Short Chicago Poems
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the health of the family
reflects the health of the city
broken families=broken cities
fix your family=heal your break
Once you’ve hit rock bottom,
—you can never be controlled
(Chicago Illinois: Water Tower with Studs Terkel—July, 1977)
Bars are letting out
Last El to south Chicago
Unrelenting rain
Eyes dripping with pure regret
Screaming steel guitar cries
Millie Tarry popped a balloon
But it popped a little too soon
The sudden noise
Upset some boys
Who were blowing up The Tribune
John Dillinger had a gold gat
And wanted one rat-a-tat-tat
But Santa knew
Rittenhouse, too,
And thought we had enough of that!
Up your seconds
stretch every moment
Joy in the instant
— present sublime
(Harry’s Café: Rush Street, Chicago – Circa 1982)
The Elegy
From Chicago to Washington
Guns play their fatal crescendo
Not much glissando
Too many musicians
Or too many instruments?
Translation,
the executioner of emotion,
—and rustler of graves
(Chicago Illinois: Water Tower with Studs Terkel—July, 1977)
Proudly I used to sell season's tickets for the Chicago Bears
~ These days salesmen sneak down the back stairs
Not politically
correct
Or socially
adept ...
I curse upon
your demons
And damn
— your wanton souls
(Chicago: August, 2024)
A cordless nailer with ice nail
Can quickly impale without fail
As soon as its felt
It begins to melt
Leaving police without a trail
Is Chicago an holey city
Or is it a town without pity?
Kirk Douglas would know
But would he dare go
Where the bullets are itty-bitty?
If all Philosophy
is a footnote to Plato
Then all Rock & Roll
—is but a tribute to the Blues
(Chicago Illinois: August, 1994)
Mrs. O'Leary
her eyesight bleary
bought an old used cow
But when it kicked
the proverbial bucket
all of Chicago screamed, "Ow!"
Chicago stlye
only way to go
That's not ketchup, is it ?
Written: 10/17/2015
Contest: Questionku Two
Sponsor: Richard Lamoureux
Chicago is blowing around
And Oprah has not made a sound
Hefner is dead
So Gershon said,
"Guess what? Your face mask has been found!"
According to Chicago nuns
Covid-19 kills more than guns
Since you're not there
Why should you care?
Now you have time to watch re-runs!
In April, the Chicago Cubs almost always play Scrappy ~
Come late July, their 'S's' fall off and then they play Crappy
Chicago Med is my main jam.
My favorite is when Dr. Sam
Haughtily consults
And others insults
While acts like not giving a damn.
4.25.22
out of all the gin joints in Chicago
she had to choose this one
she had an uncanny likeness to the woman he had lost
he could not stop staring
Start the game show geography
Three guesses where POTUS will be
Delete Chicago
Nix Mar-a-Lago
Musk knows it's Trumpington DC
frozen lake steaming
winter in Chicagoland
barren tees dreaming
September 29, 2020
8:45pm PST
.....broken cities
arise from the ashes of
broken families
arise from the ashes of
broken cities
arise from the ashes of
broken families.....
I am Eternal.
Love never dies.
Waiting for Jesus some stop waiting.
I love you Jesus any day now you will be back.
Knowing you the plan is amazing.
some dining friends tried to sue
cause their dinner smelled like glue
evidence a ton
waiter he's the one
then they found a cooks old shoe.