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Rikers Poems - Poems about Rikers


A Small Surprise
...On my morning walk, which is Adjacent to the river, A small surprise is sometimes what The city does deliver. So yesterday, I heard a thump, Metallic, so I slowed, Expecting that a hubcap fle......

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Categories: rikers, mystery, new york,
Form: Rhyme
Patty-Cake President
...Written By: D. Collins 12/19/18 Patty-cake, Patty-cake, baker's man. Things didn't happen the way you planned. Now t......

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Categories: rikers, betrayal, father daughter,
Form: Sonnet



New York City
...I live in the city that never sleeps Time square lights shine While the sun creeps. Homeless men rush to the big tin can Of left over meals Teens vamp through the night, No sleeping pills. My......

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Categories: rikers, community, environment, humor, new
Form: Free verse
Horror In Hawaii
...Wrote this for Carolyn's Vacation Humor contest, but I went a little overboard with the amount of lines. It was such a big elation Finally getting my vacation Two weeks off with lots of plans Tha......

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Categories: rikers, vacation,
Form: Rhyme

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