Best Nyc Poems

Two teens shoveling snow that February day,
wanting to hurry up so they could play,
quickly shoveling heaping piles of snow,
into an open 1935 NYC manhole,

Seeing something move down in the hole,
both teens thought "holy mole!"
yelling theres a gator down in there,
wanting to help it out they...

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is New York City
the heart of America?
it certainly is...

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I am reminded of songs by the Beach Boys 
who sang of idyllic   summers 
The city beaches are with 
lifeguards to protect those in danger 
The asphalt homeland 
is filled with tourists 
and I also note that there are youth 
playing handball in...

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a lost boy asked a
stranger for help; was kidnapped,
killed and dismembered

an innocent life
snatched by evil hands ; let this 
child be  remembered...

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Cars, pedestrians stores 
    The air is not so clean here 
   But there are some great people here 
   People who call it "Zoo York"
are wrong 
Once my life was saved by a stranger here 
Yes, the...

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The steel birches shone
So tall in the global wood,
And then clear-cut rent....

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Frigid temperatures drop
Wind chill in low digits
Park benches become co-ops
Under newspaper blankets a man fidgets
Trying to make the best of the hand he was dealt
Man, he’s felt so many lows
Now he’s just looking to sew any clothes
that he can get his hands on
into another layer
Just...

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songs of a pretty bird, the city heard, songs of, a city's hurts, songs of, a pretty's worth, a pretty's worth, but Penny's worth, mere pennies worth, the city's hurt, the city birds heard the city's hurt, the city's worth, the pity - burns, the...

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NYC nior in black and white

NYC nior in black and white 

Dark landscapes 1957 NYC 
of automats radio city and hotdog stands 
memories of things past 

Take us back to lucid dreams of light and shadows cast 
set the stage late night dark wet NY...

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the humid thick air of a July 10 evening 
streets of new york city in july
heat that invites two wretched souls
into the beatnik hall

coffee pouring- smell of tobacco burning
a squares  mistake of showing up and thinking he is in paris because the men with...

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that man 
that cried 
on the corner 

tears 
made him 
invisible 

I too 
let him 
wash away 
in front of us 

I saw 
him 
sail 
by 
in 
his 
own 
liquid form 

and we 
were 
a thousand 
pairs 
of shoes 
crossing 
the street 
so 
our 
feet...

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Killer Diller 1 2 3

Johnny Pump spraying on your feet

Skelly,s game played up and down the street 

Lifting the Johny Pump water with an aluminum can

Oh So Sweet!

All these things were such a treat

Make growing up on 20th Street

in Astoria 

Seem so complete

All topped off...

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We were connected by chaos and by name
     I,the amateur sophisticate, approached the city
     to contribute to business in concrete.
     You, the accomplished composer,came crashing in
     to record the...

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*** At Age Seventeen ***

At 17, the wooden heels of my boots echoed
My audacious immaturity along my entire way 
    exploring
Manhattan’s south-end area.  Its long blocks, I routed 
For the reason of simply seeing.

In the route I took through that then...

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They say I inflated
It's they that conflated
Political lies with their version of facts.

The mess they created
Will long be debated
Another attempt to silence and styme.

As often I've stated
Which leaves them frustrated
I'm worth every cent of the Billions I claim.

The reason I'm fated
And by some surely hated
Is...

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