Urban Poems | Examples of Urban Poetry

Oh ! what hollow lives we lead Gazing at our screens Like robots on automation Avoiding human contact Losing touch with nature Basking in the sunlight Or submerging in moonbeams Dancing with the waves Or playing on the...Read the rest...

The toddler’s steps were tentative; His daddy held his hands. They slowly made some progress; Every parent understands. What caught my eye was on their heads - Both sporting baseball caps, The dad’s a well-worn Yankees one, A favorite, perhaps. The...Read the rest...

red box in the window, inside a black widow playing this fiddle tune, heartbreak to be consumed. she is not some honey, she is not for money, she’s just kinda hungry, for your body and mind. in the nighttime moonlight, when the orb blinks...Read the rest...

Windows reflects the world outside Inside, the soul remains concealed. A ticking clock, a relentless reminder Of moments passing, unreclaimed. A diner, a stage for silent dramas Obsoletion fades stains of trauma. Each matron, an enigma, unnamed In the quiet...Read the rest...

In bright red paint, beneath my feet, Was a declaration, short and sweet: Nina Loves Lefty! but with a heart Instead of “Loves,” so, urban art. That’s how graffiti used to be, Touting one’s identity Or that of someone much adored Without...Read the rest...

Weekend clouds remind me of home Deviating myself not to be alone The sky during sunset turns pale I fell into a loophole the day after. Many hold you during the first breath They will be there behind, watching you Even...Read the rest...

It's funny, the random things that remind you of what a lovely place the world can sometimes be. Like two little birds alighting on a wire, as you emerge from the underground just at dusk on a Thursday: two...Read the rest...

Blackened shells gliding through finite shadows, their engines burning like the dead's desolate fires. Wheels devour roads, unraveling beneath them, miles swallowed, expelled into an endless ether. Time bleeds on cracks in black asphalt, slipping between fangs of jagged metal...Read the rest...

Synopsis: A powerful video, lyrics and music that sheds light on the devastating impact of poverty, illustrating how it fuels crime, gang violence, and psychological trauma in communities around the world. Innocent people, caught in the...Read the rest...

Urban Spaces The world is getting smaller. People become dwellers. A new life of solo living. A single life of well-being. Do we all have anxiety? Through loneliness especially. Maybe we have lost trust in each other. Walk on by, don’t even bother. Some...Read the rest...

I love you, Sunflower Gorgeous scene at watchtower In Village Bauer....Read the rest...

My steps wander through the urban labyrinth, a chaos of dancing lights and shadows, When suddenly, a door opens in my fragile reality, inviting me into the unknown. The midnight café, a refuge for lost souls and...Read the rest...

busy state fullest living rolling stone gathers god particles watching humans watching flag of nations preparing how to arrive than considering political correctness,political incorrectness busy state fullest living rolling stone gathers god particles watching planet earth counter normal adults,aggressive adults,dangerous adults preparing how to actulise self-actulisation...Read the rest...

God damned the Demons of Hell to Hell God damned the Demons to Hell Let us depart, Beloved ,Where their morbid howls don't swell, In our ears, in our minds, Coiling weaving diabolic binds. Let us go, my Darling To a...Read the rest...

I mourn. For the houses, as their lights die out. One, by one. I stop. I start to see… Through the other side of glass, as the city sleeps at night. ...Read the rest...