Short Manhattan Poems

Manhattan Clam Chowder

Warm and wet a real delight...

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Santa drunks crushing
in the cold train station
party glow warms....

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Sitting- on the boat,
I am- intrigued by the- fog-
                    which- destroys- the world....

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How robust
this structural form
of mirrored windows
infringing a spectacle
of the night skyline....

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On
South shore,
Long Island-
Manhattan at
play.

Ekphrasis -Beach Umbrellas at Blue Point by Glackens...

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Manhattan
Missus
Slaying
The masses
With class
And glasses
Never giving up
With a sash
That slashes...

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A music conductor in Manhattan
Had always kept his hat on.
One day he forgot
And believe it or not
He also sat on his baton...

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Where Satan sat in Manhattan
The people gathered to fatten 
But too much sin
Can do one in
So now they call it, "Manflatten"...

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Am I in the groove or on the right track?
My record player goes clickety-clack,
The lyrics I hear are all in pig-Latin,
Backed by the sounds of downtown Manhattan....

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Their meeting, first time, was merry.
The flip from her lips, bit airy.
   Her drink could sink ships.
   She takes sip and quips,
“Would you like to eat my cherry?”
...

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Buying 22,000 acres for trinkets was bold,
Indians traded and Manhattan was sold,
Minuit land grabber,
Indians madder,
soon realizing $24 worth was fool's gold.






11-15-16...

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Man From Manhattan

There once was a man from Manhattan
Whose piggy bank his Dad did fatten
He had tiny hands 
For such a large man
But that never kept him from grabbing

By Bill MacEachern...

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A young lady dressed finely in satin
Walked along Fifth Ave in Manhattan
Received an ovation
And much salutation,
From Mexico, she spoke only Latin.

Written October 8, 2021...

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If I strike up a fortune,
I want to own an apartment in
Manhattan, or New York City,
a big house in the country,
and a shack in Mississippi.
Women in each,
Women at every port,
Keep the heart at bay....

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While gazing down from the Rockefeller Tower
My girlfriend and I soon began to glower
While surveying Central Park we then thought
How much could we get for it if we bought
Trying to figure that out took over an hour...

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There's certain things that are important in life
Like saying I love you to your very sweet wife
Or walking in Manhattan
Wearing only a hat on
Will that be frowned on in the sweet afterlife

© Jack Ellison 2015...

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riding a bike oer the william takes a few pedals
the manhattan a breeze following flushing
but the brooklyn only early morning as the tourist in their inn

if only you asked a bridge i will send to queens on your way to coney island...

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~*~
~~**~~
THERE ONCE WAS A LASS FROM MANHATTAN

SHE WORE PETTICOATS MADE OF RED SATIN

FOR PLAYBOY SHE MODELED NUDE

‘TIL HER LIFE WAS VIOLENTLY SUBDUED

AND HER NAME WAS DOROTHY STRATTEN
~~**~~
~*~...

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Tanka

NATO…is 
A mean military machine 
Looking for a war 
It found one in Libya 
A monster’s sweet taste of blood 

Tanka 

Hurricane Irene 
Poured rain on Manhattan 
The world press aghast 
A coast guard shack damaged 
U.S. under siege again...

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Before,
I was a greedy man

You gave me a gift
to distinguish the difference
between the beauty of sexual desire and
the power of love

Now,
I can walk down
the streets of Manhattan
not being bothered

I saw the most beautiful dandelion the day....

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The blue, blue skies of Manhattan.

Scores of bird's going off for the night,
hoards of flightful fancies,
singing through the clouds,
flying tall and proud.

Sea breeze,
chills and the big freeze,
the solidness and frost bite in my toes,
my goodness I need to stop moaning....

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fireworks light up sky.
hi-lo buildings, pumped-up torch
of New York Harbor,
ripples of copious ships,
excited helicopters.
the twins are very happy,
long before they fall
on their smoking knees
and crumble to dust

1/9/2021
Manhattan Celebration by Alexander Chen...

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This is myi husband!
Not sent by your hands
River, sky, and prayers watched.
Manhattan West viewed test

This is myi husband!
We sing, dance, and dine by rewritten songs, and
Get along not by your hands, but
By thicket, three cords strong.

This is myi husband!

*...

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I went to Manhattan cause I was bored,
And it is there, I met a man, sweet Lord;

Oh gosh, he was enchanting,
And soon he had me panting;

And adored, my word, bored has a reward.

___________________
December 28, 2015

Limerick

~ Not For Contest ~...

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Petrichor reminds me of you and me
When we were still in love
Wandering in Manhattan was what we used to be
Petrichor reminds me of you and me
Way back when we were still happy
You and I was all that we have
Petrichor reminds me of you and me
When we were still in love...

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