Long Rustbelt Poems
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Gateway TownGateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for influence
within the lawn-jockey, pink flamingo neighborhoods of moral decay.
T.S, Eliot,...
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Categories:
rustbelt, allusion, city, class, longing, racism, slavery, urban,
Form:
Rhyme
Gary's Yard Sale, the StoryGary's Yard Sale, the story
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Categories:
rustbelt, nostalgia, people, timeage, age, day,
Form:
Free verse
Pink Slip For a GenerationAt the 5:00 whistle
When the sunset in late November
Is less light and more molten
Like a blast-furnace window
Glowing above the highway home
Goo spilling from its sparkling ladle
Bent
At the off-ramp’s arthritic elbow
The city smolders
Under
The backs and braces...
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Categories:
rustbelt, america, change, courage, integrity, jobs, time, work,
Form:
Free verse
City EpilogueLook closely at
the crows.
At 9:00 p.m.
the highway ends
and hollow appendages
of turning headlights
pet the tangled shag...
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Categories:
rustbelt, city, death, depression, eulogy, grief, history, loss,
Form:
Free verse
City WaterRisen
From the springtime flooding along South MLK
A sh#t-skinned slimy pipe
Pops half way up from a grimy hole
Like a gopher molded from iron ore
Neck and head periscoping left then right
Tiny arms bolted to its furry chest...
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Categories:
rustbelt, cancer, children, city, community, environment, growing up,
Form:
Free verse