Short Metropolis Poems

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


Tanka New York City

Trees start to blossom 
Rising from the city streets
New York battles on 
Thousands of eyes look upward
Joy in the metropolis
Form: Tanka


Urban Sprawl

Urban sprawl 
The neon-bright skyline 
Towers over
The sleeping city,
Metropolis in full bloom.

         W.A. CHOLT . COPYRIGHT  Fergal O Reilly  2017.
© W.A. Cholt  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Monopoly Metropolis

The monopoly metropolis, o'er the mass.
The sun has set 'pon the great pass.
All for one and none for all, 
the old grey miser throws a ball;
...no peasants allowed.
Form:

Premium Member John John

This is for John John but you may read it as well Boise isn't a thriving metropolis but it's famous as hell For a certain poet friend Over backward I'd bend For this fine gentleman, from the rooftops I yell
Form: Limerick

Clark Kent

Metropolis didn't have any more phone booths which wasn't fair,
Clark Kent now having to change out in the open air, 
one day while he was changing,
elderly ladies started fainting,
thinking he was some stripper from Chippendales.
Form: Limerick


Slowly Go Out of the City Lights

Slowly go out of the city lights.
Only the bright neon lights blinding,
Merging into a thin, thin thread.
Into the night skyscrapers,
The noise of the city was quiet.
And outside the metropolis draws
Bright scattering on a dark background.
Form: Verse

Street Encounter

Flash of red
    on the avenue 
  Streetlights turn from red to green 
   Car stops - money exchanged 
  A short spell of passion 
then the two of them go their separate ways
 Streetlights continue to shine 
This metropolis is full of pain

Frosty Day In the City

FROSTY   DAY  IN   THE   CITY

Wetless day,  birdless trees,
Witless denizens of metropolis
Long await the bus into
The delights of Manchester.

Townless  bus waiters  -
Their earphones are essential
For Deaf  Man’s Buff  -
Tuneless music.

Premium Member Macabre

MACABRE 

Mayhem like flotsam wood.
Metropolis types out:
Murder. Victim floating -
Marred, strapped to slot machine.
Macabre tourist sight.
Mountains blue, green and RED,
Malice toward fellow man.

2nd Place
4/19/2017
Pleiades Form - M contest
Form: Verse

Gershwin

Exciting tunes
    of a city
  captured in music
Dance the mental dance
    we have know
         electric  lights appear in 
       our mind
  Shining lights 
Multi colored shining lights
     notes flying
through the air
        yes, we will find joy 
in the heart of the metropolis

Street Encounter

Flash of red 
    on the avenue
   Streetlights turn from red to green 
    Cars stops  - money exchanged 
   A short bit of passion
then the two of them go their 
    separate ways 
   Streetlights continue to shine forming wavy patterns 
on the ground
   This metropolis is full of pain
Form: Burlesque

Peterborough Cry

This is for one, low and old.
Peterborough metropolis.
We have a Waitrose too, Vivacity has the power.
Metropolis genuine life, old and low.
Homeless, give them a Council House, there are enough.
M&S is sceptre special in Queensgate.
We are tired of working, Peterborough relaxes.
Genuine life, unreplaceable.

Incandescent Night

Her hair blown in the infernal blast
As the train hurtles pass
hot are the rains rushing past
Falling on an ashen hued metropolis
her form is framed in Furious winds 
lightning, as sight transcends this domain
Her hair fair as raven wings 
Heat ripples in waves of engines thunder
Into this incandescent night.

Premium Member Wilderness

Out of soft dreams we leap.

With a strange cadence.

As if to a beat.

Lock step metropolis crawl.

Hot on the blood trail.

To the feeding at dawn.

Keys to turn.

Numbers to dial.

With casual serpentine smiles.

Nothing to see here.

No new traditions to make.

Only the dreams we left await.
© Indigo Sky  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Magnificent Mermen

Marine metropolis,
manatees moving methodically,
mackerel moseying,
maiden mermaid muses,
many much moxie magical mermen,
magnetic, masculine, mystical,
masters melodious mellow maritime music,
midsummer marvelous, merry,
myself-moonstruck mania minded,
my mission- meeting mesmerizing,
mysterious, mischievous,
magnificent merman!

Premium Member Torn Edges

Stars tumble from shattered edges Charter in the sounds of daybreak The other side of the planet Leave this river after a few drinks A man's teary eyes Aiming for the bright lights of the metropolis It can be seen in the distance The crane let out a screech Repairing the ripped sky
Written: March 21, 2023
© Sotto Poet  Create an image from this poem.

Strippers Union

Something in the Times 
   today 
       about organizing 
the strippers
   Not a bad thought 
   These 
women 
provide 
a break 
   from the humdrum existence 
of many men 
    in our cold metropolis 
   Who out there in the darkness
remembers Cher's 
"Gypsies, Tramps, and Thieves" 
     Every night the men 
 would come around and.......

A Short Unrevised Poem

Raining today 
   in the big apple 
  Yes, this metropolis is still here 
Despite the 
    fact 
that 
we 
have 
   been attacked 
Yes, the masses of people 
still long to visit 
this "Baghdad on the Hudson"
as O.Henry named it 
It is not Paris, Tel Aviv or London 
But it is the place 
   I call home 
Personally I think this city 
will survive ,flourish and grow

Silence In the City

Imagine that 
all the sounds of
the city suddenly 
   become still 
               imagine that the 
entire city's 
population opened 
    their eyes 
to see the reality 
behind the shadows
of the metropolis
      between the sand 
     know that 
  millions of 
other hearts   
    beat to the 
soft drumbeat 
   as thousands move
slowly
    urban tapestry
unravels

Metropolis

There survives a burg, strangled by,

A fume as thick as thieves,

Where soaring glass stalagmites screen,

The adroit aggrieved.

Skyscrapers and broad avenues,

Where vast trains shunt and squall,

Where soaring glass stalagmites screen,

The vestige’s caterwaul.

Where night tide is perennial,

The gargoyles chill and ward,

Aged curves and finials resist,

Thick gnarling walls contort.
© Al Parry  Create an image from this poem.
Form:

Starlight

As the sun sets upon the asphalt homeland
Stars appear above 
the metropolis 
Weary eyes gaze up in wonder 
as the dots in the vast darkness
They are really suns 
some larger - some smaller 
The stars stimulate urban dreamers 
Starlight illuminates the lovers on the Planer Earth 
A heavy sense of peace 
descends on the city 
Did you not know that 
the universe is sending you its love?

Premium Member Nowboy

He's an urban redneck
Likes his George and Madflex
He's country and what's next
Metropolis with crops

From barn to the city
Farming in the nitty-gritty
He's surrounded by concrete
Too many suburb plots

Sticking to dirt past
Agricultural for the future
He's certain who are unsure
Aware of hidden costs

Plowing his own stake
And modern, make no mistake
He's in tune to the horizon
Up until he drops off
© ... Gigno  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Chicago

On the August of the twelve,
 year eighteen thirty tree,
 Chicago became city.
 First skyscrapers here erected.
 
Railroad, not the canal
 made Chicago metropolis.
 In Chicago controlled first
 done atomic was reaction.
 
Fancy zipper from Chicago
 made the famous fashion show,
 brought convenience to us all.
 
American native name –
 spirit of great Manitu.
 Many nations have here home.
Form: Verse

Premium Member The Neon Jungle

These city streets I know by name

The monotony takes its toll

But still I walk them all the same 

Just to pacify my soul

Like a living breathing creature 

The city stalks its prey at night 

And each individual feature 

With their neon lights so bright 

In a metropolis of sin

That strips most people of their will

And though I know I'll never win

This neon jungle calls me still
Form: Rhyme

A Game of Musical Chairs

It is a game of musical chairs
We elect them in pairs
Out with one, in with another
A father replaced by a mother

We vote for the wrong reason
We rotate faces every season
They call it democracy, supreme
Designed to bring in the cream

The metropolis must work
The County, their responsibility must not shirk
No water at home; lights on the blink
An Expressway viaduct at the front gate, they sink
Form: Rhyme

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