Short Nyc Poems

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Premium Member Mother Goose, NYC Edition

For fame, young Zackery thought:
a train hop TikTok shot!
He struck his head
and wound up dead.
Now, damages are sought.
© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme


Let This Child Be Remembered --Nyc

a lost boy asked a
stranger for help; was kidnapped,
killed and dismembered

an innocent life
snatched by evil hands ; let this 
child be  remembered
Form: Haiku

Premium Member Cutting-Edge NYC Electoral 'Your-In-Alysis'

         I find him so smiley, so holly-jolly
            I think I’ll vote for Zohran Mamdani

         A NYC politician from Somali
            like AOC ~ a red-hot tamale
Form: Couplet

Premium Member See Short Stories - Merritt and the Power of Charm

My latest piece is -1600 characters too long for the poetry section (sigh)

So it's under short stories. The URL is:

www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/merritt_and_the_power_of_charm_10833
 
I hope you like it.

Premium Member I Posted a New Short Story Called: Stupid

My latest piece is 388 characters too long for the poetry section.

So, I posted it in "Short Stories" (Other sites don't have this limit)

Here's the link...

www.poetrysoup.com/short_stories/stupid_10822

If you bother, I hope you like it


Premium Member Scene From a NYC Deli

   
              Goldberg fiddles, twirling his pastrami 
              Hears tell of this new Mayor Mamdani
                  Who would love to say farewell
                  To the State of Israel
               Chicken soup replaced by a tsunami
Form: Limerick

Premium Member Penny, Nyc, Songs Of

songs of a pretty bird, the city heard, songs of, a city's hurts, songs of, a pretty's worth, a pretty's worth, but Penny's worth, mere pennies worth, the city's hurt, the city birds heard the city's hurt, the city's worth, the pity - burns, the pretty city bird..

Premium Member East River Thoughts

In the chaos of youth lights
          dance without exhaustion
A ballet on the river
          dissonant music in the city

An agitated psyche absorbs
            the brilliant skyline
A bridge sprawls and intimidates
            perpetual motion in the city

120 E. 49th, Nyc

Julie, after your passing
snow fell on Manhattan.

You were not there to share
flakes falling fast. silencing

the streets, slowing pedestrians
on perilous sidewalks, but I, 

sweet sister Not-of-my-blood, 
sister of my soul, I was 

there for you in the city 
of our hearts.
© Nola Perez  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Ballad

Premium Member New Short Story Called Eggbeater

I have a new short story called “eggbeater” - if you’re interested. =]

It;s about a helicopter ride (my first).

It was slightly too long for the poems section.

So this is an add, of sorts.

Since you’re here a corona joke:

Remember when we all used to eat cake after someone blew on it?

Nyc Iii

that man 
that cried 
on the corner 

tears 
made him 
invisible 

I too 
let him 
wash away 
in front of us 

I saw 
him 
sail 
by 
in 
his 
own 
liquid form 

and we 
were 
a thousand 
pairs 
of shoes 
crossing 
the street 
so 
our 
feet 
wouldn't 
get wet. 


© Gry W Christensen

Nyc Games

Killer Diller 1 2 3

Johnny Pump spraying on your feet

Skelly,s game played up and down the street 

Lifting the Johny Pump water with an aluminum can

Oh So Sweet!

All these things were such a treat

Make growing up on 20th Street

in Astoria 

Seem so complete

All topped off with a Mr. Softees treat
Form:

Ode to NYC

I gave my heart away to you
On the night that new year drew
The Sinatra chimes and yellow vines
Sleeplessly anew

City of dreams, built on piano keys
And indie structures melodies
I left my heart in San Francisco**
But i stole it back for you


**this is a reference to Tony Bennett i hold no rights to this line
Form: Ode

Premium Member Soho Shopping In Nyc

i saw you i saw you
                       shameless thieves ebony hoods
                       smirking in the night



                            June 1, 2020
                              1:15am PST
                       
                              Poem#1,311


      Poet's Notes : Soho is an exclusive shopping center in NYC
Form: Senryu

Nyc

NYC I BELONG TO CHRIST 
WHY DO YOU CONTINUE TO FIGHT AGAINST ME
A CHILD OF THE KING 
WHO IS JESUS ONLY
INSTEAD YOU WORSHIP 42ND
NYC WHY DO HATE MY CHRIST
WHEN IT WAS FOR YOU HE SACRIFICED 
HIS LIFT
LOVING SATAN'S SONG
"SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND"
NYC WHEN CHRIST IS CHRIST IS THE REAL BRIGHT 
 AND MORNING STAR
HE'S THE ONE WHO LOVES FOR WHO YOU ARE
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Little Island NYC

Listen to poem:


Two emeralds; copper eyes, fixated on the Atlantic
The Hudson; jades woke by fairies to her feet, so frantic
My view; is vantage, a little island on pillars, so historic
Gotham the east connection; of an oasis oh so prolaphoric
The horse shoe; welcomes performances theatric
Paths of endless connections; made by cobblestone brick
A Metropolis candle; burning at both ends of the wick
Melting pots of humanity; formed, a narrow wax stick
Form: Monorhyme

The Eve

The Eve

On this night a ball falls down from heights seen in the sky

It’s not amongst the heavens
In the midst of silent gray

It falls upon bricks and steel
A second in time awaits

A worldly gasp to yet unfold thoughts of yester years

The stalling seconds of frosted breath an ode to end the day

A wish upon a falling star a kiss to  lead the way 

A tear A tear...

A languishing yet hurried hope
for a blessed and brand new year!
© Debra Lynn  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Ode To Nyc

I want to see the clash of the classes

The dichotomy between the debutantes and the downtrodden 

wallow in the welfare 
 scream at those who don't care

soak up society
 revel in the rivalry

 step on the suited 
 smile at the smart

 vilify the antagonists 
 snore at the soporifics

 bleed in the gutter
 be saved by another

 turn out the lights
 smile at the night

 experience the extremes
of a midnight's dream

By Robert McDermott

Another Day In Nyc

Cars, pedestrians stores 
    The air is not so clean here 
   But there are some great people here 
   People who call it "Zoo York"
are wrong 
Once my life was saved by a stranger here 
Yes, the place still exists 
Yes, it has a heart 
As I sit here in in Dunkin Doughnuts 
   writing 
I see a grandmother with her infant 
I see people drinking caffeinated beverages 
Just another day in the Big apple 
Along with 8 million others 
Some of who write poetry
Form: Ballad

Nyc

Life's not a world of pretty faces
but the stories that they tell
Everyone's hiding a history
and it makes them who they are
You walk around the city
of many people
and you try to look into their faces
Rags and riches
don't mean anything
It's the kind of person you are
that changes the world
We all struggle
yet need to find a way
to make it out alive
Not many find it at such a young age
But if you look past the front they give
You can see the hurt child inside of them all

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