Urban Poems | Examples of Urban Poetry

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PM	Poem Title	Poet	Form	Categories
	The city person's ballad: urban versus rural	Kgaswane, Mpho	Ballad	city, class, community, journey, urban,
	City	McLeod, Trevor	Quatrain	bio, grief, pollution, urban, water,
	Hillstreet Blues	Lee Sr., James Edward	Lyric	adventure, courage, hero, hope, urban,
	Betsy Meek and Mild	Wade, Vivien	Rhyme	urban,
	Broadway Avenue Panhandler	Gagliardi, Annette	Dramatic monologue	addiction, culture, destiny, humanity, urban,
	THE WAR	Black, Adam	Free verse	america, beautiful, confusion, science urban, visionary, weather,
	Exasperated Inc	Gwena, Kenny	Lyric	character, conflict, culture, rap, urban,
	Urban Blight	Cozart, Dale Gregory	Free verse	anger, angst, anxiety, class, urban,
	Yard Sale	Adams, Roger	Acrostic	city, clothes, people, urban,
	different strokes	Ferns, Lorraine	Haiku	urban,
	Mashed Potatoes and Meat	Faries, M.P.	Free verse	urban,
	A third world city with a revolutionary aspect	alonzo, victoria	Free verse	urban,
	Golden arches	Pullen, Charles	Light Poetry	food, humorous, introspection, silly, urban,
	Breaking It Down	Robinson Jr., Freddie	Verse	courage, spiritual, truth, urban,
	Grand theft Audio	fields, verlecia	Bio	community, dance, freedom, humorous, urban,
	Urban Legend	Davey, Brian	Couplet	hero, judgement, society, urban,
	Damdam	Tano, Precioso	Free verse	adventure, creation, imagination, urban,
	Forgive me for being lost	Duffy, Alex	Free verse	courage, deep, meaningful, society, urban,
	A Bleak City	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	africa, corruption, imagery, life, urban,
	DMV	fields, verlecia	Lyric	desire, fantasy, freedom, hip urban,
	The Hellhound - from mythology	Hopkins-Drewer, Cecelia	Rubaiyat	urban,
	Behind Goggles	Chalise, Deepak	Blank verse	urban, violence,
	Healing	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	addiction, drug, imagery, life, urban,
	Breakfast in a Brooklyn Diner	Simmonds, Rita A.	Free verse	city, confusion, food, new urban,
	A Welcomed Escape	Carter, Brandon	Lyric	angst, anxiety, how i urban,
	On Turning Fifty	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	age, change, growing up, urban,
	Neighbourhood Splotch	Morfett, Andy	Free verse	conflict, funny, identity, urban,
	At the Curb	Abis, Manuel	Free verse	urban,
	At Home	Abis, Manuel	Free verse	urban,
	Faceless Man	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	dark, fantasy, imagery, murder, urban,
	Rush Hour 24-7	Chaos, Creative	Haiku	city, culture, cute love, urban,
	The legendary Hookerman	Smith, Jeremy	Narrative	conflict, dark, death, imagination, urban,
	FOUR LOVE AFFAIRS	Beck, Sidney	Free verse	urban,
	Happy Birthday KEKEN	fields, verlecia	Bio	america, birthday, celebration, happy urban,
	Matt The Librarian	Crisci, Andrew	Rhyme	addiction, appreciation, books, career, urban,
	Omaha S U N	Pullen, Charles	Free verse	cool, culture, deep, eulogy, urban,
	Sweet Digression	Godwin Holiday, Emenaha	Free verse	home, muse, passion, song, urban,
	Waiter and Waiting	Kimathi, Teddy	Rhyme	crazy, fantasy, funny, hilarious, urban,
	To Gregory Pardlo, Pulitzer Prize Winner	M.e., Poet	Rhyme	assonance, black african american, urban,
	Territory	bauer, ilene	Rhyme	urban,
	My Facebook Friends	Boat, Ike	Dramatic Verse	analogy, friend, friendship, hello, urban, usa, youth,
	Motion	Jain, Aloke	I do not know?	urban,
	Late at Night	Anish, Matthew	Concrete	urban,
	Sunset in New York	Anish, Matthew	Free verse	urban,
	Grocery Girl	Faries, M.P.	Quatrain	career, cool, me, pride, urban, work,
	City Lights - Re - Visited	Anish, Matthew	Free verse	urban,
	Confession of the Broken	Baskerville, George	I do not know?	addiction, black african american, urban,
	Hard Life	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	deep, imagery, life, society, urban, vanity, voice,
	A Trip to the Zoo	Smith-Johnsen, Dane Ann	Monorhyme	urban,
	Downtown in the Summer	McLaughlin, Madeleine	Free verse	urban,
	She wants fast life	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	imagery, life, sad, teen, urban, vanity,
	Saturnian Piscean Finding Peace In Pieces	Faries, M.P.	Quatrain	culture, fun, games, perspective, urban,
	The American Nightmare	Faries, M.P.	Free verse	abuse, america, lyric, people, urban,
	Facebook	Grushco, Russell	Rhyme	friendship, life, love, true urban, wisdom,
	Privilege, A Pleasure Of Life	Faries, M.P.	Crystalline	appreciation, blessing, christmas, culture, urban,
	Bedding	Faries, M.P.	Crystalline	urban,
	There Once Was a Long Vanished England	Halling, Carl	Free verse	childhood, england, history, life, urban,
	Santa Ho Ho Ho's	fields, verlecia	Lyric	christmas, december, fantasy, hip urban,
	PENTHOUSE IN THE SKY	Walker, Sonia	Haiku	urban,
	Levi Jeans	Knight, Tyshawn	Ballad	beautiful, black african american, urban,
	Media Coverage	Faries, M.P.	Crystalline	city, corruption, dark, evil, urban,
	Sonic Youth	thomson, andy	Sonnet	bio, guitar, integrity, music, urban,
	Haunts	Thompson, Janis	Quatrain	urban,
	Real	Rowe, Jahfari	Rhyme	black african american, urban,
	Ghettos and Garrisons	Rowe, Jahfari	Light Poetry	urban,
	City Lights Forever	Anish, Matthew	Concrete	urban,
	LIVERPOOL	BALANDI, YASEMIN	Free verse	allegory, appreciation, assonance, city, urban, water,
	My Kind of Town	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	change, city, imagery, life, urban,
	Drunkard	Faries, M.P.	Crystalline	abuse, addiction, culture, drink, urban,
	THE HUNT	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	city, deep, imagery, jobs, urban,
	Train to White City	Cleaver-Bascombe, Karen	Prose Poetry	how i feel, humorous, urban,
	Freakshow Club	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	dark, halloween, horror, night, urban,
	City Lights	Monteverdi, Jenny	I do not know?	addiction, city, drink, recovery urban, youth,
	Luxuries	Faries, M.P.	Quatrain	car, celebrity, city, culture, urban,
	Burg of Hue And Cry	Flower, Moon	Monoku	adventure, people, travel, urban,
	Nairobi	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	life, money, poverty, success, urban, work,
	The Transcendentalist	Spangles, Suki	Free verse	humor, humorous, light, lyric, urban,
	Melancholy	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	identity, imagery, life, sad, urban,
	Stinking Memories	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	drink, history, imagery, memory, urban,
	Strange New Reality	Anish, Matthew	Free verse	urban,
	Society	Kimathi, Teddy	Free verse	humanity, identity, imagery, life, urban,
	Second Chance	Kimathi, Teddy	Rhyme	art, humor, imagery, judgement, urban,
	An American Project	johnson, curtis	Couplet	america, black african american, urban,
	Proud of My Skin	Johnson, Tyrone C.	Free verse	america, black african american, urban,
	Freaking Out	Kimathi, Teddy	Narrative	fear, funny, humor, humorous, urban,
	Party Girls	Faries, M.P.	Quatrain	cool, crazy, fun, rap, urban,
	Fire Escapes	bauer, ilene	Rhyme	urban,
	Unquotable quotes: Janitor, Gardienne, Portero, Sereno, Hausgast -XXXI Part One	Wignesan, T	Quatrain	care, city, horror, rights, urban,
	What's the Use	Fross, James	Quatrain	appreciation, corruption, identity, urban, work,
	Tides	Idiong, Divine Friday	Ballad	adventure, betrayal, fantasy, power, urban,
	This Unreal City	Anish, Matthew	Ballad	urban, writing,
	The Greatest Nation of them All	Guccia, Anthony	Blank verse	addiction, imagery, slam, society, urban, drug,
	Cities	Jones, Mike	Free verse	urban,
	Malcontent	Goodside, Donald	Narrative	urban,
	Rain	Simmonds, Rita A.	Free verse	urban,
	Sofia	Vassilev, Ross	Free verse	corruption, history, home, life, urban,
	The Fox	Lindsay, David	Light Poetry	urban,
	Poor	Rawat, Shruti	ABC	career, cry, depression, emotions, urban, words, write,
	Blue Poetry Blue	Jenkins, Kenneth R.	Free verse	urban,
	The Commuter Van	bauer, ilene	Rhyme	urban,