Best Westside Poems

I fell in love with a Westside girl
You know the one that got me in a whirl 
We met on the beach that summer time
She...

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I can only hear what you tell me...
That is all I can believe...
I'm sorry I have portrayed these thoughts in your head...
I didn't mean to...
But...

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i sit alone
westside café
catching my breath
waiting and exhaling
listening to the silence
whirl inside my head
in waves of warm cacophony
in wondrous delightful ways
a swarm of outside sounds
assailing...

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Though midnight long, I sail the winding glide
As this my instinct wakes for cherished time
For every moment gone I cannot rest
A promise sent, of love...

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Pug noses in designer hoodies 
Wicker baskets on beach cruisers 
Leather sofas doggy devoted 
Grooming parlors and pet hotels 
Best pooch in wedding tux 
Nip...

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"Splendor in the Grass" can hardly breathe
A beauty in the fearful, destined waters
Not even Santa Catalina can lift up Natalie -
An angel fallen in the...

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I was at work in Chicago when shots were fired in Memphis.             ...

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Confessions of Pistachio Pudding

The pudding said to the whipped cream 
"I love the way you feel on top of me... 
all light and sugary...but I...

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You were a million miles away
Needed you here and you came
I will never forget that
No, never forget that.

You spoke of laughing your life away
Didn’t care...

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Two old friends
(who haven’t seen each other
in quite some time)
running into each other on the 
corner of Linwood and Clairmount
— A Detroit westside encounter


Man, it’s...

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I left at 6:30 for the 7 pm meeting.
I wanted to be early to find a seat near the speaker.
As I crossed over the bridge...

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Money not well-spent,
gave you purse pocket emptiness
Another impulsive shopping spree
sent the credit cards into plastic shock therapy
Designer sales-of-the-year
got your head exorcist turned
Dollar days on a...

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I've been doin' time, sittin in this jail cell for too long.
Yea, I made mistakes because I was headstrong
when I killed Isabelle, but it's what...

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In loving memory of a legend deeply missed
Taken 2 soon which gets me pi##ed
The best musician in lifes childhood
Highly misunderstood by ignorant do goods
Wrongly accused...

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If we only knew!

We are on the other side,
From when you lied,

If we only knew

That you were there to hide,
All the way on the other...

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