Illinois Poems - Poems about Illinois

I ADORED THIS INAUGURATION OBAMA AND MICHELLE THAT DANCE YES WE HAD JOHN MC CAIN HILLARY CLINTON AND BARACK I WAS TORN BY THE GAZA STRIP GEORGIAN THE SHEER HORRID TIMES AS I GAVE MY VITE PROUDLY AWAY FROM MY ABUSIVE EX HUSBAND I ALLOWED HIS MISTRESS JAY TOWNSEND JOHNSON HENRY TO CONTINUE PERPUTRATING FRAUD...

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My first grade field trip begin Joseph Medill school of journalism Chicago my first grade class sang African American spiritual hymns performing at the Schubert theater the museum of science and industry the museum of natural arts Du Sable museum finally the freedom riders arrived several trailway buses to take my first grade class to...

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MY ASSASIN HIDDEN OUT OF SIGHT AWAITS ME TO LEAVE MY HOME AT WHICH TIME SHE POINCE RIPPING PAGES ON MY NIGHT STAND SCRATCHING THE LOCKS ON OUR DOOR MY DISABLED FAMILY PANICS AT FIRST REALIZING THIS ASSASIN HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO MY MURDER OVER 20 YEARS NOW COMING TO FIMISH THE JOB PEEKING THROUGH...

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YOU ARRIVED ON CUE I SUPPOSE RIGHT AFTER THE CHRISTMAS DAY ARSONS MURDERS PROCLAIMING MY LIFE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ARSON MURDER 8 ELDERLY PERSONS PARISHES PROCLAIMED MY EX HUSBAND WAS BEING FORCED TO COMMIT CRIMES FOR CIRO GARGANO LAKE COUNTY MUSIC COMPANY THE MAD BOMBER CLEARLY I REMEMDER USING...

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Lake county music company filled with slots carney folk real carny folk the little pete's illegal gambling road show throughout the Midwest gaming like your idol Frank Peter Balistreiri the mad bomber stops Metropolis Karnak Danville Indiana storefronts rented videos games cigarette coke cola poker pin ball juke boxes even laundromats I was a...

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CRISIS TEAM : HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP AGENT BROWN: I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT IN TOTAL FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AFTER WEARING WIRES PREGNANT BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FEARING FOR MINE AND MY CHILDREN LIVES DUE TO THE FACT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9 CIRO GARGANO ARRIVED IN MY TOWNHOME WITH HIS JAMAICAN IMPOSTER...

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CRISIS TEAM: HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP AGENT BROWN: HELLO I'M AGENT BROWN IN DIRE NEED OF THE FBI HELP AFTER I CONTACTED THE FBI ABOUT THE ARSON MURDERER OF 9 CIRO GARGANO AND HIS ACCOMPLICE ACTUALLY IMPERSONATING ME IN THE UNTITED STATES BUILDING IN TAMPA OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE IN THE ARSON MURDERS OF GARGANO THE...

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CRISIS TEAM:HELLO WE ARE HERE TO HELP AGENT BROWN: HELLO I AWAKEN EVERY NIGHT BETWEEN THREE OR FOUR AM I CANNOT BREATHE PANTING HEARING MY FETUS HEARTBEAT SO LOUDLY CRISIS TEAM: YOU ARE SAFE HERE DEAR AGENT BROWN : I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS WHY WON'T IT STOP I AM STUCK THERE RIGHT NOW...

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CRISIS SESSION FBI HUMAN RESOURCE DIVISION NON-REDACTED FBI: HELLO WHAT IS YOUR EMERGENCY AGENT BROWN: HELLO THIS IS AGANT BROWN AND THAT DARK PLACE IS RETURNING AGAIN I AM IN CRISIS AGAIN FBI: OKAY WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU STAY CALM AGENT BROWN: IT BEGAN DECADES AGO AFTER MY WORK WITH SPECIAL AGENT PAULA BRAND AND...

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gray skies drenching rain luscious colors in hiding until the rainbow...

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Illinois, Winter of 1920 Fair crystal-like turquoise crowns o'er heartland while townsfolk are quite briefed on purchasing, for those who dressed warmly had only planned, meant shopping, browsing, eat-out ere praying. While townsfolk are quite briefed on purchasing, comparing, what's-in, plus what's-not, prattling, meant shopping, browsing, eat-out ere praying, stained-glass color-filled lights, and choir singing. Comparing, what's-in, plus what's-not, prattling, whilst child-filled dreams on pews...

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you lean back like you always did and blow wearing your bell bottom slacks cool just like you always were I hear you now maybe I always did I just didn't know it's all I ever wanted to do paint a picture lean back see feel and hear the music so please understand I'm not trying to be you I'm just trying © Whit Howland 2019...

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Golden belt of corns, Abraham Lincoln home in State of Illinois...

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A block off the river Just a step from the gutter A bar that hadn't barred me, yet I walked in for the first time And knew I'd come home A Lucy moment, lucid In Cairo, Illinois River town of bars and churches One on every block Like a chess match from hell A queen in every bar A bishop right next door Pawns on every stool Knights...

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If you are not from the area, you probably don’t know about this town which is a suburb of Chicago. It is located to the southwest of the Windy City. With Morgan Park, it shares its northern boundary. Blue Island thrives in the heart of Cook County. The people who live there are proud of this little city. The town...

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