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Summer New York Poems

These Summer New York poems are examples of New York poems about Summer. These are the best examples of New York Summer poems written by international poets.

Premium Member Orpheus
Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade = 
brooke = gorgeous 
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”

Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School...

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Categories: new york, humor, mothers day, new

The Biggest Apple
Do you ever think of me?
Think of what we used to be?
It’s true our time was very short,
The briefest of carnal cohorts.
Almost thirty years ago,
Yet...

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Categories: memory, new york, romantic,
Premium Member Stinging January Morning
I saw Sting in the lobby this morning, we were going out and he was coming in. Lisa nudged me, “Sting” was all she whispered....

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Categories: new york, sister, teen,
Premium Member Lavender
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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Categories: new york, dance, girl, high school,
New York
clear  Central Park day
      a bucolic tour reigns loose,
      a pluralism ride......

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Categories: new york, allusion, day, extended metaphor,

New York New York
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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Categories: new york, poetry,
Shell Game
Early morning, Central Park
And captured on his phone,
My husband saw a turtle,
On the pathway, all alone.

Its shell had lovely markings
But what made the scene unique
Was...

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Categories: animal, bird, new york,
Premium Member Tar Beaches
searing summer sun
tarpaper rooftop beaches
city sunbathing...

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Categories: new york, imagery,
Premium Member Rights -- To Riots
Looking back on those tumultuous summers
from nineteen sixty-five through sixty-eight:
   Recalling
   Harlem and Newark
   Detroit and Chicago
  ...

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Categories: chicago, conflict, new york,
Hot Summer Day
On the lower east side were a melting pot
just a bunch of city kids with no sandlot
this particular day being extremely hot
fanning ourselves with all...

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Categories: childhood, new york, summer,
Misty Memories of a New York Youth
Thinking of my youth 
when we rode around 
   in a light green VW beetle
Listening to Stevie Winwood 
   and the...

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Categories: new york, friendship, memory, youth,
Marc Broussard
On June 5th Marc Broussard's performing in NY
I spot you in the crowd, come up and ask "May I?"
Why oh why, dear Lord, I met...

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Categories: new york, addiction, celebrity, fantasy, i
Premium Member West Is the Best
California
Sunny, warm 
Swimming, boating, sunning
Sky, airplane, ocean, seashells
Skiing, sledding, snowball throwing
Cold, blistery
New York City...

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Categories: beach, nature, new york,
A Rose In New York
Encompassed in a concrete enclave
Choking fumes swirl all around;
Long shadows steal the sunlight
And yet, firmly it stands its ground.


What little light it does receive
Are of...

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Categories: new york, appreciation, child, feelings, hope,
I Recall
I recall 
A sweet, white, quaint and quiet home
The place where no one wished to live
Ideal for the overcoming grief
Once the neighbors had settled they...

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Categories: nature, new york, nostalgia,

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