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City Poems | Examples of City Poetry

City Poems. Read and share great examples of poetry about cities. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read short, long, best, and famous poem examples for city.
A City of Splendor and Grace
We are bound for a city of splendor and grace, Where farewells are never the case. Heaven’s realm is beyond earthly scenes, Where mansions are prepared by heavenly means. With Love as judge, the verdict is clear, Everyone is invited...Read the rest...
Categories: city, encouraging, heaven, mystery,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member The Buffalo
No one’s exactly sure how this buffalo in the 1960s Found its way to live in the heart of the city How it separated from a sky stampede How the great beast dropped its guard and refused to...Read the rest...
Categories: animal, city, earth, endurance,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Eager Bard Imbued Part Two
Lemon tinted phase gilded skyline blown by ethereal fused mist eager bard imbued opal dream flotilla beyond tarnish while flash point chariots of gleam-well canvass astir or astern perforce taunt a hued vase porcelain image fest for staunch earthbound...Read the rest...
Categories: beautiful, beauty, character, city,
Form: Free verse
Renaissance
Metro Cardigan with a slim fit. Be in your thinking mature. Hero of the day. Atlantic Starr Moving steadily besides the still waters. May goodness follow me. Ensemble Cymbalta. Skyscrapers on top of cloud atlas, Vanilla sky fools delight of a purple sky. Rotating around...Read the rest...
Categories: city, adventure, appreciation, art, black
Form: Free verse
A Smidgen
Give a pigeon just a smidgen And his friends will flock to share While each sparrow’s focus narrows, Wond’ring if it’s worth the dare. Soon a robin may come bobbin’ Though he’s just consumed a worm Which the grackle tried to...Read the rest...
Categories: bird, city,
Form: Rhyme



i smoked a cigarette and left the city behind
I asked the owl: “What is love?” She said to me: "Ask God." I asked God: “What is love?” He said: “Ask your wife.” I asked my wife: “What is love?” She replied with a smile: «Ask the owl» I smoked a cigarette and left the city...Read the rest...
Categories: city, love,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Magdalen Christmas Eve Mass 1984
Busy time very frustrating watching my husband and ciro gargano go over the blue prints over and over again during the 1984 elections for lake county Daniel Furlan Bobby Thompson Ernest Fisher Ciro was looking...Read the rest...
Categories: america, christmas, city, evil,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Passport
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ time traveling through the city's passport of medieval colors...Read the rest...
Categories: city, color, travel,
Form: Monoku
The forest
Soon the forest would reveal its dark secret and I don't want to be there again to see instead I'd be walking the world on my own cuz I already know what's in there I told myself so many...Read the rest...
Categories: city,
Form: Free verse
Perfect Little Squares
Every building in my view Has perfect little squares Of windows lined up neatly Which I gaze at, unawares. From where I sit, I cannot see The curtains, shades or blinds, The distance meaning if I stare, Then no one really minds. And...Read the rest...
Categories: city,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member TRAVEL GURU
USA busway East Coast to West Coast Greyhound Bus vision Lots of scenery in reason It took four days Hour by Hour Time didn’t sour That is what I call a vacation getaway I reclined and was relaxed No stress nor perplexed Major cities and...Read the rest...
Categories: city, adventure, america, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Nightmare called Dementia
This dreadedness has haunted me since my abrupt traumatic brain injury followed by daytime sleep apnea narcolepsy unable to stay awake all day falling a sleep in doctors office on the bus trains in meetings...Read the rest...
Categories: america, anxiety, blessing, city,
Form: Free verse
On The Line
I can hardly believe that you are leaving after all the places you have been, I can hardly believe that you are leaving to start a brand new season. Winter is still hanging around and the...Read the rest...
Categories: america, bereavement, business, city,
Form: Narrative
Taipei Firefly Season
Taipei summer bright Enhancing the city's night Flashing firefly light....Read the rest...
Categories: city, light, night, seasons,
Form: Haiku
The Ocean Dirt
The heat is blazing underneath the earth and the ocean is polluted with plastic, mud and dirt, the sediment in the sea bed has reach the depth and the sea animals that roam the ocean...Read the rest...
Categories: beach, business, change, city,
Form: Narrative

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