Long Second city Poems
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Hiroshima, Theodore Van Kirk, Rip
On that day, in Aug 45
Bomber over the city that's very much alive
Nervous crew, cloudy day
Pilots instructions, open bomb bay
The words above as the pilot has said
What happens next the World dreads
The catch releases as...
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Categories:
second city, america, angst, death, judgement, pain, people, world,
Form:
Rhyme
Hiroshima - Nagasaki 1
On that day in Aug 1945
Bomber over the city that's very much alive
Nervous crew, cloudy day
Pilots instructions, open bomb bay
The words above as the pilot said
What happens next the world dreads
The catch releases as Little...
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Categories:
second city, city, day, death, forgiveness, history, life, loss,
Form:
Rhyme
Bio:Closing Time,Memories
CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB
The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke.
The great ale, my great friends in Chicago.
Old Town, North Avenue, twas Chicago,1967.
O' Rourke's Pub, where else?
Smoky, filled with...
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Categories:
second city, chicago, friendship, memory, mental health,
Form:
Bio
First CityIn the late 60s in 'the second city', on the southside at 43rd and Calumet, ...
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Categories:
second city, america, chicago, christian, faith, fear, god,
Form:
Narrative
Second CityIn the late 60's in 'the second city', on the south side at 43rd and Calumet, ...
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Categories:
second city, angel, anger, blessing, chicago, faith, fear,
Form:
Narrative
The Curse of the VentriloquistHe mimicked all who entered the darkened room,
felt the fear in their eyes when watched with zeal.
He was a performer and his sidekick Sid seemed real.
Was that really him or was he wearing a...
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Categories:
second city, imagination,
Form:
Rhyme
The Red Velvet Christmas RobeOh, that special Christmas, unlike the ones today.
When little girls wore such beautiful clothes.
Decades before jeans and running shoes.
Curled hair, pretty bows and we had manners, too.
We saw beautiful movies, at cinema, we’d clap
with joy...
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Categories:
second city, christmas, feelings, memory, parents,
Form:
Verse
Second City, Chicago, My BioOn Wells Street in Chicago, is a sweet comedic treat.
Second City Theater for laughs and where many found their beginnings on plain stage, their life's heartbeat.
No "Phantom of the Opera" no lines, no costumes, no...
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Categories:
second city, dedication, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Dancing On Air-Love StoryJust waiting in line to register for college courses.
I did not relish such crowded coarseness.
Then, mon Dieux, my eyes fixed upon you, lost was I!
Your brown eyes, made me feel like I was flying in the...
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Categories:
second city, happiness, love, sensual,
Form:
Rhyme
Footlights: the Joy of Being a Stand Up ComedianFootlights:The Joy of Being a Stand Up Comedian
The audience is getting their drinks,
And a silent hush falls, like a wave,on the crowd.
I know it's my moment to rise and shine,
Standing alone,...
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Categories:
second city, art, fun, how i feel, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
John Candy - Comedian At HeartAll the way from Ontario to Hollywood,
was one of the greatest comedians to live.
On a small stage at Second City he stood,
...
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Categories:
second city, celebrity,
Form:
Rhyme
End of DaysTake these shackles and give ‘em to the bear, tell her I’ve gone home
Take these shackles and throw ‘em to the wind, I’ll live like that no more
Gonna find me the weapon that can kill...
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Categories:
second city, inspirational, lifeme, war, old, city, me, old,
Form:
Rhyme
YogyakartaYogyakarta*
(26/08/2011)
If only I could make it then,
To the place I call second hometown
To the city I long for four years
To the souls of my real relatives
Just to talk about it brings me tears
Where my best...
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Categories:
second city, city,
Form:
Free verse
Natural Born ComediansNatural Born Comedians
I had a class of sixth graders in Chicago,
Absolutely like no other.
Never a class so full of smiles and
hilarious pranks.
Their boundless joy rolled over me like
a huge Sherman tank.
I think they had their own...
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Categories:
second city, 6th grade, remember, teacher,
Form:
Free verse
Papyrus SkiesOh, how I miss a live audience!
But writing humor to the stillness of-the night?
Like talking to a picket fence.
The laughter is simply not there!
Reminds me of something I so
Despise...canned laughter.
So infinitely dead and dry.
I look...
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Categories:
second city, poetry,
Form:
Verse
City of All Shouldersim in the train station
of the city that i love
my city
they call it the second city
but it is second to none
it is the city of big shoulders indeed
big shoulders
fat shoulders
skinny shoulders
white shoulders
black shoulders
hispanic shoulders
asian shoulders
middle...
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Categories:
second city, absence
Form:
Free verse