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"city" poems

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Hey, That's No Way To Say GoodbyeI loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm, / your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm, / yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new,

Leonard Cohen23

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In The Rain-in the rain- / darkness, the sunset / being sheathed i sit and

E. E. Cummings22

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How Is Your Heart?during my worst times / on the park benches / in the jails

Charles Bukowski40

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Who Knows If The Moon’swho knows if the moon’s / a baloon,coming out of a keen city / in the sky—filled with pretty people?

E. E. Cummings16

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FPOTD: good mid-of night, my beautiful muses, living and imagined~*for M. both / a living one, and / imagined, too*~

@nat-lipstadt41

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air and light and time and space"--you know, I've either had a family, a job, something / has always been in the / way

Charles Bukowski33

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girl-child flashbackwho knew that in about / 4 years time, / or maybe

@jasmine-luna56

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BeautyWind blowing, leaves falling / In the woods I am walking / Birds chirping, squirrels digging

@craig-harrison13

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Alone With Everybodythe flesh covers the bone / and they put a mind / in there and

Charles Bukowski33

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UTOPIAAs beautiful as the famed city of Atlantis / Gloriously flourishing in her perfection / There is a place where my soul and heart is

@ozioma-ogbaji14

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atomsi’ve given up on days that begin in late afternoon, / skipped breakfast and lunch, / days that fade slowly and end with

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Roller DerbyGliding deftly along the city street / rolling quick and constantly / onward to some unknown scene,

@TimelessWave59

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DandelionI never thought I would fall for you twice, / but here I am writing this poem. / I'm just a dandelion lost in this greenhouse

@morganmercury26

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The Glass Shackles~for those who will read this and weep~ / *the quiet ones, / the silent Job ones,

@bus-poet-stop68

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Municipal GumMunicipal Gum was written by Oodjeroo Noonecaal. Municipal Gum is about the changes in society and the tendency of people to want to control everything. Oodjeroo uses various techniques to convey this idea. / At the beginning of the poem Oodjeroo is addressing the tree. This immediately creates empathy for both the tree and her people. By the last line she has emphasised this with the pronoun “us” to show that they suffer a similar fate. / This poem expresses how life in Australia has changes especially for Aboriginal people. In the first half of the poem Oodjeroo is talking about how life was for her and others. It explores the changes in society and the displacement of the Aboriginal people from their land.

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still hard........................................................................and it rained / the day my ****** girlfriend was to give up her cherry / the city got WET

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My MotherlandBehold Nigeria my motherland / A land that sits upon the hills of many waters / A country built on the ancient landmark of heroes band

@valentine-mbagu21

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I saw you in seasons...I saw you in winter, / and thought of tree branches feathered by starlight in poorly lit neighborhoods. A hearth where the more honest parts of myself, I am bared fetal, warmed upon, welcomed. / I saw you in spring,

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Hieroglyphic Stairway by Drew Dellingerit's 3:23 in the morning / and I'm awake / because my great great grandchildren

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The Hours Rise Up Putting Off Stars And It Isthe hours rise up putting off stars and it is / dawn / into the street of the sky light walks scattering poems

E. E. Cummings33

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UntitledI chose feminism because I believe in equality between genders. / because I’m against gender roles, men who need a woman to get their **** done are not “cute” and are nothing but spoiled little brats. / because my virginity, my body hair and how I dress up are none of your business.

@bouhaouel-zeineb12

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ExiledSearching my heart for its true sorrow, / This is the thing I find to be: / That I am weary of words and people,

Edna St. Vincent Millay36

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Victory RoyaleOne more day is fading away / as we ride this bus to the city / The storm is coming nearer now

@painandbrokendreams25

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Facts about SunflowersWe never took pictures together / because you don't like how big your eyes are / I would drown in them for you

@rebecca-suzanne32

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ImmigrationI like immigrants, immigration. *Legal* immigration, / Jane passionately corrects. Actually my goal is a borderless world. / Gathering the neighborhood like family.

@robert-ronnow31

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