Funeral Chicago Poems
These Funeral Chicago poems are examples of Chicago poems about Funeral. These are the best examples of Chicago Funeral poems written by international poets.
Elegy, Anniversary of My Fathers Funeral9/22/1983
I drove your shining,Cadillac, Daddy!
The lead car to the cemetery.
A stuffed bear, your Borsalino,
In the August, back window,fino!
You, in the hearse, a few feet behind..
Tears...
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chicago, death, father daughter,
A Poem For Sam CookeDecember 14, 1965
"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You...
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chicago, america, celebrity, devotion, music,
There For MeLooking 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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chicago, 12th grade, character, hope,
PedophiliacThe paedophiliac?
I sat on a park bench beside another old man
we saw a beautiful 17 years old girl walking past
and I said: we can’t...
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allegory, angel, chicago,
Mythical ChicagoOnce "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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chicago, corruption, hope, murder,
Mother In DisguiseMother in disguise
Two days old she was attending
her mother`s funeral
pictures were taken when
she sees them she will be proud and sad
she will be proud...
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celebrity, cheer up, chicago,
Death In ChicagoShe wrote a letter
Which I happily read
In Spring
Summer baked on
Autumn arrived with a chill in the air
Winter followed with snow
Then the call came
Aunt...
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chicago, familyfuneral, funeral, cousin,