On the Avenue
...From marble and granite to steel and glass,
we were discussing Rhina Espaillat’s On the Avenue in class,
was it 1950s or 1980s NYC and were the fifties
the city’s halcyon days or is it now, the 20...
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Categories:
triborough, america, city, god, hope,
Form: Free verse
East Harlem To the Grand Tetons
...No words, oily body sweats, city summer.
Desperate to get out and never return although
stalled on Triborough Bridge I admired the skyline.
My city, my death, I did it my way.
Counting your ble...
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Categories:
triborough, age, blessing, body, freedom,
Form: Verse