Heaven Chicago Poems

Yours truly would never be confused for a gourmand, nevertheless I could enjoy experiencing taste testing select food samples if offered an opportunity of attending...

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I pen now of days of ultimate charm……
Of walking at midnight with no fear of harm.
When days were heaven, not a living hell.
When riding downtown...

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December 14, 1965           

"Mr. Samuel Cooke. Sam Cooke??
You been in that casket for three days..
You...

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Dear Chicago.

Sometimes, it amazes me how a memory will flash across our minds,
and that memory will spark a prayer, a tear, or even a longing...

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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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       CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB


The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke.
The great ale, my great friends in Chicago.
Old Town,...

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Life 101 was taught to me in an old mansion in inner-city Chicago.            ...

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             * A Star Danced*


So ebony soft is indeed this night.
However, only to be lit by a dancing star.
I...

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_____Daddy Saved These______

It has been many moons since my 
Father passed.
Then came that day, I unearthed 
these lovely treasures Daddy had 
saved.

My very first pair...

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Deep in the little boy’s heart, he was thinking about a place called destiny. 
His environment provided too little hope for a future of building...

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Proudly stands colossal building,  
projecting, massive, wide at the base
with curved pillars enormously raised,
progressively thinning into space.

Modern, simple gothic tower,
structure elaborated without ornaments,
stands as...

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Golden brown and hot to the touch
One person could never eat that much
Thick as a brick and perfectly round
A more beautiful sight may never be...

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I gotta get to Chicago. I gotta get outta town.
  I'd take a Chariot if I could Love,
  although I think I'll take...

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