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prohibition cancelled

...eighteenth amendment
national prohibition
thirteen awful years

led by protestants
fearing evil of liquor
handcuffed alcohol

policemen were paid off
bootleggers became wealthy
speakeasies ...

Categories: speakeasies, abuse,
Form: Senryu

Grand Dragon Press

...Some may say grand dragon others grand wizard either or it began in 60s everything was a bit chaotic the death of John f Kennedy Bobby Kennedy pope John XXlll my birth and Martin Luther kings famous ...

Categories: speakeasies, allah,
Form: Quintain (English)

1920 To 1929

...I am the roaring twenties 
And the cotton club. 
   I am Al Capone and his 
Thugs. 

   I am the rise of Joseph 
Stalin. 
   I am the age of science 
And penicillin. 

   I am Walt Disney a...

Categories: speakeasies, history,
Form: Rhyme

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Insecurity

...Insecurity. Bled me dry.
The seed. Root.
Ghosts in my soul.

Invasion.
Laughter at speakeasies.
Bubbles in the champagne.

Surfaced, too quickly.
Whether on my right,
Or, left of you.

Yo...

Categories: speakeasies, change, confusion, divorce,
Form: Free verse

Feathered Enchantment

...In a room that once commanded great respect,
stage lights began to hiss with heated anticipation.
There were sounds of alcohol infused rumblings
and laughter rolling through the rows of seats
fro...

Categories: speakeasies, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Narrative

Holy Windstorm

...These are post-revolutionary gay '20s,
without pre-revolutionary SpeakEasies,
replaced with ListenHard
to global climates of LeftBrain dominant despair.

Margaret Meade encourages
invites
urge...

Categories: speakeasies, culture, health, native american,
Form: Political Verse

Prohibition

...i have a pear
shaped mandolin
depression era
that has surely
sinned in
speakeasies
in the '30's
because my
fingering has
never been so
beautifully
dirty...

Categories: speakeasies, muse,
Form: I do not know?

Roaring Twenties

...Roaring Twenties

Nostalgia and age like bacon and eggs,
With buttered toast and jam on the side for breakfast;
And coffee, and a glass of orange juice to drink,
And a memory in-between t...

Categories: speakeasies, america, culture, education, history,
Form: Verse

Leaving Chicago

...Above the roller-coaster rain clouds, 
there's a moment when the wing tip of the plane 
cuts seamlessly into serene blue as it banks 
over Chicago. It's a layover in the sunlit limbo 
of the hope isl...

Categories: speakeasies, places
Form: Free verse

Runny Mascara

..."So what will you do without me?" 
he asks, 
 

     I will become Jezzebel, 
like all the other forgotten 
women of romance movies, 
     huddle in the back alley ways of 
notorious speakeas...

Categories: speakeasies, introspection, loss, lost love,
Form: Free verse