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Short Cities Poems

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


Nu Spelling, New Cities
1. Minneapolis is now
1.1. Meanerpolice
1.2. Meaner Polis...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cities, abuse, hate, prejudice, racism, word play, words,
Form: Didactic



Bible Account
Under Dead Sea lies
Two wicked cities buried
Sodom, Gomorrah....

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Categories: cities, bible, gospel, history, sin,
Form: Haiku
Rain
Giver of all life
Destroyer of our cities
Aid or wrath dispensed...

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© Jenni Munn  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cities, life, nature,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Luminous Beings
Lunminous beings
In tiny folded cities
leaving Earth's dissolve...

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Categories: cities, eulogy, extended metaphor, fantasy,
Form: Haiku
Feasts of the Cities
chili dogs in Queens
crabs and Pabst in Baltimore
and beans in Boston...

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Categories: cities, city, drink, food,
Form: Haiku



Premium Member tent cities
nation's tent cities....dreams sleep frozen in all
impoverished seasons...

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Categories: cities, 6th grade, 7th grade, america, dream, humanity,
Form: Monoku
Premium Member blown dust
snow covered cities 
the texture is like blown dust 
sparkle of diamonds...

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Categories: cities, snow,
Form: Haiku
Hurricane Sandy
storm sandy heads on
as trees fall and glass chatters...
tent cities arise...

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Categories: cities, natural disasters,
Form: Haiku
Cities
Grass turns to pavement
The sidewalk leads me inward
An urban heart beats...

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Categories: cities, city,
Form: Haiku
Worry
People build cities
See, nature beautifies the world
Why fret the lilies?...

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Categories: cities, appreciation, beauty, care, perspective,
Form: Haiku
The Joy of Joyriding Haiku
driving through cities
i never heard of before
will inspire more miles.......

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© Marty King  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: cities, journey, joy,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Book - a Tale of Two Cities: Charles Dickens
love through sacrifice even unto death . . . a lost soul’s hope for salvation...

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Categories: cities, writing,
Form: Monoku
Feathers On the Breath of God
A leaf turns on the lathe of the wind. Cities of iron crumble.
...

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Categories: cities, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Fierce Blades
O'er tops and cities
Under the shadows of lights
Fierce blades half way through....

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Categories: cities, faith, light, motivation,
Form: Haiku
Innocent Nature
When buildings implode
         in the collapse of cities
         nature innocence...

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Categories: cities, analogy, irony, wisdom,
Form: Haiku
In Cities of Lovers
in cities of true lovers - found thousands of reserved golden shelters 

July 21/2023...

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Categories: cities, romantic love,
Form: Monoku
Homeless Is Everywhere
its cities and towns
all around
people laying on the ground
its here and there
HOMELESS IS
EVERYWHERE...

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Categories: cities, abuse, adventure,
Form: Light Verse
Gods Love Is For All
he is is there
sprit everywhere
town cities
ups and down 
and around
pray and call
GODS LOVE FOR ALL...

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Categories: cities, adventure, devotion,
Form: Light Verse
Lights Out
starving rising costs

cities are dimming the lights

smorgasboard for crime



nationwide nightime...

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Categories: cities, sad, satire, urban,
Form: Senryu
Outlet
In every embrace
We find a home, cities dread
Modern dissonance
Of ice cubes clinking
In the nodding head...

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Categories: cities, urban
Form: Senryu
Life and the Blues
its up down and around
from cities and town
here and there
and everywhere
good and bad news
LIFE AND THE 
BLUES...

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Categories: cities, addiction, adventure,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Mixed Messages
Liberal leaders call for bullying and demeaning Trump supporters... and sanctuary cities
...

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Categories: cities, abuse, bullying, childhood, irony, mentor, teacher,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cities
cities on lockdown
countries in isolation
~ life at a standstill



AP: 2nd place 2020

Posted on July 23, 2020...

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Categories: cities, angst, health, planet, society, stress, world,
Form: Haiku
The Future of Our Cities
“Violence broke out again last night
in Gotham…

“No arrests have been made”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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Categories: cities, violence,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Urban Math 101
the health of the family
reflects the health of the city
broken families=broken cities
fix your family=heal your break...

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Categories: cities, chicago,
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs