Lincoln Poems

The Legend of Lincoln Park Zoo

It was gloomy today i never knew why but
it always seems that way in a big city
the south side all lined with beautiful 
homes all the same sizes and shapes 
somehow the sun just doesn't seem 
to make it off the ground here while
the west side has some quaint sparks
of sun and the east side

His Legs Would Not Reach to the Ground

A man from Connecticut found
His legs would not reach to the ground.
“I wish I was shorter,”
He told a reporter,
“To stop all this floating around.”

March 1969 my first grade class was the only class honored to attend Abraham Lincoln Home

No fear of threats from vicious 
Peter Gargano knights of kkk 
Threatening my life for attending 
that 1969 Civil rights field trip
my father Civil rights advocates 
political leaders gather 
as we awaited the trial 
way buses to board 
my first grade class 
was the only class 
honoured to attend 
because excellent 
grades and we were

1969 Abraham Lincoln Tomb Springfield Illinois

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

Lincoln City

God's Thumb ocean views
Amazing food truck cuisine 
Lincoln City fun

My Life is one big Lincoln Log

Looking out for a reputation in vogue 
Very sanctimonious
Well you're the queen of making it obvious
 
She'll walk away hastily with her head down 
But it's never long enough to pull out her phone, and answer a text 
And the tail fails between the legs,
The hunted becomes the hunter
With an intrepid headline loaded in the

A Reflection On One So Wise Abraham Lincoln For Whom The Bell Tolled

'Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what
he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will
do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly,
looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines

Hand In Hand

I wasn't going to say anything
in that leafy Lincoln street
when you caught me pondering my life
and the many ways to die
but there was something about the hour
that curled like a python
as rain soaked down 
to soft pale skin
puddles gorging like cancer
screaming our heads off
hand in hand
seemed the better option

The Strange But True Story of the Lincoln Imp

Down in hell, that stronghold of sin.
strange things stir, but let me begin.
I'll get to the point. Some details I'll skimp.
I tell the tale of a mischievous imp.
Of two imps in fact, to be more precise.
If trouble occurs, it may occur twice.
If on earth bawling kids cause a terrible mess,
why should imps in Pandemonium do

Lincoln Unchained

Lincoln unchained slavery
and saved The Union.
Let us not disunify
at this point in history.
The devil’s, hard at work,
trying to spread hate -
his boiling hot butter
on bread. E V E R Y O N E
can vote. God bless America.

11/7/2022

Lincoln Cathedral

From the miles of flatness and the fens

Comes the hill where this Cathedral stands

Everyone can see this floodlit site

When the moon is out and there is night.

I saw it through the window as I turned 

It’ struck me down with beauty never learnt.

As I lay surprised upon the stair

I absorbed the beauty I saw there

The Lincoln Road

The Lincoln road nearby 
Walking the hills, near silence and illness
No masks, though winter is coming
Deadlocks, people forgetting vaccines
Even the smartest wander about
Stores and movies, dinners and coffees
Cars, buses and planes
Sidewalks and streets
Winter is coming 
The Lincoln memorial stands nearby
And Lincoln's statue stands in the cold
Character and force 
A vaccinated friend suffers after 3 shots
Yet

Boo Hoo Lincoln

 Boo Hoo Lincoln
Miracle Man
7-4-2022

 Today Lincoln Riley might be missing O.U.,
for the ship he jumped to is going big time too.
His wish was to be a big fish in a small tank,
but in the big 10 he’ll walk the gang plank.

He showed his true character in the way he left,
taking players and coaches was

A Conversation With Abraham Lincoln

Every man is proud of what he does well;
and no man is proud of what he does not do well.
With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will
do twice as much of it with less fatigue.
The latter performs a little imperfectly,
looks at it in disgust, turns from it, and imagines himself
exceedingly tired.
The

Lincoln Cathedral

Saints, gargoyles, Kings, and imps,
mix, match and mingle.
The beatific and the ogres
hang over slate roofs
like drunks at closing-time.

The stone-masons were subversives,
they must have drank on the job,
yet Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop Alexander,
and St Hugh of Lincoln
all signed off on this unholy riot.
Fire and earthquakes only encouraged
more irreverent flamboyancy.

Gradually `Mary Mother' took over the house
sweeping granite

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