Sonnet Urban Poems

stop telling me, trying to persuade me
that you won’t do what you do no more ‘cause
the first time left me blind, but now I see
it...

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state unleashed terror against muslims
such was delhi violence
why love india only?

state leaders burned muslim homes
as communal project
such was delhi violence
why love india only?

state turned into...

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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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URBAN SONNET – TO BE OR NOT TO BE

How would Shakespeare view an urban sonnet,
If, by some chance, he came back down today?
Do you reckon...

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Surrounded by two rapid running shores
a concrete chain of buildings fill the skies
strong pungent scents compete with rapid scores
of pulsing sounds and screeching, crowded cries
iconoclastic...

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How would someone write an “urban” sonnet, 
When the formation of the poem is lame. 
Some poets will stray away from old bonnets, 
And some...

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If keen a goldfinch knits, loops and entwines
through hawthorn, urgent instinct loosens free. 
It's bright with flash that crimson blaze enshrines;
as summer scorches red, it...

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There he sat trembling, cowering in fright,
Twilight's pall submerging shadowy form;
His green eyes distinctive, piercing the night,
Body arching with each drop of the storm.
My wife...

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Concrete and Tarmac

Betwixt concrete grey and tarmac blackness
creeps the wand’ring eye of lazy sunrise
drawing inland sweet hint of windblown fresh
awakening the breaking surf’s curled sighs
blue...

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Above, the shrill of neon lights portend
a promise of new love in garish hues,
but for a broken life yet on the mend
the darkness of the...

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FROM YOUTH TO HEAVEN
~~~~~~~~~~~~

O the joys of youth, learning natures ways.
My desire, become more self-sufficient!
Natures larder, delights fill all its trays.
Each day I become much...

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Arsenals of axes brought by the crate
Pedals increasing experimental
Trashy dissections of raw cityscapes
NYC rockers gone transcendental
 
Static blasts shredding the off-key high pings
Maracas hit toms...

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Oblivion mind,
wandering in thoughts.
Idiotic smile,
promises and hopes.
Hand in hand,
tumbling on slopes.
This is love

Running away from this world.
Warm bodies sliding in sheets,
to find another world.
Burning in...

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In the quiet of the night with no one is around
I close my eyes and just relax listen to every sound
The humming of the furnace...

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Cornices, and Gargoyles with eyes turned low,
hold fast the passing in a frozen stare
as slow vapor rising from vents below
is churned by soles into thick...

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