Music New York Poems

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...

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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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In New York City- Nineteen thirty-six,
the crowds had gathered for a final show;
none playing the next day- no more to see
of organ grinders coming 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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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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(Scott Joplin 1868-1917)


I am highly entertained
though I see through the window what lies there:
yes, dark cloud hovers above our street
like a piece of rag.

But we...

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When the urge takes you 
Suddenly 
to move forward in you

Touch of Waves 
Under your feet 
Wind's flavor 
On your nonchalant neck 

Straightening of the...

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Saw a blurb on MetFest
Held today, at the museum.*
Musical performances
Outdoors – I had to see ‘em.

A former stomping ground
Pre-Covid, but it’s been a while.
Once there,...

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Merciless movement
Atonal antipathy
Nonsensical noise

clarinet crescendo
soaring above
the collided cityscape

Harried hordes
Aggravating acrimony
Terrifying tumult

piano playing
plaintively over
the primal phantasmagoria

Torrid traffic
Alienated aliens
Nihilistic neon

soaring strings
singing through
the striking scenery...

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A park has been making the news
Because people have differing views.
Those who live very near
Wish that all would adhere
To the rules and stop breaking taboos.

But...

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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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Is it the unrehearsed, instantaneous smile of a child in joy 
As it looks at you and likes the kindly smile in your eyes
That you...

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The watering can has been buried,
just its spout sticking out
of the powdery snow.
It looks like the torch
in the hand
off the statue of liberty.

Underneath it, the...

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