Minneapolis Poems - Poems about Minneapolis

Fifty years ago...the age of self-reflection Hollow crumbs, shadows of proud vestiges As minneapolis' jim crow vanished slowly, Painfully, no longer admired at country club Cocktail parties celebrating ribbon-cuttings My family was inside and unaware of history Working class achievement, First deli in marble edifice To corporate greed, Connecting the longest Minneapolis Skyway North to Washington Ave. Dallas barons, puppet-masters Guilding their empire on...

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Walz fiddled while the city was burning National Guard assist he was spurning Just as Old Nero fiddled Mayor Walz also diddled His judgement was, oh, so undiscerning...

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At 10,000 feet we rose through soft, voluminous canyons--- Dark billows whose slow swell was undisturbed by our passage. At 20,000 feet, the first few glimpses--- Three short days, and the promise of Her full beauty is fulfilled, And yet She is shy--- Below, patches of dull silver offer glances, graces--- A lake, a river, a pond, a stream--- Slyly She slides,...

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cigarette falling, snow- ing in- side the bronco, buck- ing ash two-digit scissors reach- ing like tongs passenger’s eyes pop driver retrieves, revels, masters the smoke; a joke to the occupant occupational hazard: timing of timber window ajar; a trail of chimney smoke a cautionary tale: don’t make my insides jiggle jingle bells are merrily ringing can’t help myself previously, at the airport man flies off his luggage seat goes splat in the turkey line his phone’s fly- ing and...

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reaching for snowflakes — sunflower in winter white abandons the sun 12/14/2020 Strand’s Hi-ku 2...

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Minority rule Apartheid We, majority, asked: How? blaming the victims of hate! I heard Gandhi, Dr. King, Biko II Now we who have media, wealth, vote ... Ask Lincoln to police Minneapolice (Mean Polis?) We quote, "Be the change you want," but Dream dead Saviors, hate Prez Obama, First Black III We were asked to solve (apart-hate) - apartheid We did so, without the vote,...

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eyes on cutting board — thick sliced slathered with butter scrumptious breads in hand 11/19/2018...

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Here in Minneapolis, In weather bright and cool, We crossed the Mississippi Then we headed to the school. Two students helped to guide us To the campus place for art, A museum by Frank Gehry, Not a shabby place to start. We checked out the ceramics, Sculptures, paintings and the shop Then in need of rest and sustenance, We thought we'd take a stop. And that's...

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