Best Urban Poems
Below are the all-time best Urban poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of urban poems written by PoetrySoup members
Myself In Urban ChaosHere I go again, focused on myself.
Remembering, analyzing,
Memorializing tragedy.
Thinking, endless thinking.
Suicides, death of grandmas, past loves.
Pining about passions and losses.
The condo I had to let...
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Categories:
urban, angst, change, city, depression,
Form:
Free verse
Who Am II am the ring around Saturn
spinning words as particles of ice and dust
with the power to transcend
I am the original chosen to be right here...
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Categories:
urban, black african american, faith,
Form:
Verse
Secretly ObsessedObsessed with the thought of you
wondering if it's only me or
if you sometimes remember the sweet things you've said
and if you meant them how I...
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Categories:
urban, adventure, confusion, dream, fantasy,
Form:
Verse
Granny Panty Annie, the TrannyLemme tell ya' about a
*ding-bat skit-zo
bee-hotch* tranny
named Annie...
I met her one night
under disco lights
up at Candies
She was
starin' at me
grittin' her teeth
aimin'...
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Categories:
urban, adventure, black african american,
Form:
Narrative
The Carcass
The shell remains
picked clean by hungry vultures
ravenous with greed.
Gouged-out eyes
now bare hollow sockets
vacant in their stare.
Morsels of choice parts
deftly stripped or torn away—
and gutted...
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Categories:
imagery, urban,
Form:
Free verse
A Country WalkA babbling stream, a peaceful lane
These are the things that I enjoy
As I walk on a summers day
With a warm gentle breeze upon my face
A...
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Categories:
urban, beautiful, community, family, happiness,
Form:
Free verse
Are There Any of Us LeftThe cruel streets I walked made me sad
I looked not at him, nor at her
Those who passed me by, gutter grads
I felt at home among...
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Categories:
urban, voyage,
Form:
Rhyme
A Different GameFriends and trouble go hand in hand.
Legends of the neighborhood.
Like statues and vacant buildings still stand.
A crime in plain view no one...
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Categories:
urban, introspection, life, people, pets,
Form:
Rhyme
A Mother's LoveA Mother’s Love…
How precious is the love
of a mother’s heart!
Even as a child… It’s there from the start.
A mother’s love knows
no boundary...
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Categories:
urban, childhood, dedication, devotion, faith,
Form:
Rhyme
Exit 7b1.
they say everything here is
somewhere in the middle of the road
where names get bleached and keys forget about their doors
and there is something we should...
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Categories:
feelings, imagery, lost, urban,
Form:
Free verse
The Color MissingThe Color Missing
Red, black, and blue are the colors of our work pens. Red is the color of the blood we spill on other people’s...
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Categories:
urban, abuse, age, art, business,
Form:
Free verse
Shawty Got Swag$hawty Got $wag
Shawty got swag,
Shawty mad dope.
Face all cheesin’,
She real turned up.
Goin’ to da club,
She steppin' wit her peeps,
Lookin’ so ratchet,
She’s straight up hoochie.
No racks...
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Categories:
urban, character, fun, girl, hip
Form:
Free verse
My Strong Black ManBrown eyes so deep with anger and pain yet, so hypnotising and sweet they
tempt my soul.
Lips so soft and warm, such harsh words for...
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Categories:
urban, me, love, me,
Form:
Lyric
Categories:
urban, adventure, dedication, freedom, home,
Form:
Haiku
Generic Oppression PoemOppressed by you, your state, your religion
So you think you good, kind and Superior
But I find you cruel, arrogant and callous
But that is just...
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Categories:
urban, abuse, anger, angst, depression,
Form:
Free verse