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EVANSTON DINER

...Place to eat
I can’t say Evanston Diner can’t be beat
Location being the town of Evanston, Wyoming
Bound for Los Angeles, California
A stop on Greyhound Bus
You know the slogan, “Leave the Drivi...

Categories: evanston, america, business, food, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Wind Beneath My Wings, Tribute to Elena

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“ Did I ever tell you, you are my hero? 
  Did I ever tell you, you are everything 
  I wanted to be?
  For, I can fly higher than an eagle,
  You are the wind beneath my wings!”

      ...

Categories: evanston, birthday, inspiration, mother daughter,
Form: Ode

Panagiota and Nursing School Memories

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                Panagiota and The Autopsy


An autopsy, I found, educational to the max!
Those sacred, holy,human body parts, being 
removed part by part.
Weighed on a scale, as if in a l...

Categories: evanston, education, imagery, memory, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Deep Roots

...Mat and Mary married in the college town of Evanston.
Their first child was born in Southern Wisconsin.
Their second child was born in Northern Mississippi.
Their third child was born in the city ...

Categories: evanston, family, leaving,
Form: Verse

Magic Moment

...O what a night, an amazing date, vividly sealed in my heart.
I can see us now as we depart a lovely restaurant in Evanston.
We are sporting a late model Buick loaned to me by a friend.
My best gue...

Categories: evanston, love, marriage, valentines day,
Form: Free verse

Chicago Five-F

...Was it her or was it him?
Was it the mixed signals of dixie,                                                                      
Or was it pure blooded Memphis?
Was it fresh, matured, and promis...

Categories: evanston, marriage, romance,
Form: Verse

On Receving My Nursing Cap

.......On Receiving my Nursing Cap......

On the shores of Lake Michigan, I bowed my head, 
and received my nursing cap.
At Madonna de LaStrada  Chapel, long before the
days there was a life overco...

Categories: evanston, graduate, memory,
Form: Rhyme

Embrace the Moment

...Without a warning from it nor a whine from me, I was first captured. In that
same moment I was arrested. I then embraced the moment, or was it I who was embraced? I shall never disregard nor underes...

Categories: evanston, autumn, beauty, seasons, time,
Form: Verse

Chicago Firsts

...In 1967, fresh out of high school at seventeen, I boarded a northbound bus to the metropolis of the mid-west. After arriving in Chicago, while waiting to be picked up by a family member, I met my fir...

Categories: evanston, chicago,
Form: Free verse

One Thankful Man

...More than 46 years ago in Evanston, C` Lee met a young lady                       in a gospel church.  Two years later, after saying “yes” to him,                     they got married at that same ch...

Categories: evanston, chicago, children, family, home,
Form: Narrative

Long Distant Love

...The college town of Evanston was where we first met.
It was the summer of 1970, when Mr. Nixon was president.

It would be two years later before we’d be married;
And we were forced to be long di...

Categories: evanston, chicago, husband, love, marriage,
Form: Narrative

Falling In Love

...Many years ago, I found myself in a church pew.
I never had a clue that in just a few,                                                                     I would meet someone new.

Just the day b...

Categories: evanston, beauty, blessing, emotions, happiness,
Form: Rhyme