to discover some new connections Seeple submitted to us this week! And a big thank you to Columbia Alumni Association for coordinating the series. Find the entire Love Stories collection in  Columbia Alumni Associations  Facebook album.