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Chicagoans Poems - Poems about Chicagoans


Premium Member Ghetto in my Head
...I've never been in a war zone but one time I got lost on my way to wriggly field ending up in a tilted, burned-out ghetto. A cherry pulled me over for being out of place and said leave asap for i......

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Categories: chicagoans, baseball, poverty,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Chicago Way
...I pen now of days of ultimate charm…… Of walking at midnight with no fear of harm. When days were heaven, not a living hell. When riding downtown was safe, on the Chicago El. The Chicago Theatr......

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Categories: chicagoans, change, chicago, childhood, fear,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Go Cubs
...You can spend nine years in Chicago and not see everything. I know this because I spent nine years in Chicago, I doubt if I saw half of it. Do not miss the Navy Pier, the Magnificent Mile, the Baja......

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Categories: chicagoans, travel,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member A Question For Chicagoans
...MLK assassinated looting and burning Bulls win the NBA title looting and burning George Floyd murdered looting and burning Chicagoans What are you not learning......

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Categories: chicagoans, city, history,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Three Limericks On 'The Strike' --- Three Different Points of View
...TEACHERS'S UNION Lori Lightfoot's no better than the rest Crafty wiles and forced smiles don't pass our test She promised the moon She crooned a sweet tune Then she zinged us with zealot......

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Categories: chicagoans, leadership, school, teacher, work,
Form: Limerick



History Politics Geography
...HISTORY POLITICS GEOGRAPHY Some guy once said there's lies, damn lies, and statistics But he surely meant lies, damn lies, and politics; And since all the people are dead in history Why to st......

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Categories: chicagoans, education,
Form: Couplet

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