This week let’s write a city poem. Write about the city you live in, the city you’re from or the city where you’d like to be. Or maybe why you don’t want to be in any cities. Post your place in the comments below.
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Monday Poetry Prompt: City
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 22, 2024, 3:45 PMLovely, especially that first line. Well done!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 22, 2024, 8:19 PMThanks, Bartholomew!
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Posted by crazy4yarn2 | July 22, 2024, 8:34 PMThe breeze caries a cantor dust
frozen floating mirrors
fresh from the day’s first yawn
feet crunching toes cold
a crusty shack
smoking creaking banging ravens
dare each other to be the
first one to grab some fish under
the noses of the sleeping dogs
they fly when I near
Siler and Fluffy awaken
panting out new crystals with each breath
The door opens the
warmth greets a
weathered parchment
a health department warning
“This Premises has been exposed to Rubella”
They are all here
Sandy and Olaf by the stove
their woolens smoke
Robert (not Bob) and Rachel
get their mail
50 lbs. of flour Iridium credits
“Starlink don’t work here”
Sham wipes the counter
while Gil screws in the last one
“Always use Torx screws”
I count all but one
the denizens I mean
(God know where he is)
All gathered here
in this place
We are all social creatures
Sometimes even Enkidu in
the wild craves the
life this city holds
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Posted by Chris Clarke | July 23, 2024, 6:04 PMLove that last stanza bringing in Enkidu. Nice work!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 23, 2024, 7:26 PMThanks! Even mentioned “Gil”gamesh and “Sham”hat covertly in there.
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Posted by Chris Clarke | July 24, 2024, 10:01 AM🌃https://melissalemay.wordpress.com/2024/07/24/three-haiga-2/
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Posted by Melissa Lemay | July 24, 2024, 5:04 PMExcellent work. Thanks for sharing!
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Posted by Bartholomew Barker | July 24, 2024, 6:11 PM