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Mama's Gun And A Postage Stamp
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curtis johnson
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america, chicago, history, mother,
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SAD EYES
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Leon Enriquez
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chicago,
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O Wrinkled Face
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Dawa Zangpo
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chicago, 8th grade, absence, beautiful,
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Rights -- to Riots
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Gershon Wolf
| Rhyme |
chicago, conflict, new york,
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The real Valentines Gangsters
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roger turner
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celebration, chicago, conflict, flower,
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Where Is Clark Street
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curtis johnson
| Prose Poetry |
addiction, america, care, chicago,
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Chicken conundrums
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Christopher Flaherty
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chicago,
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Welcome to Spring in Chicago - January 94 2018
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Gershon Wolf
| Haiku |
chicago, satire, spring,
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ME
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Jimmi Canada
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chicago, care, career, celebrity, change,
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the Pacific
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jan hansen
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cheer up, chicago, children,
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Mythical Chicago
by Gershon Wolf
Once "City of Big Shoulders,"
Stockyards and industrial concerns:
A man's self-worth measured
By muscle and energy burned.
Today the stockyards are shuttered,
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
chicago, corruption, hope, murder,
The 1970's
by curtis johnson
In Chicago, my summer of '70 was spent working with a program seeking to rescue drug addicts, alcoholics, and street gangs. The following
summer of '71,...
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Categories:
america, chicago, christian,
Chicago Land- In the Belly of the Beast
by Steve Zak
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chicago, city, culture, death,
Winter Blues
by curtis johnson
Blurred speech, stalled hands and feet, ...
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Categories:
chicago, winter,
My Love
by Dana Redricks
My Love
Author Dana Redricks
December 17, 2017
For a long time I was seeking
And praying for true love
a love that would endure
Then one day my love
came into...
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Ballade |
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Categories:
beautiful, chicago, desire, happiness,
N O G O D S
by Muhammad Safa Thajudeen
First to last
God
Last to first
Queue
No queues of Gods
In queues no God!
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Categories:
character, chicago, faith, god,
Chicago
by Inessa Fernandez
The Big Windy City
Is what people call it
Truly is lovely
But sometimes loud and bustling
The honking of horns
The screeching of brakes
When you look up you see...
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Categories:
chicago,
indoor and outdoor plants
by jan hansen
The rain that fell on the night was of the type pot plants like,
it has stopped the air is mild, and the flowers smiles...
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Categories:
chicago, cinco de mayo,
My son
by Dollin Holt
Emuedgevoke
when my evening comes
let me come to you
with a song
on my tongue
for I have nothing else
but a song
on my tongue
how sad and yet how sweet
a...
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Categories:
boy, chicago, father son,
Love Hurts
by Elizabeth Clipner
Northside of Chi-Town is full of emotion.
In the ‘45 Series Cubs and Tigers are battling.
Sianis buys two tickets to show his devotion.
Is booted ‘cause his...
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Categories:
chicago, america, angst, baseball, celebration,
Poems about Life
by liza marry
We are the sum of experiences that we encounter as we go through life. Day to day struggles and triumphs are experienced by all of...
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Elegiac Lyric |
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chicago, angel, basketball, cat, celebration,
Cold Chicago
by curtis johnson
Comfort zones go into hibernation every winter in Chicago
Only the tough skinned, strong willed, and native-born survive Chicago
Long live the reliable snow movers and the...
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Categories:
chicago, winter,
Parley
by Kenneth Newlin
Parley
Parley on the dance floor the Ninja wants to howl,
Scream's the barbarian, a savage on the prowl.
The Parley is in the tunnel, are their only...
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Ballad |
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Categories:
betrayal, chicago, children, death,
The City of Insanity
by Shasta Ollie
In my city, people don't notice the children in abusive homes or living on the street. They only notice that their taxes are going up.
In...
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Categories:
abuse, change, chicago, child,
Room Service
by Broccoli Porn
Trip
Hotels
Room Service
Very expensive
It is very slow
They mess up my order
Why they no give me burger
I give room service zero stars
I hate everybody in hotel
Surprise...
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Etheree |
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Categories:
break up, chicago, christian,
Tattered Game Ball
by Eve Roper
Kids of different
nationalities gather
every day to play
in the streets of Chicago
once their daily chores are done.
They play with marbles,
scummy top, pitching pennies,
or a...
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Tanka |
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Categories:
baseball, chicago, children, nostalgia,
City Kids
by curtis johnson
From New York City to LA; New Orleans to Chicago and Minneapolis ...
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Categories:
abuse, america, chicago, children,
Narrative |
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Categories:
angel, anger, blessing, chicago,
The man in the waistcoat
by Kenny Gwena
West coast, east coast
This question is for you in the waist coat
What about us in the mid-west?
People like to boast
Pork and beans and...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
addiction, allusion, chicago, feelings,
Note
by edward johnson
Why are you in
Hell?
Because I am
Black
No, because you are a
Sinner
Judgement Day...
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Categories:
africa, bible, chicago, drug,