Tattered Game Ball
...Kids of different
nationalities gather
every day to play
in the streets of Chicago
once their daily chores are done.
They play with marbles,
scummy top, pitching pennies,
or a rambunctious...
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Categories:
stickball, baseball, chicago, children, nostalgia,
Form: Tanka
Philly Boy
...A city of neighborhoods,
it's been called in a song.
With row houses like Legos,
my...
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Categories:
stickball, childhood, games, remember,
Form: Lyric
Summers With Granddad
...Time held in his hand,
a shoebox cradled the past,
treasures saved for a grandson.
Granddad's pocketwatch
was tarnished with memories
in an attic of summers.
A family bond,
sun-drenched h...
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Categories:
stickball, childhood, family, seasons, urban,
Form: Sedoka
A Summer Memory
...Summer Memories of Long Ago
(for Frank Herrara's Summer Memory Contest)
Playing stickball in the schoolyard
Roller skating with my friends
Playing hide and seek
Wishing vacation never ends
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Categories:
stickball, childhood, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme