Freedom Chicago Poems

Patrick
   Jovial, Inquisitive, Wise and Poetic
    Brother of Brian, Daniel, Andrea, Mellissa, Jamil and Anwar
    Lover of...

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I thought today I could make it work

it wasn’t so much the sadness

as lightness

as bottled crocodiles and persimmon fungi

as broken arrows across the ascended 

the...

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For the New Year, humble, with love,
I make a wish for you, in this great time,
I send it on the wings of a white dove,
With...

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Hiltler was ready to conquer the world.
A seven year stood on a windy Chicago corner.
White Mary Janes, white stockings
Plaid skirt, beige blazer.
A mini Soldier's cap...

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         I dream........



      Of my joyful friends and I,
   ...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Bright Disco multi-colored dance floors
   Flashing a mesh of many bright hues.
   Mini skirts twirled above sexy 
   thighs, like...

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VIOLENCE EQUALS EROSION
by
JOHN M. ARROBAS


There Was a Time in this Great Land
You Could Voice an Opinion, Take a Stand
That Right Is Eroding in this Great...

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What matters is not the tears you shed
It is what you have learned from shedding those tears
Is it the pain you had to endure
Is it...

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The falling of a giant
Awakens another giant
The removal of a door
Reopens another door
Wiping these tears off my eyes
I am about to live my life
Roll out...

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"The Silkworm’s Birthday"





Mulberry leaves flutter in the breeze
Kookaburra brave Joker bluffs a sky blue breast 
Drops one feather for a quill, a song hidden in...

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There was once a road not taken for complicated reasons
They say that for everything, there is a time and a season
He was nineteen when he...

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Tired and torn, weary and worn,
male and female, straight and gay.
High and hooked, homeless and hungry.

Every creed, color, and kind.
looking for freedom to find.
Addicted to...

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I clocked out and headed for home before the darkness came.
From the street bus I witnessed mayhem, and felt so strange.
Like the actions of an...

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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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