Pat Raia

Pat Raia Poems

I
always wanted
to live
like that:
...

Sometimes
getting through
a tough time
is enough
...

When she was young
and newly married
she bent over backward
to reach
...

We
can talk
like
grown-ups
...

There
will always
be those
who
...

Going home
means
warmth and
family and
...

Where you
come from
blood
is thicker
...

8.

I want
to give
you
something
...

The
hardest
thing
we
...

We
are all
connected
to the
...

I don't
do this
because
you allow
...

Am I
angry?
You bet
I am -
...

I was
close
closer
close enough
...

Everybody
moves forward
from
girlhood
...

15.

Jesus
can do
anything
you believe
...

I wanted
roots
so
I invented
...

We
were young
once
and
...

My father
gave up
half
his life
...

A dozen
misunderstandings
at least
one hundred
...

20.

Let's
do something
you
can't do
...

Pat Raia Biography

Pat Raia is a veteran journalist who covered crime and politics for the Chicago Sun-Times, Leader and the Chicago Tribune newspapers. She holds a bachelors degree in Press Law and Ethics from Rivier College, and she taught young journalists at that school. She is the author of the Barraia Greeting Arts line. Pat Raia has been writing poetry since childhood.)

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Heart's Desire

I
always wanted
to live
like that:
jetting off
to Gstaad
or to
some
Venetian ball
I'd wear
beautiful
clothes
have
beautiful
dogs
and wear
eyeshadow
picked
for me
by some
Paris designer
I'd
go away
to
luxury hotels
with men
who wore
turtle necks
and
tweed
and
we'd
make love
and have
breakfast
in bed
just like
lovers
in some
1963 movie

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