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