Manhattan Poems - Poems about Manhattan

...It’s monsoon season here in New Haven, gone, are the banked, fluorescent colors of sunset. This feeling hit me, like a rogue wave. “We have to go out tonight,” I announced, to no one in particul......Read the rest...

...Obsessed Hours and hours practising “Practice makes perfect!” Others have described Antonio’s playing as perfect. He has played in spectacular locations. Even before Kings and Queens. One day ......Read the rest...

...(There’s a song for this: ‘Confessions’ by Sudan Archives) I remember it like it was yesterday (it was yesterday). I arrived on a cool (42°f), blindingly sunny New Haven afternoon. It was as if......Read the rest...

...Come with me down to Manhattan There's an exhibit I want to go see By an artist I'd not before heard of 'Til you introduced him to me Now this show is just of his landscapes Still it's one not......Read the rest...

...Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024 (alternately titled GENESIS RESPLENDENT) No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpi......Read the rest...

...They closed the schools; said, “Stay at home. No need to move your car. A major storm’s expected So remain just where you are.” Yet in Manhattan, even though The snow came swirling down, It b......Read the rest...

...This was last Christmas - 39 days ago - doesn’t that seem like ancient history? We were in Lisa’s (parent’s) 50th floor flat, in Manhattan. It was mid-morning, we’d done the present thing, and it......Read the rest...

...Butterina is not the faerie you see every day on Manhattan streets you would not be spotting her sharing a Celtic Irish dance either No matter how fey you are, Butterina might escape your notice F......Read the rest...

...Their meeting, first time, was merry. The flip from her lips, bit airy. Her drink could sink ships. She takes sip and quips, “Would you like to eat my cherry?” ......Read the rest...

... Life is quite good -indoors in Inwood. It’s uptown Manhattan at the northern tip -the northern tip is the tippity-top, where the kitty cat Calvin loathes to stop -cat napping. Curled in ......Read the rest...

...We’re in NYC - at last - on Christmas vacation, and it feels like a pardon. It’s amazing what can happen in just a few wild and change-filled hours. One minute, seemingly, you’re in a picture post......Read the rest...

...The most beautiful girls, Are those we imagine to love, The ones we would like to invite to the restaurant To drink champagne and grands crus, The most beautiful girls, I know some, Are the on......Read the rest...

...Whoami? Within following figurative nutshell: Yours truly just a fluke of the universe worming his way hook, line and sinker thru the meandering time stream, which current speeds up the older I......Read the rest...

...Two bad things occurred today, Despite the sunny sky. While sitting on my favorite bench, A skeevy rat ran by. It shook me up so I went home And when I got the mail, A jury summons told me I......Read the rest...

...STREET MUSIC Manhattan, in nineteen thirty six And a growing Italian population Poor immigrants, no job no food And so impossible not to intrude Yet there was strong motivation Out on the str......Read the rest...