Beautiful Urban Poems

Arm-in-arm unspoken is the message received; neither of us is looking to disperse;
Standing parallel, hands held laced, with a kiss to yours averse
I'll look for...

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I am a woman on a mission,
Armed with a fierce and fiery disposition.
I am focused and filled with ambition,
Even in the midst of burden and...

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Wonderous creations 
Flowing across nations 
Filled with positive vibrations 
That would lead down a path of negativity 

Once Intune with  one another 
Unified by...

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And under the gaze of the heavens, she asked me:
               ...

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around were they planned to build a new city they
designed a perfect place to fool novice people and to
enlighten the brokenhearted. One designer said when
people...

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Black magic woman.  Wetback seal out on a limb.  Custody battle worse than the raven itself.  Bye Bye blackbird to Beethoven's symphony....

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John. His name is John, that's what his peers call him. 
Johnathan Arifin His mother, calling him 'Arifin' Nathan, a nickname from his girlfriend Don't...

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"...I don't know its name"

BUT! 

Someone once said we were slaves to Fashion   
I think they are right we feel sad depressed happy...

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so Dead are the wilted roses
Urban violence sprues
Fresh lawns coveted and racial views
Monumentally superb a beautiful woman
Covenant one who was so spurned
Her orchids are white
Her...

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I met her at a party.
so quite by accident spontaneously
Just as all ordinary loves begin
And then after ... after, we're orange for two
We had a...

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I thought today I could make it work

it wasn’t so much the sadness

as lightness

as bottled crocodiles and persimmon fungi

as broken arrows across the ascended 

the...

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Khaki lapped mangroves, sun bouncing transferred
Journeys bright flashes along branches texture
Conveyerbelt spot lights glide, bright pattern superb
Bath tidal shallow travels water's gold reflection 

High heat...

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tomorrow stopped by 
looking fresh as always
as yesterday was getting ready to leave
had errands to take care of before midnight 

that’s what she told us...

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The city's underbelly was once tagged
by kids spray-painting their territory.
And artistic recruits got snagged
by local gangs to convey their story.

Visible spaces got inked with tattoos,
depicting...

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If you seek to fully understand,
This complex human jam,
You just need a ticket in hand,
To fly to Amsterdam!

History walks the streets here,
In every pavement stone,
You...

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