Short New York Poems

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


Don't feed the birds

On seaside cliffs 
Central Park to Trafalgar square
Soft coos in the air
Flying rats they call them
Found even here


Premium Member A Rose From Dad

One time my dad bought me a yellow rose in New York City
Took a photo in front of St. Patrick's-- felt loved & pretty. :)
Form: Couplet

Lesson

she missed the fancy parties
that New York had to offer.

But she learned early the importance
of wearing basic black.

Premium Member Lancaster, Ny

Lancaster, New York

Mid-west town of the East where neighbors are friends and friends are family!

Written 10.04.2016
Form: Monoku

Premium Member City Lights

millions of windows in New York —
                                        eminent starlight

8/13/2020
Ziket 8/5
Form: Verse


Premium Member Best Friend

Under two silences
our laughter stays suspended
like a golden drop
even if your voice has changed
I always recognise you
© Aby M'Baye  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Tanka

Poeta en Nueva York

Federico Garcia Lorca
was a would-be New Yorker:
his favourite ski event was the slalom,
and he wrote poems about Harlem.
Form: Clerihew

Legend of New York

Legend of New York
Always unattainable
Always seductive
Where sirens will always sing
Where bright lights memories bring
Form: Tanka

Forward Facing Eyes

Forward-facing eyes,
Arrests the dark and long distance,
Predator of snow.

BY: SNK
Written:11-25-11
New York Snow Owls
Form: Haiku

Happy New York

Mega city
of the Jungle
while walking
left in my left hand
keeping wife's warmth
Times Square in New Year
i am passing.

Premium Member Riding in a NY City Cab

radio blaring
new york city cab driver
many near misses

horrified riders
being jerked and terrified
in backseat praying
Form: Senryu

Nippon Over

A GI looking for nookie
Met a Geisha girl called Suki
Would you believe
She could conceive 
Faster than a New York bookie?
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Septimal-Art In the City

vertical
linear
lines

Georgia O'Keeffe


https://www.allposters.co.uk/-sp/Street-New-York-I-1926-Posters_i1248644_.htm
Form: Ekphrasis

Battling the Times

the New York Times
should show an affinity for rhymes
the leading paper
regarding them quite properly as an essential caper.
Form: Clerihew

Premium Member Moving Canvas

hot, crowded platform
repulsive subway station
rush of rank damp air 
screeching heralds arrival
beast covered in urban art
Form: Tanka

Satan's Apple

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

Premium Member My New York Giraffe

A giraffe went out to buy a car.
He didn't like nothin' that he saw'r.
Maybe, he'd be more comfortable
driving a convertible.
Form: Epigram

New York Life

N-ew 
Y-ork 
L-ife 
I-s 
N-ever 

A-sleep 
M-ainly 

Topic: Birthday of Nylin Am (June 16) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
Form: Acrostic

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

Destroying the Gift

Money, wrapping paper 
  of disowned creation

Destroying the gift, 
—laying claim to the box

(Jamestown New York: May, 2011)

Imagery Expression

IMAGERY EXPRESSION

mundane crisp and misty morning
New York coffee, cream cheese bagels
art gallery—comforting warm abandonment
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Salem, Massachusetts


                   Witches and Warlocks

                   Is New York City Salem Mass?

                   Halloween Night
Form: Haiku

Premium Member A Random Thought on Mamdani

      Do I really want to see Mamdani fail

        Well, I wanted Biden to succeed

           And so far HE’s avoided jail…
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Poet's A-Z Aloud No 14

Ogden Nash 

New York poet Ogden Nash
with rhyme made quite a splash
His topics aesthetically absurd
so popular though when heard
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member happy new year

thinking ocean life silly

dolphin edna mae tilly

ashore amid cheers

a squeak for new years

then boards a bus for philly.
Form: Limerick

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