Second City Poems - Poems about Second City

...Oh, that special Christmas, unlike the ones today. When little girls wore such beautiful clothes. Decades before jeans and running shoes. Curled hair, pretty bows and we had manners, too. We ......Read the rest...

...Oh, how I miss a live audience! But writing humor to the stillness of-the night? Like talking to a picket fence. The laughter is simply not there! Reminds me of something I so Despise...canned......Read the rest...

...What comes through a pistol barrel May make holes in your apparel But it could be worse .... You won't need an hearse If the next shot makes you sterile!......Read the rest...

...Just waiting in line to register for college courses. I did not relish such crowded coarseness. Then, mon Dieux, my eyes fixed upon you, lost was I! Your brown eyes, made me feel like I was flyi......Read the rest...

...On Wells Street in Chicago, is a sweet comedic treat. Second City Theater for laughs and where many found their beginnings on plain stage, their life's heartbeat. No "Phantom of the Opera" no lin......Read the rest...

... CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke. The great ale, my great friends in Chicago. Old Town, North Avenue, twas Chicago,1967. O' Rourke's Pub, where el......Read the rest...

...In the late 60s in 'the second city', on the southside at 43rd and Calumet, there stood a mission cen......Read the rest...

...All the way from Ontario to Hollywood, was one of the greatest comedians to live. On a small stage at Second City he stood, making the world laugh was all he could give. Held ......Read the rest...

...Footlights:The Joy of Being a Stand Up Comedian           The audience is getting their drinks, And a silent hush falls, like a wave,on the crowd. I know it's my moment to rise and shine, Standi......Read the rest...

...Natural Born Comedians I had a class of sixth graders in Chicago, Absolutely like no other. Never a class so full of smiles and hilarious pranks. Their boundless joy rolled over me like a hug......Read the rest...

...He mimicked all who entered the darkened room, felt the fear in their eyes when watched with zeal. He was a performer and his sidekick Sid seemed real. Was that really him or was he w......Read the rest...

...In the late 60's in 'the second city', on the south side at 43rd and Calumet, there stood a mission c......Read the rest...

... On that day, in Aug 45 Bomber over the city that's very much alive Nervous crew, cloudy day Pilots instructions, open bomb bay The words above as the pilot has said What happens next......Read the rest...

...im in the train station of the city that i love my city they call it the second city but it is second to none it is the city of big shoulders indeed big shoulders fat shoulders skinny shoulde......Read the rest...

...Yogyakarta* (26/08/2011) If only I could make it then, To the place I call second hometown To the city I long for four years To the souls of my real relatives Just to talk about it brings......Read the rest...