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Greenwich Village Poems - Poems about Greenwich Village

Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea

...Diagnosed with NON contagious, yet incurable case of logorrhea...,

yielded following resultant fiction,
which arbitrarily selected thread
first popped into my head
considered one among many pos...
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Categories: greenwich village, absence, america, confusion, humorous,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberOn MacDougal Street

...I'm nobody that you'd know - 
maybe you can call me Joe.
Walking down MacDougal Street,
I had no one to meet.
A New York night without a friend,
I dropped into The Bitter End 
to escape the col...
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Categories: greenwich village, history, music,
Form: Rhyme



Television Triptych Throwback

...Television triptych throwback

and despite remote chance 
to channel small medium at large
metamorphosis I may witness 
analogous to caterpillar
will transform me into a butterfly
otherwise No...
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Categories: greenwich village, 12th grade, adventure, books,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberGazes

...Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?”
Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfit...
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Categories: greenwich village, clothes, cool, fashion, school,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Death of Doctor Strange

... 
Even the Shield of the Seraphim, a spell, Dr. Strange can summon,
as a protective barrier against mystic and physical threats:
reflecting negative energy away and reducing aggressive...
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Categories: greenwich village, fantasy,
Form: Verse



Premium MemberGrandfather Clock

...I know you love him
but if you're honest with yourselves
its become Greenwich Village obvious
that grandfather clock
is having trouble keeping time
all you need do is look
at the way his minute...
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Categories: greenwich village, allegory,
Form: Free verse

Big Apple

...Yellow cabs and pavements they call sidewalks,
Grand Central Station and the Metro too,
Central Park as big as a small city,
The Empire State’s great panoramic view.
A walk through Greenwich Vill...
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Categories: greenwich village, city,
Form: Rhyme

Senryu Fun

...greenwich village
                                karaoke night    
                                down at the ymca...
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Categories: greenwich village, fun, song,
Form: Senryu

Television Triptych Throwback

...Non-bachelor (batch chiller)
"FAKE" horror thriller
available Netflix starring
ghost of Phyllis Diller
stand up comedienne killer
brought down haunted house
witch sea hunt accompanied

theme ...
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Categories: greenwich village, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse

Mind Blown

...Once twin towers stood.
In the city king kong  fell in love.
Yellow taxi's swarm like stripeless bees.
and a sky line thats silhouted on your mind.
with police sirens screaming 
and broadway cal...
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Categories: greenwich village, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse

On Occurrence In New York At Four Forty-Five Pm On March 25th 1911

...An Occurrence in New York at 4.45 pm on March 25th, 1911

True faith, liberty, the flag,  our holy soil!
Is it the cause that grants the martyr’s crown?
Should martyrs owe this crown to tyrants o...
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Categories: greenwich village, fire, new york, youth,
Form: Free verse

Halloween Parades

...The Village Halloween Parade*
Is famous through the land,
The costumes so creative
That they surely beat the band.

But I was sent some pictures
And some video as well
From a local school para...
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Categories: greenwich village, halloween,
Form: Rhyme

A Spate of Cool Temperatures

...How refreshing to experience
     a reprieve from sultry weather
when hazy, hot,
     and humid warm front
     unleashes a very short sweaty tether.

Man hat tin dar overcast skies
     hint ...
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Categories: greenwich village, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Ode To Joe Gould

...Born Joseph Ferdinand Gould, in Norwood Massachusetts, 1889.
A 1911 graduate of Harvard, and a
Greenwich village Bohemian from 1916 until 1957,
and the time of his death at age 68.
Joe was a filt...
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Categories: greenwich village, art, people, places, poets,
Form: Ode

Premium MemberNew York City Cowboys

...
In New York City, where do you go
if you want to compete in some rodeo?
In order to rent a studio in Greenwich Village,
you need extra high income and a privilege.
Living there means s...
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Categories: greenwich village, urban,
Form: Rhyme

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