Poems about City

• The Hammock

  As I looked up, I saw it as if it were from a dream. I took your hand in mine and we began our accent to the windy summit of the old twelve story building via one of the many back alley fire escapes that can be spotted throug

  by Sully-McBride 4 lines, on Nov 17 8:18 AM. In Contemporary, Life, Nature, People, City, Society, Weird
• Ode to Home

  I know you have your faults
  Your crime and poverty

  by LesbianOfLove 31 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 10 10:55 PM. In Home, Wisconsin, Residence, City, Town, State
• Do You Know Who I AM?

  I Am New Orleans
  That Place You Want To Be

  by SFranklin 72 lines, on Nov 9 9:26 AM. In Society, Sad, Pain, City, Other
• Our City

  Stop and look around
  Have you seen the city now

  by D-Squizzle 11 lines, on Nov 1 9:12 PM. In City, Pain, Torment
• © Visit To Ole Pari

  Looking upward to the sky of skies...
  Breathtaking loftiness...

  by Archangel Knight 16 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 29 11:02 PM. In Visit, Travel, City, Sites, Paris, Life, Love, Abroad, Beauty, Breathtaking
• City of Lights

  Rain falls over slick city streets,
  clattering on tin roofs as men bustle to meetings

  by Night Phoenix 32 lines, on Oct 5 1:45 PM. In Thoughts, Society, City, Life
• Pie Town

  A little bitty place,
  out in the middle of nowhere.

  by Maryah 19 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 30 11:08 AM. In Pie Town, New Mexico, city, small, town, nature
• Ska Sca

  there’s no problem
  Scarborough and Sca’ndinavia have something in common.

  by LeanneBridgewater 3 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 20 6:59 PM. In Lyrics, SKA, Words, quote, poetry, free speech, beat, spoken, ska, city
• bone bonnets

  and the sounds of the saints buried in,
  i got no sense for cents, for blood, for war

  by LeanneBridgewater 18 lines, on Sep 20 11:30 AM. In Lyrics, bone, china, spoken word, beat, Society, city, Nature, Other, Thoughts
• The Blue City

  Stranger by a neighbourly way,
  I feel like an odd female slave,

  by Ladida 41 lines, 6 comments, on Aug 21 4:42 PM. In Istambul, city, pain, love, travel, contemporary
• Ghosts

  by Kia Tenshi 23 lines, 1 comment, on Aug 10 10:13 PM. In thoughts, city, dead, ghost, life, world, sad, loss, lost, weird
• Disguise

  How long can I stay like this?
  Honestly...
  I haven't a clue.

  by Kia Tenshi 25 lines, on Aug 8 5:24 PM. In sad, thoughts, numb, weird, love, running, pain, city, disguise
• For A Moment

  by Roxy-2009 23 lines, on Aug 4 3:41 AM. In city, nature, peace, life
• City Night

  Rain washes dust from an ugly city street,
  cars sliding into poles, dogs digging holes.

  by Mr-D 41 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 28 1:01 PM. In Dark, Life, Nature, City, Rain
• 9/11 Blues.

  It’s starting to rain,
  Young Sabrina said,

  by Terry Collett 65 lines, on Jul 11 12:50 PM. In POEM, WOMAN, CITY, BLUES, LOSS, 9/11
• Alphabet of Leaving the City

  An unsleeping city
  Buses bustle by

  by tigerjr228 28 lines, on Jun 20 11:06 AM. In Life, Personal, Thoughts, leaving, city, alphabet, night
• Crushed

  i see the dust encrusted on your eyelids and your once elusive skin hanging over your jutted bones. everything has fallen.

  by oldstone 13 lines, on Jun 10 2:27 PM. In disaster, choas, death, love, loss, nature, seasons, city, devastation, imaginary
• All lies

  And the weather was stormy, uneasy
  gone treacly,

  by eataortic 38 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 10 4:55 AM. In summer, observational, skeptic, humour, life, city, contemporary
• For My Mom

  With trepidation and excitement
  My Mom braves my nocturnal adventure

  by hopit 29 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 5 9:00 PM. In Family, Travel, Night, City, Streets, Life, Society, Message, Metropolis
• A Most Healing Way

  by Siverskiy 13 lines, 14 comments, on May 20 9:48 AM. In Life, Society, City, Nature
• Where the City Sleeps

  Big cities and bright lights are intimidating to small or even medium-town people, but if you search the nooks and crannies of backwoods and alleys you can find the magic of big time fame in a little way.
  

  by pinksnowboots 14 lines, 3 comments, on May 17 12:58 PM. In Society, Contemporary, City, Humanity, Escape, Life, Other, Lost in thought
• Sweet Camillia Sunset

  Sweet camillia sunset,
  spread across the Southern sky.

  by sedriskell 11 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 20 2:08 PM. In Poetry, city, beauty, sunset, sky
• Bloody Sunday---/---Portland

  x♥x♥x♥x♥x

  by SarahEatsAirplane 86 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 12 9:03 PM. In Personal, Thoughts, Angst, Pain, Sad, Depression, Escape, city
• Rachel’S Rape.

  Rachel remembered the rape.
  She remembered the date,

  by Terry Collett 35 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 12 6:57 AM. In POEM, WOMAN, RAPE, CITY, NIGHTS, FEARS
• Farewell Chicago Fireflies

  Silences of the night
  And the fireflies are dancing,

  by Horanzu 33 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 4 2:14 AM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Dark, City, Nature
• The Ignorant City

  "We are prepared for any evil,
  Whatever terror passes our gates.

  by XxAmongtheBrokenxX 53 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 2 6:26 PM. In Contest, City, Evil
• Night City.

  You should really see this,
  Chino, the city at

  by Terry Collett 27 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 19 2:30 AM. In POEM, CITY, NIGHT, MAN, WOMAN, SIGHTS, SLEEP, LIFE
• Viewpoint.

  She can see from the window
  The city below and beyond,

  by Terry Collett 27 lines, on Feb 5 6:19 AM. In POEM, GIRL, DEPRESSION, BLUES, CITY, HUMANITY
• Tripping in Scottsdale

  Bodies made of glass, room swaying like a boat
  Floating all around as we parade around town

  by bad fish 16 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 28 10:09 AM. In Thoughts, City, 2c-i, Tripping, Drugs, Spiritual
• a park in new york

  we are swallowed by
  tall buildings

  by more like war 77 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 12 10:39 AM. In Nature, Life, City, Culture, Industry, Trees
• new years day

  full moon light pale
  young lady

  by neonblack 40 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 2 1:49 AM. In city
• an attempt to make the smog look beautiful.

  by And Hyetal 53 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 20 10:12 PM 2008. In city
• the gas pump kids.

  we pull up to the gas station at west 25th street and passyunk. south philadelphia. not the worst-not the best. "can i pump your gas for a dollar?" a little black boy needs extra change to live-just a dollar. just one do

  by tyedyehippy 0 lines, on Dec 19 12:43 PM 2008. In poverty, society, city, children
• The Doctor’s Smoke Break

  An uplifting look at the future

  by Cole 23 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 13 3:50 AM 2008. In Society, City, Overly Ironic Titles
• Language

  by katelynmcdougall 24 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 11 2:17 PM 2008. In Language, city, life
• New test-aments (just li' ol')

  Mediocre, the main stones of aroma-there’a’pie-ce
  Pick slabs up before the fix of concrete

  by LeanneBridgewater 14 lines, on Dec 3 1:16 PM 2008. In Thoughts, industry, city, flats, building, development, change, land, ages, time
• Whole

  Through cycles of growth and decay
  we change

  by mattwi1s0n 14 lines, on Nov 16 6:11 AM 2008. In Spiritual, Personal, soul, city, urban, Humanity
• Crew

  with thick black pens
  we scrawl our names

  by mattwi1s0n 16 lines, on Nov 16 6:07 AM 2008. In youth, urban, city, observation, society, england, graffiti
• Grace

  As she moves through the crowd
  her theramin footsteps

  by mattwi1s0n 18 lines, on Nov 12 3:38 PM 2008. In city, Personal, Spiritual, Longing, Love, grace, Inspirational
• Heartburn

  Another prototype rolls off the production line
  and the condensation of my naked ambition

  by mattwi1s0n 15 lines, on Nov 12 3:30 PM 2008. In Spiritual, Thoughts, city, Personal., Humanity, soul
• Falling For The Flames

  Let’s play a favourite game of ours.
  Under a clogging black sky,

  by CrazyXSincereXInsane 60 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 18 7:57 PM 2008. In Love, pryromaniac, fire, city, burning, happy, dying
• City Life

  (in haiku form)
  

  by vampedvixen 4 lines, 1 comment, on Oct 10 3:23 PM 2008. In haiku, city, nature, rain
• Night Alone.

  Sometimes at night
  You want nothing

  by Terry Collett 72 lines, on Oct 6 1:59 PM 2008. In POEM, NIGHT, ALONE, DAME, JAZZ, CITY
• The City Tribute

  by yiddishe-maydele 23 lines, on Oct 2 8:09 AM 2008. In Warsaw, City, Past, History
• Be' chucot Warsza (On the streets of Warsaw)

  by yiddishe-maydele 15 lines, on Oct 1 12:44 PM 2008. In Warsaw, city, past, getho
• The City Lights Shine On

  by bloved 14 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 22 6:18 PM 2008. In City, Personal, Thoughts, Dedication
• my nyc poems

  Down On Your Luck
  

  by Janicelucky 82 lines, 1 comment, on Sep 19 10:14 AM 2008. In life, hope, nyc, city, blues, new york, big apple, heart, head, thoughts
• Dragonfly

  Turquoise and gold landed on my sleeve today
  As I sat on the hard metal bench of the office building courtyard,

  by songstress 20 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 11 9:05 PM 2008. In dragonfly, city, noise, nature, juxtaposition
• City Lovers

  Maybe someday we'll settle down -
  Buy a country house,

  by TexasTUK 2 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 11 7:16 PM 2008. In Love, City
• City Life: Exciting and Sad

  by Kia Tenshi 24 lines, 2 comments, on Sep 11 5:50 PM 2008. In city, thoughts, deep, insight, metaphor, symbols, pain, dark, angst

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