Ode to Billy Joel
...God made Billy Joel
gave him clothes
to dress my soul
I wear those clothes
listening to music
My style my face
my picture of grace
From young to old
the picture is told
Decades were ma...
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Categories:
allentown, absence, music,
Form: Free verse
LET’S TALK BEER
...SCHAEFFER BEER BREWING COMPANY, INC. iconic advertising slogan being “ONE BEER TO HAVE WHEN YOU’RE HAVING MORE THAN ONE”
The Schaeffer Beer man being my Grandfather who worked for the company 25 ye...
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Categories:
allentown, adventure, blessing, courage, education,
Form: Free verse
alley cat of Allen town
...ebony like a puma, velvet pretty
she prowls and growls and moans in her sleep
like a little black dress, fashionably chic and insightful
there is purring now, her dreams might have shifted
the to...
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Categories:
allentown, cat,
Form: Free verse
we are iron pigs from allentown
...We are the pigs, mighty mighty pigs, not a stunt.
The Iron pigs, we play baseball daily, grunt grunt.
We play in Coca Cola Park, long after dark.
We are from Allentown, where you can hear our bark...
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Categories:
allentown, animal,
Form: Rhyme
I Love You More
...the three legged dog scrounging trash cans for a meal in Allentown,
befriends the blind girl with her ragged doll, on her face a permanent frown.
the mother in need of dangerous drugs, to make i...
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Categories:
allentown, child, daughter, dog, drug,
Form: Rhyme
Leon & Gayle - Fifty Years
...Now we mark a big occasion
The “Golden Wedding Anniversary“
Of George and Sally, or to you
“Leon and Gayle”
now here’s their tale ...
Gayle was a city of Moffett girl,
Leon a shy Allentown f...
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Categories:
allentown, anniversary, thank you,
Form: I do not know?