Autumn Urban Poems

city of increasing fervor 
heavy with sealed glass windows
in vaulted towers
sky-high protection 
from the steady spew of cars
urban sidewalks in the
private grayness of fall
where sparrows...

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Afternoon autumn
Our neighborhood goes crazy
Like living in a dentist’s office

Drilling sucking blowing
Whining wincing scraping

Gurgle

My head tilted back
With a book on my chest
Mouth wide open
Staring into...

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I'm here surrounded
for what should be normal
the cup of aromatic coffee
the old comfortable chair
a notebook tired of writing
a fruit bowl full of delights
and a ceramic...

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Her hair blown in the infernal blast
As the train hurtles pass
hot are the rains rushing past
Falling on an ashen hued metropolis
her form is framed in...

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Suburban waste stretches beyond and far away
Languishes under the hot hazy sun
Seasons reap
Memories run
Remembering things better left unseen
Memories reel in the theater on the mind
Things...

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See the girls on the corner 
In tight tanks 
And micro minis
Popping gum
Locking eyes 
Driving boys wild
See the sunlight 
Outline their curls in gold
Memories of...

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All the good old things replaced by the shiny new,
But when does shiny new become a has been?
Things of depth and things of worth trashed...

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Metropolis filled with 
many ethnic groups
   Some living peacefully 
with each other 
  Others ready to do battle 
I pick up my...

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Cool breezes 
   surround the city 
As they walk together 
   in the autumn air 
 Streetlamps cast an eerie 
...

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A Vibrant Night 

At night 
When the city is 
Lit with lights and literature 
Locals and visitors 
Ambiances and silhouettes  
Dances with the wet...

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tiny goblins running round

some in mothers dressing gown

witch cackle delight

was there such a night

in this hallowed little town....

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Sitting here listening to 
 baseball game on my radio 
   I feel the joy of the new season
Halloween and leaves changing 
...

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Dazzling lights 
Throngs of people 
Walking through crowded streets 
  Reminds us of why we live here 
Costumed performers - Bright theatre marquees 
Seeing...

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This metropolis 
     feeds us 
And it torments us 
   I have always lived in an urban environment 
I...

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Temperature dip
urban leaves turned
Autumn, sniffing around
for a place to settle
no Farmer's Market
in San Francisco today....

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