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From Times Square

Dazzling lights 
Throngs of people 
Walking through crowded streets 
  Reminds us of why we live here 
Costumed performers - Bright theatre marquees 
Seeing those sights brings happiness 
   to native and tourist alike 
  Autumn - a chill in the air 
  Undaunted, the bustling crowds 
head for dinner and a show 
No place quite like it anywhere 
The masses of people 
   are taking their full measure 
of urban joy 
Double decker buses move down the avenue 
  as newcomers to the Big Apple get their firs bite of it 
Even those who have lived here 
   their entire lives 
Still feel exhilarated as they pass Times Square 
Electricity lights up the metropolitan scene
The city is working its magic 
Untold thousands on the avenue 
Eyes meet - a feeling of urban love 
  works its way into the hearts 
 of the masses gathered there
   The city

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Andrea Dietrich

Date: 10/21/2014 4:06:00 PM

that was a cool line where you mentioned tourists getting their first bite of the big apple. I had that first bite and it was my only bite. back around 1999. I really loved Time Square and wish I had had time to enjoy a show and other stuff!!

Kelly Deschler

Date: 10/14/2014 1:16:00 AM

I have only seen Times Square through my television screen, and I'm sure that it is nothing like the experience of actually being there. I hope to see it in person, someday. It sounds amazing in the way that you describe it! This is another terrific poem from you, Matthew!

Jan Allison

Date: 10/11/2014 8:44:00 AM

Oh Matthew how I would love to visit - i may get back to the US again one day:-) hugs Jan xxx