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Urbanites Poems - Poems about Urbanites

Premium Member Plagued by Memories
... Written: April 21, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress Quote: "We chase the light, but darkness stays, memories twist in mysterious ways." By Poet *********......

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Categories: urbanites, analogy, memory,
Form: Free verse
A Walk Through a Small Park
...My lady friend and I sit on stumps. When she sings she rings the woods with a monarch's butterfly wings. A crowd of bikers on foot as hikers in thick with woods unsaddles moods. Old ladies ......

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Categories: urbanites, adventure, city, nature,
Form: Rhyme



Premium Member A Toucan In Alaska
...A dog in Alabama a snake in Tennessee A toucan in Alaska a mule in Kentucky Texas has its longhorns Colorado its buffalo Arizonans look up at mountains Montanans attend......

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Categories: urbanites, america, inspirational, pets, urban,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Life For Me
...For far shires beyond the western red sun I’m leaving the Land of the Long White Cloud - to journey across the far horizon where cockatoos in bloodwoods sing aloud. Trading in my black si......

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Categories: urbanites, journey, leaving,
Form: Sonnet
Sacra Depravity
...A simple one life, is contrast to the urbanites, less emphasis on punishments. Wealthy and powerful people, create new beliefs and holy books. Government capitals, and corporate stocks, re......

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Categories: urbanites, care, culture,
Form: Pastoral



Curse 2
...A sender of shock waves, Recipient to unable to remain brave Days on end, the worst expecting Week after week, comforting words ignoring, For those who had their sources wronged On them inflicti......

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Categories: urbanites, anger, character, emotions, hurt,
Form: Rhyme
The Bedouin's Song
...I'm just a bedouin: I live in a tent - Cozy an' fair Its fabric woven From rough goat-hair- A shady cover In the summer A rain-proof shelter In the winter My possessions: A singl......

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Categories: urbanites, beauty, happy, simple,
Form: Qasida
City Lights Shining
...From my window I see lights in small apartments How are the inhabitants lives going, I wonder Perhaps they have found love Here in the metoroplis Urban dwellers need love to survive In......

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Categories: urbanites, love, urban,
Form: Verse
To and Fro
...He couldn’t fit his shopping cart And suitcase through the door And screamed at the conductor (Quite a challenge to ignore). Once seated, he spread out and then Removed his socks and shoes. A......

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Categories: urbanites, new york,
Form: Rhyme
The Pacific
...We're here in Lincoln City With the ocean at our feet. Just gazing from the terrace Is the most delightful treat. We walked the beach this morning In the early dawning chill As the waves were......

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Categories: urbanites, beauty, inspiration,
Form: Rhyme
Some Noises
...Some noises startle, jolt or jar While others soothe or soften. We perk up for the new but tune out Those we hear quite often. To locals, city sirens make The tiniest impression But visitors ......

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Categories: urbanites, sound,
Form: Rhyme
Rushing Home To Brooklyn
...It is 5:00 PM as we rush home to Brooklyn to our townhouse near Flatbush Avenue running to catch the 5:30 PM subway with many others who have made plans to enjoy a three-day weekend and get ......

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Categories: urbanites, dream,
Form: Free verse
Strangers In Peoria
...I met a proper woman in a proper pub on a Monday in Peoria. It was noon, time for lunch, and we were sitting stool to stool over very large burgers at a long mahogany bar. It curved in and out as if ......

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Categories: urbanites, break up,
Form: Prose
Late Summer Afternoon
...Sweltering day In the urban afternoon I rush towards my air - conditioned room Check messages - call up friends Tonight I will do some yoga Got to keep up with one's health! No......

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Categories: urbanites, poetry, summer,
Form: Free verse
New Reflections On the Urban Scene
...Light from untold apartments attracts my interest I wonder how lives are being played out in them Wonder whether the inhabitants are deliriously happy or in a melancholic fr......

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Categories: urbanites, urban,
Form: Blitz

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