Urban Poems | Examples of Urban Poetry
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| PM | Poem Title | Form | Categories | Poet | Date Posted |
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Poem for the Working Class
| Concrete | society,urban, | Anish, Matthew | 05/20/2013 |
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It Just Ain't There
| Lyric | america,community,corrupt | Paluszek, John | 05/12/2013 |
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From The National Poet Of Slovenia In A Language People Understand - THE RUINS OF THE ANCIEN REGIME
| Ballad | absence,allegory,analogy, | Bohan, Julian | 05/09/2013 |
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Hip-Hop
| Haiku | conflict,life,music,urban | Gigno, ... | 05/07/2013 |
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One Night in Stroud
| Light Poetry | dark,england,funny,girl,h | Sollis, David | 04/27/2013 |
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Uprooted
| Rhyme | nature,tree,urban, | bauer, ilene | 04/26/2013 |
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City Windows
| Rhyme | urban, | bauer, ilene | 04/25/2013 |
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The Strand
| Free verse (vers libre) | age,anger,angst,beach,bea | Kisner, Tyler | 04/19/2013 |
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March
| I do not know? | cancer,caregiving,charact | Emelin, Ilya | 04/19/2013 |
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City Crawler
| Couplet | nature,urban, | bauer, ilene | 04/17/2013 |
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Where I Live
| Free verse (vers libre) | beach,home,urban,me, | Delaney, Suzanne | 04/12/2013 |
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The Wedding Dress
| Quatrain | urban,wedding, | Crous, Suzette | 04/10/2013 |
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Magical Days
| Free verse (vers libre) | urban,work,work, | Anish, Matthew | 04/08/2013 |
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Le Vacance Pretentieuse: Buffet
| Verse | adventure,happy,holiday,h | Keir, Dan | 04/08/2013 |
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The Internet: Return
| Haiku | adventure,computer-intern | Keir, Dan | 04/08/2013 |
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Goin' In
| Rhyme | epic,lyric,metaphor,music | Miles, Julian | 03/29/2013 |
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My City's Rebirth
| Rhyme | hope,inspirational,lyric, | Miles, Julian | 03/29/2013 |
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Sugar Daddy
| I do not know? | art,child,childhood,coura | GREEN, TOM | 03/24/2013 |
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Green land
| Quatrain | anniversary,art,butterfly | Oyewole, Abdulhafeez | 03/24/2013 |
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Consumption
| I do not know? | happiness,happy,parody,po | Of Verses, Scribbler | 03/22/2013 |
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Shunned
| Dramatic Verse (Verse Drama) | confusion,dark,depression | Mast, Reynaldo | 03/19/2013 |
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The Orchid Show
| Rhyme | nature,urban, | bauer, ilene | 03/16/2013 |
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Jazz Horn
| Blank verse | urban,me,night,old,dark,c | hunter, stark | 03/16/2013 |
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Sighting
| Rhyme | animal,urban, | bauer, ilene | 03/14/2013 |
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Could Not Protect
| Dramatic Verse (Verse Drama) | confusion,dark,death,depr | Mast, Reynaldo | 03/14/2013 |
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Nights quiet sounds
| Sonnet | life,urban,sleep, | Oliver, Jennifer Marie | 03/11/2013 |
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Trip on, Trip up
| Dramatic Verse (Verse Drama) | confusion,dad,death,depre | Mast, Reynaldo | 03/10/2013 |
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God Will
| Lyric | depression,god,home,inspi | Spears, Nate | 03/08/2013 |
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San Francisco Fete - Co-authored with Thvia Shetley
| Sonnet | places,romance,urban,city | Lewis, Michael F | 03/06/2013 |
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F Bomb
| Lyric | black african american,co | Spears, Nate | 03/06/2013 |
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Coming From Where I'm From
| Lyric | child,childhood,education | Spears, Nate | 03/06/2013 |
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Street
| Rhyme | art,urban, | bauer, ilene | 03/05/2013 |
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Vision of Spoken Words
| Verse | allegory,angst,art,beauti | b, humble | 03/03/2013 |
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Pub
| Blank verse | food,music,places,social, | Faries, Marissa | 03/02/2013 |
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Ride
| Blank verse | freedom,travel,urban, | Faries, Marissa | 03/02/2013 |
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View From A Supermarket In Portugal
| Free verse (vers libre) | holiday,travel,urban, | Forbes, Sam | 03/02/2013 |
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Lady Grim's Shame
| Ballad | urban, | Woodell, Clifford | 02/27/2013 |
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Untitled Elegy for Fading Suburbia
| Elegy | goodbye,metaphor,places,u | Forbes, Sam | 02/27/2013 |
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From the past to now
| Dramatic monologue | recovery from...,urban, | Arnold, Stucz | 02/27/2013 |
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In The City
| Epic | adventure,on writing and | Bursey, Brashard | 02/26/2013 |
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Urban Legends 101
| Epic | science,science fiction,p | Bursey, Brashard | 02/26/2013 |
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Shivers
| Free verse (vers libre) | dark,depression,health,in | Nagle, Liva | 02/20/2013 |
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A Walk on the Lower East Side
| Chant Royal | urban,home,home, | Anish, Matthew | 02/15/2013 |
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I'll Be Dammed
| Rhyme | black african american,in | Spears, Nate | 02/14/2013 |
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In a Hotel Room
| Free verse (vers libre) | mystery,urban, | Kimathi, Teddy | 02/11/2013 |
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Sonnet 7: Garbage bin poem
| Acrostic | beauty,tribute,urban,me,p | Dom, Michael | 02/07/2013 |
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Lady Cop in a SUV
| Light Poetry | courage,dedication,humoro | Eastman, Carol | 02/03/2013 |
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Someone Felt Like Giving Up
| Rhyme | christian,confusion,dedic | Pemberton, Jim | 01/29/2013 |
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SLUM DWELLERS
| Blank verse | courage,urban,work, | lwele, chipepo | 01/29/2013 |
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What's Happening to Marriages Today
| Rhyme | brother,christian,confusi | Pemberton, Jim | 01/25/2013 |
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LET NOT THIS FIRE SPREAD
| Epigram | courage,dark,forgiveness, | Mbah, Chukwuemeka | 01/21/2013 |
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THE WONDER LAND
| I do not know? | tribute,urban, | Mbah, Chukwuemeka | 01/21/2013 |
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NO MAN STANDS ALONE - The Ballad of Barney Ross
| Ballad | courage,epic,history,song | Wright, Art | 01/18/2013 |
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Morals Morality and Ethical Direction
| Rhyme | christian,confusion,dedic | Pemberton, Jim | 01/18/2013 |
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November Blues
| Rhyme | beautiful,beauty,boyfrien | Scott, Craig | 01/14/2013 |
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Friends With Benefits
| Rhyme | angst,birthday,boyfriend, | Scott, Craig | 01/13/2013 |
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May I Have A Burden For the Lost
| Rhyme | christian,confusion,dedic | Pemberton, Jim | 01/13/2013 |
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The Beggar
| I do not know? | loss,people,social,urban, | Goldstone, Jessica | 01/12/2013 |
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Another Night in the City
| Ballad | urban, | Anish, Matthew | 01/10/2013 |
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Loudmouth on the Train
| Rhyme | people,urban, | bauer, ilene | 01/09/2013 |
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Having a View
| Rhyme | urban, | bauer, ilene | 01/08/2013 |
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Willy Willy's
| Verse | nature,urban, | Thorn, Juanita | 01/04/2013 |
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Grandma's Becoming A Republican
| Rhyme | christian,confusion,dedic | Pemberton, Jim | 01/01/2013 |
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We Went to Grandma's House
| Rhyme | christian,dedication,devo | Pemberton, Jim | 12/31/2012 |
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Mind and Sound
| Verse | allegory,angst,art,black | b, humble | 12/28/2012 |
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Death by Subway
| Rhyme | death,urban, | bauer, ilene | 12/28/2012 |
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Outcome
| Couplet | angst,confusion,hate,jour | Nagle, Liva | 12/26/2012 |
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Christmas Morning
| Rhyme | holiday,urban,christmas,c | bauer, ilene | 12/25/2012 |
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ATHENA
| Blank verse | beauty,courage,devotion,p | Chavez, Victor | 12/21/2012 |
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Coffee Shop v2
| Narrative | adventure,allegory,fantas | Kilgrow, Jackson | 12/18/2012 |
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Three Verbs
| Free verse (vers libre) | angst,dark,depression,gro | Kilgrow, Jackson | 12/18/2012 |
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Avian Antics
| Rhyme | animal,urban, | bauer, ilene | 12/14/2012 |
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A Sliver of River
| Rhyme | nature,urban,river, | bauer, ilene | 12/12/2012 |
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Awake
| Haiku | miracle,people,urban, | Zamalea, George | 12/11/2012 |
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The Life Of Abram's Nephew Lot
| Rhyme | christian,confusion,dedic | Pemberton, Jim | 12/08/2012 |
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My Words
| Verse | angst,art,beautiful,beaut | b, humble | 12/06/2012 |
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Generic Minds
| Free verse (vers libre) | dedication,devotion,dream | Trees, Green | 12/05/2012 |
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This City Inspires Me
| Free verse (vers libre) | childhood,dream,home,jour | Rau, Josef | 12/04/2012 |
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Our Country Has Sinned Against God
| Rhyme | confusion,dedication,depr | Pemberton, Jim | 12/02/2012 |
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Green Paradise
| Rhyme | love,urban,visionary,gree | Brown, Nicole Sharon | 11/28/2012 |
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On the Floor
| Rhyme | people,urban, | bauer, ilene | 11/28/2012 |
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The Ugliness Of Divorce
| Rhyme | confusion,daughter,dedica | Pemberton, Jim | 11/28/2012 |
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Does Family Really Matter Anymore
| Rhyme | brother,confusion,daughte | Pemberton, Jim | 11/27/2012 |
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Living the Dream
| Couplet | animals,fear,food,funny,i | Beus, Daniel | 11/26/2012 |
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Do You worship God or Man
| Rhyme | confusion,dedication,depr | Pemberton, Jim | 11/25/2012 |
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A line to Cross
| Free verse (vers libre) | life,people,travel,urban, | LeBlanche, Efon | 11/22/2012 |
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How Real Love Is
| Free verse (vers libre) | inspirational,lost love,l | McAfee, Jeff | 11/21/2012 |
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Purple Flowers of my Adolescence
| Free verse (vers libre) | allegory,angst,urban, | Anish, Matthew | 11/21/2012 |
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Wild, Wild West
| Free verse (vers libre) | cowboy-western,history,in | Catalano, Dylan | 11/20/2012 |
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Hide My Hint
| Free verse (vers libre) | caregiving,confusion,dedi | Nagle, Liva | 11/19/2012 |
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Tiring Days
| Free verse (vers libre) | depression,faith,funeral, | Nagle, Liva | 11/19/2012 |
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Who Am I
| Verse | black african american,fa | b, humble | 11/15/2012 |
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Mobile
| Lyric | adventure,art,love,philos | Jami, Criss | 11/15/2012 |
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An Immersion Of Perversion
| Rhyme | depression,forgiveness,ha | Pemberton, Jim | 11/15/2012 |
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A Scene from Our City
| Blank verse | urban, | Anish, Matthew | 11/14/2012 |
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Parking Ticket
| Haiku | art,funny,loss,urban, | Ersal, Junate | 11/14/2012 |
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PERIODS AND ETCETERA
| Free verse (vers libre) | confusion,life,love,passi | Jones, Spenser | 11/13/2012 |
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Struggle for Freedom
| Verse | black african american,hi | b, humble | 11/11/2012 |
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Toilet Literature
| Free verse (vers libre) | caregiving,confusion,dedi | Nagle, Liva | 11/11/2012 |
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The Noble Savage
| Rhyme | introspection,life,passio | White, CeAsia | 11/11/2012 |
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