Life New York Poems

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...

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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,...

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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...

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I’m finally ready 
discovered it yesterday 
while walking on Madison  and 74th. 
The times of destruction are gone 
bending is not breaking  
a...

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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...

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The best day in New York is when
The Marathon takes place,
For people from all walks of life
Come out to see the race.

If the weather gods...

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Concrete Jungle Dreams
midst the towering giants,

The silver and glass behemoths,
I walk, a speck of dust
In the grand scheme of life.
Their shadows cast upon me,
As I...

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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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When day care classes take a stroll,
In line with lime green smocks,
They look so cute while navigating
New York City blocks.

With grown-ups at the front and...

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Nine nine  

A story I needed to find  

My credentials were declined  

But it was Sunday, I did not mind  

Honestly,...

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I grew tired of those Montana mountains
was ready to give up that life for good
So I packed up my kit and kaboodle
and headed off to...

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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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Wrapped up as a present,
delivered to a new home.
Inside of its own wrap
she wanted to be shown.

       She stands...

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In the golden glow of a distant evening,

Awakens the uncertain soul of a photographer,

An elusive shooting star in these captivating streets,

New Yorkers offering her a...

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If you’re heading outside for a task,
Just forget it. And why, you might ask?
For in New York, the air
Is so bad you don’t dare
To leave...

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