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Tenement House Poems - Poems about Tenement House


My Brooklyn
... There may have been neighborhoods with green lawns, playgrounds, and ballfields a short walk from houses with enough bedrooms for everyone. Houses that stood apart from one another, so owners ......

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Categories: tenement house, childhood,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Couple Who Lived In 4-E
...Behind caution tape, I stand in the shade watching a wrecking ball, tethered to sway And soon with a gasp from the crowd standing by A piece of the past is ready to die I am seeing a lifetime, ......

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Categories: tenement house, flower, nostalgia, people,
Form: Free verse



Slippery Roots
...I could have fallen Stepping down the hill slope On the slippery roots Not wearing my work boots Just rubber-soled sneakers turning down Main. A new-balanced moment Walking back to my room B......

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Categories: tenement house, allegory, angst, family, introspection,
Form: Rhyme

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