Ann Arbor

You, city of surprise

and commotion,

delight me every time

I walk your merry streets

and watch your human theatre.

You're magic Ann Arbor,

so avant-garde they come

from everywhere to hear

your music that floats 

on Michigan air like melodious winds.

You beckon scholars

from all edges of the globe

who share their thought

and Greek with your

community of thinking minds.

As holiday begins

co-eds giggle in your pubs

and tease young men

with shakes of their

pretty heads and

glorious bodies.

Example of urban

conscience your city

is fresh and clean,

where people reside

in handsome homes and

support good civics.

Within that residence

stands a coliseum

resembling roman yore,

where sinewed bodied

athletes perform for you

like padded cladded

gladiators donned in the

maize and blue.

Yes good city,

you offer myriad delights; I'll come

again enjoying them

and have a dandy time.

See you later,

Ann Arbor.

--Pete Rheaume