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Terkel Poems - Poems about Terkel


Premium Member What America's Got These Days
...More polarization than in Poland or north of the Arctic Circle Division rife on the left, not seen since H. Rap Brown and Studs Terkel......

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Categories: terkel, america, anger, history,
Form: Epigram
Fifty Some Years Ago
...(Taking headlines from October 1964, the poem revisits our shared experience ...) Monday 5: Fifty-Four East Germans Tunnel to Freedom Back then, it was not in doubt, (Richard Burton Tony Quin......

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Categories: terkel, history, , cute, ,
Form: Rhyme



Rustler of Graves
...Translation, the executioner of emotion, —and rustler of graves (Chicago Illinois: Water Tower with Studs Terkel—July, 1977)......

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Categories: terkel, language,
Form: Free verse
With Studs
...Once you’ve hit rock bottom, —you can never be controlled (Chicago Illinois: Water Tower with Studs Terkel—July, 1977)......

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Categories: terkel, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Labor Day Poem
...The broad masses of the American people celebrate on Labor day the efforts that the hard working people of the past have ......

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Categories: terkel, holiday, work, labor day,
Form: Ballad




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