Lost New York Poems

It’s Christmas Eve, Babe
In the car pound
It shouldn’t be this way
Should not have been found

But I’m the lucky one
I am the thirteenth one
And when I...

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So nice they named it twice
Skyscrapers, bright lights, and Broadway
to entice

Many come from both near and far
Dreams of making it, sweet dreams of
becoming a star

Jostling...

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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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TRUMP POEMS AND EPIGRAMS II

Quite Con-trary
by Michael R. Burch aka "The Loyal Opposition"

Trumpy, Trumpy,
fat, balding and lumpy,
how does your Rose Garden grow?
“With venom and spleen
and...

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Need to spread out
is stronger than
Desire to get along 

Aby M.

Besoin de s'étendre 
est plus fort que 
Désir de s'entendre 

Aby M. (french)...

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Colimaçon... 

Nowadays 
I didn't get lost 

Nowadays 
I didn't lose you 

Colimaçon...

Nowadays 
I didn't look for you 

Newadays
I found myself 

Colimaçon...

Aby, 20th May 2022...

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For three little pigs,
there was no wolf,
no house of twigs,
no huff, huff, puff.

Just three little pigs,
all far too daft,
all far too thick,
and far too fat.

These...

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as the Towers die away 
alone on a beach where thunderheads Roll 
where I stood far from
shards of glass fire, horror, disaster
they televised only elemental...

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You’re just watching T.V.
Then a horror you see
It’s beyond comprehension
“That can’t be … it just can’t be

Eyes should see things lovely
Not what they say that...

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The Eleventh Day of September


I had cherished the dream of walking up and down the endless lanes and avenues
Of a city celebrated for its illustrious...

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The scent of marijuana wafts
Right by me on the air.
I do not see the smoker and 
I really do not care.

A motorboat is bouncing
On the...

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the buildings gray stood grand and tall
      the proudest prize of man's bright call
      ...

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"Stranger in Egoli"

Not right to feel lost in a city of vices, they judge you therefore you are a victim.

She creams for her purse ,
He...

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Upon my asking a lone Lenape
what happened to their tribal home;
so soulful that he barely told me
the tragic tale of how it had gone.

The white...

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Any tourist visiting the Big Apple
has noticed a big change in attitude;
everyone rushes by looking sad and acting rude,
" Our city has gone through a...

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