Best Urbane Poems
Urbane History LessonsI have a hardbound copy of
"The City of Hartford 1784-1984"
although most of this coffee table story
of unfortunate events
takes place between 1850 and 1950s,
before and after the UnCivil War,
and,
like the U.S. Catholic Church
and many MainLine Protestant WiseElder headcounts,
reaching peak population
during the 1950s,
followed by a slow declining...
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Categories:
urbane, caregiving, city, health, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Wolves UrbaneListening to the winter rain
Sit we sombre wolves urbane
To the mountains, long to go
Where we listen to the snow...
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Categories:
urbane, rain,
Form:
Rhyme
Urbane DisdainURBANE DISDAIN
Rapier wit, persiflage and banter
In repartee, an eloquent out-flanker
Faced with insult, virulence and rancour
His response could not be ‘insoucianter’
When attacked or critiqued
He will not be piqued
Smooth as whisky antique:
These - his words cool and sleek
“You’ve a face like a snapper,
Your sister’s a...
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Categories:
urbane, cool,
Form:
Rhyme
Urbane RefrainsHokey-pokey
rhymes with Skokie
largest village in the land
New York's a city
'tis a pity
still inhabited by man
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Skokie, IL -- population ~ 75,000...
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Categories:
urbane, city, giggle, silly,
Form:
Rhyme