Wife City Poems

I asked the owl:
“What is love?”
She said to me:
"Ask God."

I asked God:
“What is love?”
He said:
“Ask your wife.”

I asked my wife:
“What is love?”
She replied with a...

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We suddenly strolled down Lakeshore drive
facing Goethe street named after Wolfgang von
Goethe famous German poet just at the crosswalk 
while waving to the hidden Walter...

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The fruit juice drips momentarily beneath the alter filling the crevices and corner, while the sound of impatient traffic rolls down the street honking horns...

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Eventually both  Esau and Jacob made a temporary truce with each other; 
which lasted as long as they both lived most likely only.

In ancient...

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high rise
get high rays
and wetter 
on wet days
closer 
to aeroplanes
in lanes like cars 
soldiers of concrete
steel feet in wars
in pillars 
like Lot’s wife
or muggers
with sharp...

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You’re torn between two identities
never knowing which way you should go
You dream of being a big city
but you're afraid to let yourself grow

There’s some folks...

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Take me on an awesome drive along the crooked street.
And treat me to a big burrito in the Mission District.

I see no rival to San...

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(after J. P.) 

I’ve been workin’ every morning
Since my sixteenth year of life
Have to leave my crying babies
And my sweet, consoling wife
But there is no...

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My wife and I share a passion for travelling, the world we love to see
We travelled through France and Switzerland and we're now in Italy...

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Come May. Come what may.
The most significant thing today
first Monday in May
my wife six months pregnant with twins
says she’s scared what we’re getting ourselves into.
Like...

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Lawyer Oliver from New York City
Moved to country farm run down then pretty
Wife Liza, a city girl
Name the year-old pet pig Pearl,
Tossing dishes away, was...

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As I wash these dishes. 
I wash the wishes 
from these tired and ruined hands. 

I look out into the street 
with a thousand yard...

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Through the window, I gaze.
Onto a tangled Dead Sea of black towers, 
In this manmade night I see you there.

In the silhouette of the dreams...

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My wife and I traveled here
To walk on water
With ice pics and an old shiver

The Mackinaw Straits
Where Huron and Michigan open their mouths
Kiss and hiss
Under...

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Sound of bullets are part of daily life 
Feel so upset for Ahmed and his wife
Both are fifty and live in Baghdad, Iraq
Their home is...

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