Pain Chicago Poems

There was no easy day going under cover 
with four kids riding along with the FBI supervisor 
I was just a young mother of four...

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Caller Waller who was just about holding onto life
said that he didn't remember what had happened
when questioned by Police.Of course,that is understandable,
as the lad had...

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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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Growing up with an angel that loved me.
Hovering close,with cane, walking.
Me, on a tricycle to the candy store,
Bright summer days I cannot ignore.

Though decades have...

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         ~~~For Hal~~~

You abadoned me for another. 
Oh, pain,the heart's most unfriendly
love dagger!

Like a fool, I stood...

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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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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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From New York City to LA; New Orleans to Chicago and Minneapolis             ...

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A Chicago Pearl

She put her dreams on hold but carries them up proudly
as she serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, six days a week
to make ends...

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Another body dropped as the evil ran through the night 
He was on a spree to start a war 
The screams blistered the silence 
As...

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There was always plenty of drugs for people to cope
But a Missionary and a Priest were their best hope.

Each day came with fears to face,...

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Time And Space

In the class rooms from the very first grade,
we played with trucks and toys in the sand box

We learned side by side to...

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The Chicago Cure
By Curtis Johnson

They came tired and torn, weary and worn
They came male and female, straight and gay
They came high and hooked, homeless and...

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