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Below are the all-time best Urbanites poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of urbanites poems written by PoetrySoup members

The Bedouin's Song

I'm just a bedouin: 
I live in a tent - 
Cozy an' fair
Its fabric woven 
From rough goat-hair- 
A shady cover 
In the summer 
A...

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Categories: urbanites, beauty, happy, simple,
Form: Qasida

New Reflections On the Urban Scene

Light from 
untold apartments 
    attracts my interest 
I wonder how lives are 
    being played out 
in them...

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Categories: urbanites, night, urban,
Form: Ballad

Strangers In Peoria

I met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool...

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Categories: urbanites, break up,
Form: Prose

Some Noises

Some noises startle, jolt or jar
While others soothe or soften.
We perk up for the new but tune out
Those we hear quite often.

To locals, city sirens...

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Categories: urbanites, sound,
Form: Rhyme

New Reflections On the Urban Scene

Light from untold apartments 
       attracts my interest 
I wonder how lives are being 
    played...

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Categories: urbanites, urban,
Form: Blitz

Street

At the museum, with wall to wall art,
My choices were varied and vast.
I saw an exhibit with works of Matisse
And checked out some statues I...

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Categories: urbanites, art, urban,
Form: Rhyme

Rushing Home To Brooklyn

It is 5:00 PM as we rush home 
to Brooklyn to our townhouse 
near Flatbush Avenue running to
catch the 5:30 PM subway with
many others who...

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Categories: urbanites, dream,
Form: Free verse

Late Summer Afternoon

Sweltering day 
In the urban afternoon 
   I rush towards my 
air - conditioned room 
Check messages - call up friends 
 ...

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Categories: urbanites, poetry, summer,
Form: Free verse

The Orchid Show

Yesterday was gray and bleak
And raw, as some days go,
But that was all forgotten at
The Garden’s Orchid Show.

It nearly knocked my socks off – 
All...

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Categories: urbanites, nature, urban,
Form: Rhyme

City Lights Shining

From my window 
I see lights 
in small apartments 
How are the inhabitants lives going,
I wonder 
Perhaps they have found love 
Here in the metoroplis...

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Categories: urbanites, love, urban,
Form: Verse

When Differences Converge

One’s idea of Heaven
Is another’s view of Hell.
That explains why many lives
Stay strictly parallel.

Rural folks may shudder
At the city’s crowds and noise,
While urbanites rank bustle
As...

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Categories: urbanites, people,
Form: Rhyme

Pleasantly Petrified

wild flowers jubilate 
        along country roads
           that...

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Categories: urbanites, nature, peace, urban,
Form: Tail-rhyme

To and Fro

He couldn’t fit his shopping cart
And suitcase through the door
And screamed at the conductor
(Quite a challenge to ignore).

Once seated, he spread out and then
Removed his...

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Categories: urbanites, new york,
Form: Rhyme

Sacra Depravity

A simple one life,
is contrast to the urbanites,
less emphasis on punishments.

Wealthy and powerful people,
create new beliefs and holy books.

Government capitals,
and corporate stocks,
rent heaven and hell.

Pilgrimage...

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Categories: urbanites, care, culture,
Form: Pastoral

The Pacific

We're here in Lincoln City
With the ocean at our feet.
Just gazing from the terrace
Is the most delightful treat.

We walked the beach this morning
In the early...

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Categories: urbanites, beauty, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme