Chicago Prose Poetry Poems

we always thought
Jasper’s occupation was clandestine
He works in Chicago and Miamai
where gangsters work, right?
So is he a mobster?
He dresses like one, all in black.
We dared...

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Fresh out of college, the opportunities were there.
The choice was made to remain with a caring ministry.
Two years later, doors began to close, but new
ones...

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Barnyard animals were intimidated by the bull.
He is from Chicago, he must be part of the mafia.
Whisper whisper gossip gossip

Barney was a quiet animal, he...

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RED States/Blue States
Finances: RED or Black?
Cincinnati REDS
Boston RED Socks
Chicago White Socks
Detroit RED Wings
RED Blood Cells
White Blood Cells
RED Tape
RED Cars
RED Socks

I have stories of two friends...

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My lips uttered a sound not heard before, a bird trill.
I was amazed, for I had grown a beak, and knew I was an eagle.
This...

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The poem I have written about is
THE UNIVERSE WINKS by Gershon Wolf

Statues rise and fall
  Empires stutter and stall 
Genius streaks 'cross the sky
...

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They are looking out tiny boxes 
traveling toward the city from the suburbs
wearing tennis shoes on their tired feet

Many have left their dress shoes at...

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He dreamt of car races and our sunny California beaches.
Of tanned women playing volleyball. Yes, all were within his vibrant reach.
Porsche-mania, though was his all.
Some talk...

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My mother and father stared at each other throughout breakfast.
I dreamed we have lived seven or eight lifetimes together my father said.
My mother was irritated,...

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I had a job interview, and ignored what my mentor said.
She had said “Try not to be so ….”
“Me?” I guessed. She laughed. “Exactly!”
I blew...

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August 1996
Five thousand graduates 
Rosemont Horizon Convention Center
Chicago Illinois

We were identical from a distance
Five thousand of us in black robes
With faces too small to decipher
I...

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beauty salon gossip,
or presidential debate ...
Laundress conversation,
or trump x joe ?
Will  It be :
Socialism where "scarcity of everything"
or liberal Chevrolet fish tail?
Which team are...

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Why don’t you get in the kitchen Peg and stick your head in the oven?
Peg rolls her eyes, wishing she had stayed in safety of...

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END    OF   HISTORY…..


The heavens haven’t changed for all history.
Bright Venus shimmering in the dark sky..
Does anyone on that shining planet...

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The sun
sliding toward the west on a ruby strip,
the tired sky sighs
sunlight bouquets,
open dawns from dawn
they start to draw their shutters,
from the subway, a great...

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