Short Brooklyn Poems

Short Brooklyn Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Brooklyn by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Brooklyn by length and keyword.


The Creative Impulse 1

It's said that the poet Shelley
Lived over a Brooklyn Deli
In that abode
He penned his Ode
To Peanut Butter and Jelly
Form: Limerick


Premium Member Clerihew Gerschwin

George Gerschwin of Brooklyn
was around when jazz did begin
Originally surnamed Gershvitz
in classical genre he now sits
Form: Clerihew

Brooklyn Noreaster

White Winter Comes with snow— Traffic’s banished, As wind plays the Bridge like a theremin. September 23, 2019
Form: Tetractys

Spring In December

Instead of snow, it's rain;
cherry trees have blossomed in Brooklyn,
so did tulips along the bay...
even New Jersey has seen Nature in play!
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Clerihew Whitman

Walt Whitman raised by Quakers in Brooklyn
with typographical poetics did begin
'Leaves of Grass&Song of Myself'
devoted to the US commonwealth
Form: Clerihew


Premium Member galloping gourmet

once a young man from brooklyn

wanted to try home cookn

for his oven it died

from some rice that he fried

now he's takeout a'look'n.
Form: Limerick

Not Again

not
again
will I see
The Brooklyn Bridge
in silence - peacefully adorned with snow

9-20-19
Contest : Make It Five
Sponsor:Joseph May
Sample : #2
Form: Tetractys

Bygones

The fans of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Once rivaled those of Roy Rogers
But when Trump came on
Those standards were gone
Trigger got stuffed with old codgers
Form: Limerick

Base Ball

The Stats show a Brooklyn Dodger
Scored RBIs with his todger
Then one day at bat
A Foul Ball went splat
And now he's Soprano Codger 


RBI=Runs Batted In
Form: Limerick

Premium Member John Lennon

John Winston Ono Lennon
From Britain to Brooklyn, decked in denim
Controversial through his peace and political activism
Felled by Mark David Chapman's act of barbarism
© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Bridge

                                     New York and the Boros
                                  
                                           Brooklyn Bridge
Form: Haiku

The Guest

The moon,
a medicine bottle shaking silt and shadow,
drunk to the bottom by
shifting clouds, thirsty for the
the stilt man stalking
pitch roof Brooklyn
warm night July.

Spring Snowflakes

Soft Cherry Blossoms
Kiss me again and again
Spring’s gentle snowflakes



For Haiku Seasons Contest


First in a series written 4/25/09 in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Form: Haiku

Premium Member You Only Have To Know Where To Look

Who entered a pub for a round?
A rabbi with frog quite renowned
The bar tender, Pat
Asked, “Where did you get that?"
“In Brooklyn!" said the frog, “That's where they're found!"
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Pee Wee and Jacckie

Pee Wee Reese was a diminutive shortstop For the old Brooklyn Dodgers when I was a tot With Jackie at second Both are legends Heroes of my childhood and a joy to watch
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Brooklyn Sky

the tinsel blue of my heart reaching the stars
I prowl the night 
eyes searching for twinkles in a moonless sky
I dream the night
of saharan glory past enwrapping me in a veil of bright

Premium Member I Poet

I am a poet without fame
A poet without A name
I am only a poet 
Not a Musician 
I create magic with my Pen 
I am just a poet and a Magician!
I am Val Brooklyn Rogers 
Black panther!

Brooklyn College Memory

I remember in my college days 
I was reading a poster
      My English professor 
came by and said 
    "Do you want to spend your life looking at posters? "
   I was looking for a dance....

Bee Line

I spied them up ahead
So I made a bee line
Along with the other bees
My heartbeat
Repeating:
“Lilacs! Lilacs! Lilacs!"



Second in a series written 4/25/09 in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Premium Member Jewish Limerick

This man in Brooklyn named Isadore,
some big sandwiches he would adore.
Corned beef and pastrami,
and kosher salami.
He can’t fit in his clothes anymore.


Who says a limerick has to be Irish?
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Dodger Blue

The Brooklyn boys went to LA. In Ebbett’s Field, they did not stay. They play in the sun. Los Angeles loves Dodger blue. The team is a contender true. They are number one.

Premium Member Croc

a skeleton in disguise they call me crocodile
but truly I am an alligator swimming with the sharks
the caiman I left in Barranquilla and wearing my croc
I walk the streets of Brooklyn looking for a tree
art

Balerethon

Balerethon

A flying
Saucer
A baloney
Sandwich
Dancing
To
The
Tick
Of
Your
Clock
Alien
Stepping
Proudly
Gracefully
Through
The
Hoops
Of 
Brooklyn
Night
Morning
Liftoff
Leftoff
Dream

Life Goes On

Life goes on
for the little fawn 
in the woods.

Life goes on
for the man in Brooklyn
selling stolen goods.

Life goes on
for the man who stands tall
it is he who has lived the greatest life of all.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member THE DAWN OF DAY

Watching the dawn of day bathes me with an array of emotions, INEXPLICABLE! I am AWED. This dawn has spawned a new being named SUNRISE!  







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