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U Can 2U can 2 was on the license plate of my
store manager brown Benz where a dead man
was found in the trunk Alston Isadore defense store
manager at Fort Sheridan Army base Ronald Reagan...
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Categories:
business, chicago, death, film,
Form: Acrostic
Teachers Conference the FBI and meThere was no easy day going under cover
with four kids riding along with the FBI supervisor
I was just a young mother of four actually expecting
again seven months pregnant the FBI installed wires...
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Categories:
art, beautiful, caregiving, chicago,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Warm pair of faux muffsShopping during the winter trying
to keep my hands warm by placing
them in my pockets but how can
I carry my purse walking down
lake shore drive the horse carriages
stroll by the geese...
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Categories:
chicago, chocolate, weather, winter,
Form: Blank verse
My Serial KillerI didn't know him as a serial not exactly
at least not at first even though I'd overheard
the plotting of arson from a dim lit restroom
searching for tissue only to find several guns
rifles...
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Categories:
anxiety, chicago, literature, peace,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Extortion of My American PoetryIt had begun again the terrorist threats
at first right at the height of my writers block
leaving beautiful gems surfaced from my minds
eye that was when the head lights parked baring
strange death...
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Categories:
chicago, corruption, culture, fear,
Form: Lyric
The Breakfast Program and MeIt was 1968 we'd gathered again in the school auditorium my tiny hands sweating only five years old while my name was called in all of this cold
civil rights riots plagued my little...
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Categories:
chicago, america, beautiful, black african
Form: Free verse
KissSolitude
Away from life's attitude
Not seeking gratitude
Not wishing anyone to be around
Nor do I want found
Rather watch as life drives on by
Get along I try
Usually I cry
Walking alone through life
A heart full of strife
Try...
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Categories:
allusion, chicago,
Form: Rhyme
Lost In Your KissIt was a rainy,Spring , Chicago night.
Being with you was always so very right.
We sat in love, on the sapphire armchair.
...
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Categories:
chicago, inspirational love, kiss,
Form: Rhyme
And Our Lucky Winners Are --And here is our list of winners:
Bernie Sanders, Brandon Johnson
Alexandra O. Cortez, Elizabeth Warren
Cory Bush, Ayanna Pressley
Ilhan Omar, Rashida...
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Categories:
adventure, anger, betrayal, chicago,
Form: Free verse
Final PrayersChicago's new mayor just proposed
another plan to put a heavy load
on us beleaguered taxpayers --
We'd better start saying our final prayers
'Taxpayer-funded, government-owned grocery...
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Categories:
business, chicago, people, political,
Form: Couplet
Something Is DifferentWhat is carnival without the music? What is carnival with the dance? What is carnival without the colors, what is carnival without a song? What is carnival without a date, what is carnival without...
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Categories:
adventure, appreciation, chicago, community,
Form: Narrative
Sensuous Streets
Categories:
chicago, memory, sensual, sexy,
Form: Quatrain
CoronaCorona, is a vibrant city located in the heart of Riverside County.
Home to numerous parks and trails,Corona provides plenty of opportunities for outdoor recreation such as hiking,biking and picnicking.The city also has many cultural attractions...
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Categories:
america, celebrity, chicago, christian,
Form: Other
The CopCaller Waller who was just about holding onto life
said that he didn't remember what had happened
when questioned by Police.Of course,that is understandable,
as the lad had just been shot in the head but police didn't
believe him.Despite...
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Categories:
abuse, body, boy, chicago,
Form: Free verse
ExodusWhy's everyone leaving
Where they all going
O.K - too much crime in the summer
but not so bad when it's snowing
What else is wrong with Chicago
...
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Categories:
chicago, goodbye, money, moving
Form: Rhyme
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