Happiness Chicago Poems

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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Of my Mother and Fathers voices:
"Get up for school!"
Even then, I wish I had choices!


White blouse, blue jumper
with HFA, emblazoned in gold.
Brown braids tied with...

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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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Oh, that tender excitement of being a
very young girl!

Wrapped in a red velvet housecoat with white, soft,...

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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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Those young, clear bright eyes,
hands over their hearts.
Saying the Pledge of Allegiance
on a fragrant Spring morning.
The sun shining through the golden 
shades.
Scents of Lake Michigan...

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***After school twin sisters meet in the schoolyard waiting for friends, ahead of a spring break, girl-talk kicks up...


I have a secret as to you,
Do...

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Tribute to a Greek-American

~~Peter Kogeones, RIP~~

Owner of the Grocery Diana,
on Halstead Street in Chicago
was the merriest Greek, I ever 
did meet!
He worked day and night and
brought...

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Chicago, I forgot to say thank you!

I forgot to say thank you for my successful birth .
With the nuns at St. Mary's, all dressed in white,
Who...

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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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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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A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer!
 In nomine patri et fili spiritu of Ron Santo
 Let us all give thanks for Ernie Banks
    ...

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