Detroit Poems - Poems about Detroit

Donald impersonating a nice guy publisher right after my accident traumatic brain injury car bomb attack he followed me to book stores ice cream shops art museum obsessed with my poetry my manuscript i was writing...Read the rest...

Ade is a Nigerian patriot But permanent in US’ Detroit, There, charming Nigerian Flag hoisted, Bared schemes upon him foisted… Ade, The Rare Nigerian Patriot, Scarcely planning to leave Sweet Detroit, Shall unfailingly shoot all of them, Giving his Giant. causeless problem: Politicians...Read the rest...

We three Snowmen of Detroit are Bearing scarves and lights, we travelled so far Field and fountain, more and mountain Sledding is more fun than our car. We three Snowmen of Detroit say hi. Sliding into place, with a laugh,...Read the rest...

DETROIT IS: D ynamic E nergetic T ough R evitalized O ptimistic I nventive T riumphant M ajor I ncentitives for C ompanies to H ighlight I nventions and G rowth A mong N ew Detroit...Read the rest...

Beautiful black woman Angela Davis Stood by herself At the 50 yard line A football crooked on a tee At her feet Waiting And she sang the national anthem To an empty stadium In perfect pitch. When her deep voice soared and hit That line...Read the rest...

I’m not sure I have the strength anymore To be discovered Stepping into the cold black lake of February Clopping to work in frozen slop Snow snarling at my ankles Car coughing Windshield gritting its white teeth I wear a body double of...Read the rest...

STANLEY like in Mickey Stanley. DEEtroit. Tigassszzz. No.24 A solid kid. Played center like he OWNED it. Decent arm Stanley to Freehan for the OUT AT THE PLATE at the plate. YES SIR that kid could run the bases....Read the rest...

At the 5:00 whistle When the sunset in late November Is less light and more molten Like a blast-furnace window Glowing above the highway home Goo spilling from its sparkling ladle Bent At the off-ramp’s arthritic elbow The city smolders Under The backs and braces...Read the rest...

It's the Motor City Motor Capital of the World Fordtown Motown Hockeytown It's lying in shards Like olden Rome Love among the ruins With an abrasive outside layer Of exhaust looks and horrendous faces It's Rock City Automobile City Arsenal of Democracy...Read the rest...

Welcome to the Motown Motor City, asphalt carpet ghetto grind Automated fated urban living, everyday inner-city surviving Hard mean streets handing out no pity, sharpens perceptive razor minds Last stop underground freedom giving, all-day Exodus gospel arriving Factory-built hearts living manufactured dreams Black Bottom...Read the rest...

Lyrics are sung to the music of David Bowie’s “Panic in Detroit” ...Read the rest...

Tragically enough I had too much to drink that night, a night of fun and no responsibility in sight, the freedom of a teenager seemed so wrong yet right, as we cruised through Detroit so I was filled...Read the rest...

Most everyone has heard of the place I come from They hear mostly bad news, sad news Tragic Detroit black and blues The crime, the murders, The violent riots that constantly divides us But I grew up during a special time, when Detroit was...Read the rest...

We may have high crime rates, but there's nothing like living by the Great Lakes. I live in Detroit Michigan Where I Live Contest Sponsor: Silent One October 3, 2016...Read the rest...

SICK IN DETROIT I could run away the way I'm used to cross continents and city streets packing my bags around me, but what good pretending is sometimes doesn't do here anymore. Leaving was your idea and pretending I hadn't touched you at all. So while...Read the rest...