Tagged: new york city
even in the big
even in the big
city, the “little” enclaves –
Chinatown, K-Town,
Little Senegal, Guyana,
Italy, Poland, India –
cannot contain
the vastness
of our mothers’
spices, simmering
on the stove
.
20220719:1717
y
every other new
every other new
yorker has a staten island
ferry story that
begins with wanting to get
closer to lady liberty
.
20220712:2001
y
on the fifth day of
on the fifth day of
summer, we are sitting still
in ninety-degree
weather, waiting and hoping
that the heat never finds us
.
20220625:1020
y
on these city streets,
on these city streets,
let your imagination
loose, the shape of trash
.
20220602:2102
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spring making its way
spring making its way
to new york – the dahlias you
left on the front stoop
.
20220510:1914
y
the sparrows outside
the sparrows outside
my window are forever
collecting fallen
twigs and leaves to build a home –
city dwellers, on the move
.
20220430:1056
y
the city uses
the city uses
casual camouflage to evade
culpability
.
20220315:2202
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perhaps a third of
perhaps a third of
us have been chewed up and spat
out by the city,
waiting to be stepped on and stuck
to someone on his way up
.
20220303:2012
y
for the most part, the
for the most part, the
ones who can leave leave, the ones
who can’t stick it out,
compare notes with neighbors, at
times, eye the empty units
.
20220227:1926
y
february stroll
february stroll
around the block – snow, melting
over sweet gum balls
.
20220216:1929
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