Dance New York Poems

In New Haven, Lisa misses the sad, dark, city aesthetics of her hometown. Its crime podcast vibe, actinic crime-lighting and sirens in the distance, that...

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My memory lane
Entertainment in can’t complain
That would be lame
The Great White Way BROADWAY	
My time at the Town Hall Theater on West 43rd Street in New...

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From my window 
The sky and the earth
Hang the crazy bubbles! 

From my window 
The day and the night 
Always rise late! 

From my window...

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New Year's Eve 2021

December thirty first
two thousand twenty one countdown
will transparently and seamlessly stream into
simultaneously linkedin January first
two thousand and twenty two,
whereby the Ball a...

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(Dylan Thomas, Oct 1914 – Nov 1953)


I as one who has never touched the shining Big Apple –
as ruthless then as it's ruthless now –
gaze...

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In the chaos of youth lights
          dance without exhaustion
A ballet on the river
   ...

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Ramapo, New York, a small town
Was rural ... to say the least
Where simple folks lived a simple life
And most residents could rest in peace 

But,...

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When the wind blows in a sunset in New York birds like to fly,  ducks enjoy more,  sea waves feel its voice,  joyful trees dance...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Angels in Blue
Saints in Green

The hospital is a cold and sterile place. 
It is not meant to be…
warm or nice. 
It is meant to be...

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Have You

Ever wondered how it happens?
How the last person stays, 
How they make sure, everyone else gets out?

Ever wonder why?
Is that important? 
As long as...

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There is a young woman I met near Times Square;
She's five-foot-eleven with lovely brown hair.
We were both buying tickets at the kiosk that's there
For a...

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Tony loves Maria
Jets-Sharks gang and racial clash...
menacing snapping






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved.
Published 2018 in "Hollywood Haiku" via wattpad.com...

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My pages have become testimonies
Of nothing to say
In a state where everyone speaks 
But little is ever said. 
These pages have become as vast as...

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