Oakland Poems - Poems about Oakland

...Still wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along outer limits of the edge of night doth blog passivity, the p......Read the rest...

...A pure Hawaiian of rare birth, living a life somewhat carefree, fed farm animals by this squirt, sticks and stones were real toys indeed, set trash ablaze, be on alert, a barefoot countr......Read the rest...

...VANITY REBORN Vanity. Long locks of luxury Taken, as Delilah Stole strength From Samson Without asking, He was unwilling. He did not know His strength lay not in The beauty of h......Read the rest...

...What were you expecting Upon my sudden return The sky to split open The mountains to move Or maybe a rescue mission Where pride is enthroned as ....good, BENEVOLENT, a rewarder of the diligen......Read the rest...

...driving our kids west . . . our past life vanishing in the rear view mirror I don’t recall many details about our move to California. My husband’s job had transferred him two states over to Cali......Read the rest...

... Tina, I saw you perform in Oakland, CA,yes, long ago. But God has chosen to bring you to His eternal home today. You, Hall and Oates, Huey Lewis and the News were all part o......Read the rest...

...I once traveled around the U. S. on a Greyhound bus, My wife thought I was crazy, but she made little fuss, It was, by far, the most awesome adventure I ever took Three changes of clothes, lots of......Read the rest...

......and with apologies to Tony Bennett. I smelled a fart in San Francisco, It wafted out across the Bay. An Oakland breeze just blew it back, A tourist gasped, "A gas attack!" A drag queen shri......Read the rest...

...It was in late October in the year nineteen seventy three That the war in South Vietnam was finally over for me I boarded the seven o seven and couldn't wait to get going A non military plane,......Read the rest...

...Oakland County MI Democrats Republicans 20. 1,258,474 20. 434,148 56.24% 325,971 42.22% 16. 1,251,027 ......Read the rest...

...At the Oakland Zoo, a birth historical Is neither fable now allegorical An ape and lynx had a child So gorgeous and so wild With a lineage quite cat-e-gori-Cal 6/1/22......Read the rest...

...Wrestling with impasse to contentment Dispense sing with fidelity blithely agog just me and mine dark shadow slinking along the edge of night doth blog passivity, the path of least resistance ......Read the rest...

...A Part of the Past Frozen in Time You can drive your whole life not look upon the face of harbingers in spring wet earth Remembering the ephemeral warm Mediterranean summers clean petrichor ......Read the rest...

...*Image of Sidney Poitier. Sidney Poitier RIP ~~~0~~~ Sidney, Tony, Defy's, Tough Guys, De-means, Offed-Steams, Mellow, Fellow, Recaught, Re-Taught, Best......Read the rest...

...*Image of John Madden by Oakland News Now. John Madden RIP As an offensive linesman forms profession, Complimenting Raiders pro football coach, Relating coaching and playing no qu......Read the rest...