New York Poems | Examples of New York Poetry

They used to call it the Empire State. But the empire isn't doing too great. Democrats in power, big ideas they plan. Too bad for the middle class and the forgotten man. Low-income high rise in your village Middle class...Read the rest...

The Earth is shaking, The world is quaking, Climate change is taking its toll. New York city, A place so pretty, Now feeling the wrath of Mother Nature's roll. Floods and fires, Hurricanes and earthquakes, The signs are clear, but are we too...Read the rest...

From 4 – 5 in Central Park, Beneath his favorite tree, So many fans of Flaco* gathered – Yes, including me. Around the trunk were letters, Poems and pictures and bouquets From all of us who knew how Flaco Brightened up...Read the rest...

For years I’ve seen a pair of ducks In front of a fountain close by. They swim or sit and those who notice Likely wonder why. The fount’s in the front of a building; Pedestrians pass night and day And the...Read the rest...

This highway's mine, goodbye to Jayne, so long, farewell, Virginia Plain, strife was yesterday's heavy load, life is tomorrow's open road, it's time to hitchhike once again. Heading where songs, don't sound the same, and no-one stops to ask your name, they'll...Read the rest...

The escalator keeps descending; Seemingly, it’s never-ending, Taking riders deep into The bowels of the earth. Everyone around pretending That they’re fine, of course, depending On their circumstances and Just what their time is worth. When the platform’s reached, there’s waiting. Scrolling signs are...Read the rest...

Flaco the owl, who’s been on the prowl Since fleeing his home in the zoo, Has met his demise, when his nocturnal eyes Missed the building into which he flew. Though at first people feared and it surely appeared That...Read the rest...

New Yorkers, in general, are very notorious for walking way too fast, not moderately: it's seen as an unpleasant remark; tourists keep think to themselves, " They're funny! " It's a stereotype they mock, " Do New Yorkers ever...Read the rest...

I gave my heart away to you On the night that new year drew The Sinatra chimes and yellow vines Sleeplessly anew City of dreams, built on piano keys And indie structures melodies I left my heart in San Francisco** But i...Read the rest...

the dining hall is half empty because it is friday - shabbat and good jews light candles at home not such a good jew i am out with my female friend both of us dressed for the late winter evening conversation...Read the rest...

Dark clouds fill the horizon. sweeping through the sky like soldiers going to battle, layers and layers of clouds spreading all around hunkering in th ground where destiny is bound, I can feel the wind chill...Read the rest...

New York City is like a cobblestone symphony, where jackhammers and footsteps form the rhythmic timpani, sirens and honking taxis, are the cymbals, that provide sudden bursts of energy, traffic’s hum could be the violins and pigeon squawk...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...Read the rest...

I’m finally ready discovered it yesterday while walking on Madison and 74th. The times of destruction are gone bending is not breaking a trip is not always a fall . A message to haters:We...Read the rest...

I'm a brick and oh so lonely, sitting here a hundred years. Dry as dirt...oh if only I could shed a single tear. Here's my story, forty stories, up way high above the ground. To the left and to the right, looking...Read the rest...