Happy Urban Poems

*Murder most foul. Rod Serling, Stephen King or Ellery Queen?


Picturesque place on the edge of nowhere, small town American life.
Suddenly subject to media glare, reports...

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Lately I have been feeling so happy and so rappy.
But whenever I get snappy, I go for a nappy.
Just never make me feel so unhappy...

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I will stop reminiscing over the 1700s when the 2000s stop mirroring the same values
plantations upgraded to prisons, chains to handcuff, masters to head leaders...

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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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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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You’ve got urban fake thugs 
selling certain fake drugs 
mixed and corrupt 
taking money from mugs
mix it with a prescription
sold as a false description
but it's...

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The mommies or daddies
Or nannies convene
With toddlers or infants in tow.
The strollers get parked
And, as well, on the scene 
Are the scooters for those in...

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Urban Jungle Blues

I am a survivor of the urban jungle!
Where walking in fear was a daily struggle.
Angry, violent, hostile people on mass 
transportation.
Cussing, spitting and...

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Did you hear big fellas, there’s a shark in the soup?
Come on over here and I’ll give you the scoop.
Don’t waste your time on nonsense,...

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 In The Urban Open Space 1

I was standing in the middle of urban open space...... The place was lonely as I couldn't see any...

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My love for you can't be contained ~tomorrow is Valentine's Day~ the box is broken ~ Happy Valentine's Day...

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The New Year sill be here soon and the air 
is frigid in Gotham 

The winds are blowing and people outside 
are all bundled up...

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He listens to The Beatles in the midst
of a generation which doesn't know Lennon
or the Bee Gees. 
His youthful neighbors always tell him to keep
up...

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Happy Birthday " KEKEN "

To the MAN "°°° KEKEN °°°"
with the most
"HANDSOME LOOKS"
let me say 
happy happy birthday to you
i lift up my glass with...

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As soon as I heard 
You were the First African American Male
To win the Pulitzer prize for Poetry
I wanted to run out and celebrate
I wanted...

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