Childhood Urban Poems
These Childhood Urban poems are examples of Urban poems about Childhood. These are the best examples of Urban Childhood poems written by international poets.
Marvel Or Dc Superhero Or Supervillian Poetry Contest EntryThe Goblin takes his place TQ at the start of the race
Five more goody two shoes line up through sixth place
Pumpkin bombs locked at the...
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Categories:
urban, childhood, fantasy, film, fun,
Gateway TownGateway town, Mississippi and Missouri river flooding confluence,
with its celebration of manifest destiny, its looming, iconic archway.
Stainless westward marker, its culture flowed southward for influence
within...
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Categories:
urban, allusion, city, class, longing,
The Sound of TownsTHE SOUND OF TOWNS
Announcing my address in Gateshead
Usually started me feeling half dead.
The flames crackled as the Detroit River burned to Toledo
While...
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Categories:
guitar, music, urban,
CrooklynBrooklyn, New York is my hometown,
There's always something going down.
So many different places, Religions, and races,
Walking so fast you'll only get a glimpse of their...
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urban, appreciation, childhood, city, happiness,
The Signal Box
when industry
stood on this soil
with chimneys that
spewed sweat and toil
the furnace fires
relied on mines
through arteries
of railway lines.
now looking back
to charcoal skies
through...
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urban, art, beauty, imagery, life,
Inner City Childharsh reality thrust into dreams
potential shackled to ignorance,
drugs, violence, poverty and neglect
innocent souls forever stained
no roadmap out of the abyss
unheard cries, unwiped tears...
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Categories:
childhood, society, urban,
Child Vagrant of the WorldChild vagrant of the world
Of the parks
Of the arches
Of the wet ravines
You grasp from the wind
Stories and thoughts
And talk to yourself
About what’s not anymore
For friends?
You...
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urban, child, childhood, destiny, emotions,
Racklessons handed down
no acts of kindness
more like the answer
to the question
are we paying attention
back in sixty-five
forty second and San Pedro
backroom of the barber shop
racking pool...
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childhood, urban,
Black TearsBlack tears fell from my sky today,
I can only feel it, is this blindness?
Its path of wetness burns, cold, and freezes,
In due time I...
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urban, angst, heartbreak, metaphor, repetition,
There Once Was a Long Vanished EnglandThere once was a long vanished England;
Of well-spoken presenters
Of the BBC Home Service,
Light Service, and Children’s Favourites,
Of coppers and tanners, and ten bob...
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urban, childhood, england, history, life,
The Children's EntranceTo children's eyes in mid-December,
a city street winks and twinkles.
The towering collage of lights and patterns
seems majestic and surreal.
Silvers, reds, and living greens
all conjure up...
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Categories:
urban, childhood, christmas, december, fantasy,
A Penny For My ThoughtsA penny for my thoughts
I'd be a millionaire
Constantly my thoughts are racing
My mind is everywhere
Should I stay or should i go
Will I win or lose
Can...
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Categories:
urban, abuse, childhood, depression, devotion,
Coming From Where I'M FromComing from where I’m from
By Nate Spears
Published 2013 in “Death OF A Rose” By Nate Spears
Coming from where I’m from
Every day is a battle to...
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Categories:
urban, child, childhood, education, family,
This City Inspires MeThe Chicago skyline.
You symbolize home.
You are me and I am you.
There you are Sears Tower!
Just like you I will stand tall and strong
Even through life's...
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Categories:
urban, childhood, dream, home, journey,
Unsustainable Thoughts I ForgotThis is an attempt to go further than thought can contain
Something like when prince got off on purple rain
We wander these unleveled streets
Without long barreled...
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Categories:
urban, food, growing up, philosophy,