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East Side Poems - Poems about East Side

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Premium Member Drinking with Jackson Pollock, Advice on Buying an Easel
...That day when it came on, it just came on, The way I guess some things do near the end. Maybe like a scene for one of your paintings, But the image dries inside, before your brush. All I know i......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, character, fantasy,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member No Protest No War!
...No War No Protest! Colors of red, green, black, and white spread on the east side of one campus On the other a wave of white, and blue stars A flock has gathered The atmosphere seems peaceful......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, courage, hope, war, world,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member O Blessed Kalapana
..."Kalapana fishing village laid west of Mount Pu'u O'o. Our home was behind the church that sat on an abutment tip that rose slightly higher. The lava poured from the east side of our home, covering i......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, appreciation, death, emotions, eulogy,
Form: Ode
60 miles
...If she ain't suckin' dick, lil' , you can get the up out my 100 round, hit him with the Glock, take a er down 100 round, , we hittin' that kill, we gon' take him down 12 get behind me, we gon' d......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hearts in Jerusalem
... Living simply rejoicing in their callings He, a shoemaker finest quality long-lasting leather She, a seamstress understated grace in bridal gowns and ac......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, jewish, journey, joy, new
Form: Free verse



Holy Mountain
...Holy mountain Suffer me not anymore Oh ye big master Cos I will never give up my soul To the demons of vanity What more do I have to loose If you kill my spirit What is the essence of lif......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, africa, courage, dedication, deep,
Form: Epic
Starlight Ache
...I still remember that dawn when venom slipped into my vein. That’s the day I conquered the throne. Now I’m exposed to all, and there is no place to hide. I walked and kept walking till I rea......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, anxiety, emotions, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Pedestrians and Pigeons
...The water’s kinda choppy But the sun, at least, is strong, So I’m out here by the river, On the bench where I belong. I’m so rarely here on Friday – It’s our day to watch the grands, But my ......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, appreciation,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gazes
...Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?” Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfit......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, clothes, cool, fashion, school,
Form: Free verse
Work In Progress 1
...I was born the eighth among nine siblings .One sister Gladyss Darlene ,seven years older ,died after five days from a condition she would have probably survived had she been born in the hospital.I ha......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, growing up, home,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member George and Florence
...George Jefferson Was his mother’s son He bought a cleaners; got rich Settled in the east side, found his niche Florence Johnson Didn't hail from Wisconsin Was a no-nonsense taking maid ......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, humor,
Form: Clerihew
Pentimenti Fade
...The West is slipping away. On the East side of this living space light slips its shadowy leash, paints a last frameless image upon a bare wall. Moving closer I study a shape as it shifts slig......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Junkie's Son, Part Iv
...IV. It started out like it had every year, she went to the hospital, sat on a bench, stared at the eminence from the outside, and felt the stirrings of a heart to be wrenched, just about the tim......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, birth, forgiveness, grief, hope,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Cinnamon Sugar Toast Please
...Cinnamon sugar toast please No butter, toasted caramel, not bark colored. Extra sugar on the east side. Extra cinnamon on the right. Make sure the cinnamon gets spread to the edge. Do not let an......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Light Verse
As the Sun Goes Down Near Alphabet City
...He had no teeth and neither did his girlfriend. We’d sit in his apartment in the dark drinking margaritas and watch Jeopardy. He’d answer every question correctly and his girlfriend would cackle. ......Read the rest...
Categories: east side, 12th grade, death, loneliness,
Form: Free verse

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