NYC....

some more travel thoughts...

this was where i belonged

high towers blocking the sun

a slight fear within the populace

of an incident in september

brought them all together

a starbucks

on every corner

artists still in greenwich

beautiful dego women

calling me into their bistros

in little italy

the hole where twins

once stood

saddens my heart

but the streets alive

hustle and bustle

horns, sirens, cell phones

all at one time

yet i find peace here

i'm whoever i want to be

here in the Big Apple

pubs, music, art

how can i ask for more 

the deli's, the accents,

the variety of cultures

enmeshed without ignorance

from the New Yorker

room 3414 i can see the Empire State Building

colored for christmas

through a 14 by 2 window

lost i am here

lost at home

first and the last

the romance

the inspiration

nestled in the busy...

 

Author's Note

i used to live in queens for a time...but too young to remember...i came back 3 times, once when i was trying to be jack kerouac and traveled around after college, again when i was asked to volunteer by the police dept i worked for to help out post 9-11, and the third time was to see some old friends from that visit and meet up with a girl from london.

Reviews

[Ashesh]

I don't know where Dylan lived in NY in his struggling years. He mentioned (in his biography) that it was dark room with no windows.. My wish is to rent that room when there!! ..
You described NYC the way I had imagined it.

[paul]

absolutely beautiful ode to new york

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you bring the place to life! Visiting soon hopefully..

[Jonathan De Elvira]

don't you felt a bit of a nightmare living in the concrete jungle...I know I would...

[Forever Mine]

Very Nice

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

I lived at 4th and Astor off and on between cross country and overseas trippies for 8 years~ you opened the scenery back up again with vivid details~now I duck in and duck out of the congested madness only as needed~

[Crinkle°]

good!
NYC: one of my lil dreams. Soon realised, I hope.

[Aven]

The first half of the poem really stood out to me..I loved the way you brought the reader to the curb and really showed him around New York. To me, you didn't just talk about NY, you unveiled it piece by piece. Great man!

[Michael of Gilead]

Good lord! thats a little too close to me for comfort!