People New York Poems
These People New York poems are examples of New York poems about People. These are the best examples of New York People poems written by international poets.
Marx on the Hudson
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...
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new york, political,
Moments Ago, A Visit From An EarthquakeOn the fifth of April 2024, about 10:23 a.m., we all felt a shake
It wasn’t the midnight train; it wasn’t a jack hammer
It wasn’t children...
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new york, america, anxiety, environment, imagination,
Flaco's MemorialFrom 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...
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Categories:
bird, new york,
Heading Downtown by SubwayThe 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...
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Categories:
new york, travel,
The Price of FreedomFlaco 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...
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Categories:
new york, bird, death, freedom, new
The Chilling Winter StormDark 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...
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Categories:
new york, art, business, change, cheer
ah, wassailing!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...
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Categories:
new york, christmas, holiday, humor, new
I'm Just a Brick
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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Categories:
new york, absence, age, depression, identity,
Scary Tale Of New YorkIt’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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Categories:
new york, america, horror,
The Best Day In New YorkThe 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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Categories:
new york, race,
Fall BreakIn 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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Categories:
new york, food, friendship, fun, humor,
New York City RatsRotting eggs, fish, moldy pasta, and meat
Mixed with the odor of damp rodent fur.
The garbage in bags is lining the street.
New York is a...
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Categories:
animal, new york, pollution,
Nyc - ParisPeter, Charles and I were jetting our way to Paris. I’d just woken up. I had to pee so badly it woke me up. It...
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Categories:
boyfriend, humor, new york,
LibertyWrapped 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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new york, adventure, allusion, america, devotion,
On the SidewalkThe homeless guy was stretched out
On the sidewalk, looking dead,
In stocking feet without, much less,
A cushion for his head.
The passersby all stopped to look
But then...
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Categories:
new york, today,