Robert Warlov Poet Alliteration

You Wanna From New York

  Your Invitation 





You wanna from New York-

talk skin-teeth stories

b|tch brick-falling buildings

knive bus choking fumes-

Proud-over cracked sidewalks

holy street-people

and cracked-dreams?


You wanna scar of alley cans and 

rooftop bums who eat 

lost pink Spaldin® balls?


You coo city-drums and garbage-glory-

Swag-shoulder every party-

Shoe your claim by kitchen-fame...

Then GO THERE!


New York will school your past and 

take your part.

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Candide Diderot May 21, 2024 at 2:25 PM better than bumcrack nowhere, I guess. Robert Warlov May 21, 2024 at 9:15 PM Not sure who bum crack is but thanks for the read

Paloma P October 9, 2016 at 6:33 PM And we eat poets like you for breakfast. ;) Quirky and spot on, but I'll never admit to it, there's a lot of good things to be said about NY, NY too, not unlike any other big city. Rome and Paris have their dark spots and riff raff too. All in all, an accomplished read. Robert Warlov October 9, 2016 at 7:19 PM But not if you're diabetic because I'm very, very sweet. :)

Charles Pullen September 28, 2016 at 1:43 PM I love this,I'm speechless. Robert Warlov October 2, 2016 at 1:28 AM Some of these colloquialisms might be missed by non-New Yorkers. Robert Warlov September 28, 2016 at 1:51 PM Thanks... I think. Can't be a compliment if it's caused you writers block :)

Robert Warlov September 27, 2016 at 1:10 AM The un-friendliest city in the world is the friendliest city in the world. - That's why they named it twice.