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Neighbourhood Poems - Poems about Neighbourhood

Premium Member Take a book, leave a book
We see them popping up on random streets in a neighbourly outreach kind of way. We don't know who to thank since no one steps up to claim the credit but it's the community as a whole who benefits in many wondrous ways. The suburbs are delighted to champion these ecofriendly gifts of sharing ~ not only charming but welcomed pointers that goodwill and...

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Categories: neighbourhood, appreciation, books, community,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member remembering in black and white
tv in the fifties altering weekend rituals one set in the neighbourhood streetboys sitting around the famous indian head for their fill of saturday morning cartoons sci-fi flash gordon and i love lucy allowed to stay up on sunday nights to watch the old ed sullivan show always one appointed volunteer to get up and change the channel or adjust the volume another to...

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Categories: neighbourhood, change, community, growing up,
Form: Free verse



In My Neighbourhood
Sighs of susurration sunder the silence ~ The neem tree swaying in the wind An old lady yapping like a non-stop chatterbox The roar of the road hero's motorcycle revving past And a radio playing romantic songs nearby An occasional vendor selling village vegetables The honking horn of the ice-cream man Children running by after a busy school day Household hens clucking...

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Categories: neighbourhood, sound,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Ten Years, Somewhere In Their Lost Neighbourhood
“Ten Years, Somewhere in their Lost Neighbourhood” Of course, he said, like a god, there is no course, one must simply go with the flow the penumbra stands waivering its existence, a kind of deactivation, fuzzy borderline hanging, backing the art of deleting, but hovering, still, holding off the finger, of the soul, hovered for a while over that button it was how...

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Categories: neighbourhood, muse,
Form: Narrative
Acquaintance and Neighbourhood
Sadly , my acquaintance  of IsiZulu and other local  languages was so badly. hardly to speak to acquaintance neighbors in the erea as majority of them were sadly. Neighbourhood had an acquaintance woman superstar of Hollywood, African woman who spoke American English fluently like an African - Americans. Hollywood superstar once carried firewood, Woodland is the name...

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Categories: neighbourhood, pain, people, places, poems,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member Acquaintance and Neighbourhood
Amidst all the hubbub I stand Responding to a miriad of 'How are you' enquiries Where no-one stops to hear the answer Questioning the purpose of asking I am more likely to be saved or soothed On a mountain side Than on my street where I live Expressions of affection Limited to taking in my parcel Interactions focussed on the parking And telegraph pole installation...

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Categories: neighbourhood, community,
Form: Free verse
Acquaintance and Neighbourhood Poetry Contest
Strolling through my new town Strangers talking solely on their phone Quiet, with the occasional ringtone sound Despite the smiles and laughs they feel alone Imagining a conversation with a friend yet found That awkward nod to a stranger, still on my own Now avoiding eye contact, staring at the ground A community broken by an isolated tone A place no...

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Categories: neighbourhood, loneliness,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Trim the Bushes
Trim the bushes So that It's not too high Like hiding yourself inside a jail Trim the bushes So that It's not too high For love and help to rush in In times of critical hours Trim the bushes So that You can see The bustle and rustle of your lovely neighbourhood...

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Categories: neighbourhood, conflict, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Neighbourhood Watch
The wife can interpret wet dreams (The neighbours all knew that, it seems) They all think its grand That she'll lend an hand Whilst teenagers research X-tremes...

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Categories: neighbourhood, relationship,
Form: Limerick
Neighbourhood Splotch
A rather young couple have Moved in together In the two up, two down Across the street. Not for them conventionality Or conformity: No wedding band offends Her third finger, left hand Nor, it must be said From appearances, Does bath water very often. Long, lank and greasy hair Drools over their acne-scarred complexions. They proudly declare their membership Of the rock music degeneration With booming bass And screeching electric guitars, Earth-quaking...

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Categories: neighbourhood, conflict, funny, identity, urban,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member There Goes the Neighbourhood
Common complaints causes construction cautions Builders banging boulders Battling brash big mouths Next. Frightening fractured features free of foundation Opened and operated officially Neighbors napping lacking Sleep slowly rising dealing with DUSTY floors maybe must have Heaved a heavy mop DAY by day Or not. Having hungry man. Dinners and TV. For featured EXHAUSTION leads to Quizzical self: TV or not...

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Categories: neighbourhood, appreciation, community, conflict, confusion,
Form: Alliteration
Premium Member House In An Emerging Neighbourhood
A very powerful house of Asia, made with multiple materials and several distinct colours; Chinese paints, Arabian decorations, Persian carpets and British Architecture amongst others are the most conspicuous of its beautiful mixture. Its dining place is carved out of the historic Sarawak chamber where hot milk tea is served as breakfast and could be made more luxurious and traditional with a...

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Categories: neighbourhood, community, earth, education, environment,
Form: Ode
In the Neighbourhood
I was run down Feeling low Needed restoring Back to my flow Some sort of tonic Would do me good Then I saw her In the neighbourhood She came to my rescue In the nick of time Started telling me I look real fine Raised my spirit My soul felt good I’m glad I met her In the neighbourhood She was my angel Who came to cradle Picking me up Each time I...

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Categories: neighbourhood, angel, beautiful, best friend,
Form: Lyric
Neighbourhood Tom Footle
Neighbourhood Tom Night prowl…. ….Cats howl Penned 11 August 2014...

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Categories: neighbourhood, cat,
Form: Footle
My Neighbourhood
The road to my backyard is long and straight Evergreen trees abound and provide welcome shade Home to myriad birds, butterflies and the bees Last summer their branches were sawn off, without notice The orgy with power-saws lasted barely a day The trees shorn of foliage, the limbless torsos remained To secure the safety of a VIP on a state visit To...

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Categories: neighbourhood, loss, nature, memory, memory,
Form: Rhyme

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