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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF CLAREMONT HILL, by HENRY VAN DYKE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The roar of the city is low
Last Line: You have made my life more sweet, on the edge of claremont hill?
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): New York City; Patriotism; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


A BALLAD OF DEAD GIRLS, by DANA BURNET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Scarce had they brought the bodies down
Last Line: To lock his doors again.
Subject(s): Child Labor; New York City; Social Protest; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


A DREAMER, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here lies a little boy who made believe
Last Line: The world believe his make-believes were true.
Subject(s): Imagination; New York City; Fancy; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


A FIFTH AVENUE PARADE, by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What is this silent, dark crowd
Last Line: Machines and armies sensitive as souls.
Subject(s): Funerals; New York City; Parades; Triangle Factory Fire (1911); Women; Burials; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


A FORGOTTEN BARD, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In a dim nook beneath the street
Last Line: Some book of mine be housed and read?
Subject(s): Books; New York City; Poetry Readings; Reading; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


A SEA CHARM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Winds that waft the fisher-fleet
Last Line: My mermaiden!
Subject(s): Mermaids & Mermen; New York City; Sea; Wind; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Ocean


A SUMMER SUMMARY, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall I, lying in a grot
Last Line: What care I how bad they be?
Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A.
Subject(s): New York City; Summer; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AMONG THE MISSING, by RICHARD HOWARD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Know me? I am the ghost of gansevoort pier
Alternate Author Name(s): Howard, Joseph
Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AN EVENING WALK, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beyond the clash and clang of cars
Last Line: The wraith of aaron burr!
Subject(s): Burr, Aaron (1756-1836); New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AN IVORY MINIATURE, by HELEN GRAY CONE    Poem Text                    
First Line: When state street homes were stately still
Last Line: This woven wreath of rhymes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Green, Coroebus
Subject(s): Murray Hill, New York; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AN OLD HYMN FOR IAN JENKINS, by DAVID BOTTOMS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: All things we value in terms of contrast
Last Line: Of the dream is place.
Subject(s): Alienation (social Psychology); Cities; Dreams; New York City; Southern States; Estrangement; Outcasts; Urban Life; Nightmares; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; South (u.s.)


ARRIVAL AT KENNEDY, by DAVID LEHMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Reduce the supply while the demand stays constant and the
Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AT THE SHRINE, by RICHARD KENDALL MUNKITTRICK    Poem Text                    
First Line: A pale italian peasant
Last Line: Are sold on barclay street.
Subject(s): Immigrants; New York City; Prayer; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AT TRINITY, by ANDREW EDWARD WATROUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where wall street's head from full broadway
Last Line: Where peace sole reigneth.
Subject(s): Churchyards; Death; New York City; Trinity Churchyard (new York); Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


AWAKING IN NEW YORK, by MAYA ANGELOU    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Curtains forcing their will
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


BELOW FOURTEENTH STREET, by GERALD STERN            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Somewhere above fourteenth he pulled up his shirt sleeves
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


BROADWAY, by MARK DOTY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Under grand central's tattered vault
Last Line: The jewel of love for us
Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


BROOKLYN BRIDGE TOWERS (AS UNCONNECTED), by GEORGE ALFRED TOWNSEND    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Brother! Are you waiting
Last Line: Is the charioteer!
Subject(s): Bridges; Brooklyn Bridge; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


BUTTERMILK CHANNEL, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Pray tarry, nancy blossom'
Last Line: Fore the sun went down!
Subject(s): Farm Life; New York City; New York City - Colonial Period; Travel; Agriculture; Farmers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


CHELSEA, 1860, by ARTHUR CLEVELAND COXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When old canute the dane
Last Line: From chelsea's student train.
Subject(s): Churches; Hudson River; New York City; Cathedrals; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


CITIES: 7. NEW YORK, by CALE YOUNG RICE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A young amazon
Last Line: Or proud mother of new and mighty tomorrows.
Subject(s): New York City; Sea; United States; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Ocean; America


COLLEGE SPECIAL, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Plush lines the metal train, making the steel
Subject(s): Railroad Stations; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


COLUMBIA COLLEGE, 1796, by JOSIAH SHIPPEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Columbia college! Alma mater! Well
Last Line: Mother, these acts in ninety-six were done!
Subject(s): Columbia University; New York City; Scholarship & Scholars; Teaching & Teachers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


CONSECRATED GROUND; READ AT THE NEW YORK CITY HALL, by EDWIN MARKHAM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Let there be prayer and praise
Last Line: There where the deathless climb the deathless skies.
Subject(s): Fourth Of July; New York City; Independence Day; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


COOPER SQUARE, by KAREN SWENSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A mother on long island buys her son
Last Line: And beg beyond all affluence.
Subject(s): Drugs & Drug Abuse; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


CROSSTOWN, by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Back in new york I grab a cab at port authority
Subject(s): New York City; Taxis; Immigrants; City & Town Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration


DANCING AT THE CHELSEA, by DIONISIO D. MARTINEZ    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It is no longer a question of balance and yet
Last Line: Made in the aisle of an abandoned pullman.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Hotels; New York City; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


DAWN IN THE CITY, by CHARLES DE KAY    Poem Text                    
First Line: The city slowly wakes
Last Line: Vaulted above, like them with a fresh sea of blue.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


DIRECTIONS FOR CARRYING EXPLOSIVE NUCLEAR WASTES THROUGH ..., by JUNE JORDAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Enter the long island expressway at brookhaven
Last Line: And look out for the crazies.
Subject(s): Antinuclear Movement; Driving & Drivers; New York City; Nuclear Waste; Trucks & Trucking; Nuclear Freeze; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Teamsters; Truckers; Freight


DOMESDAY BOOK: HENRY BAKER, AT NEW YORK, by EDGAR LEE MASTERS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: One partner may consult another -- james
Last Line: And chase came to the coroner and spoke:
Subject(s): Death; Letters; New York City; Undertakers; Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


DUTCHMAN'S QUIRK, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Broadway reaches northward from fair bowling
Last Line: "is, just as I've shown you, a ""dutchman's quirk!"
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ELEVATOR, by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: We jumped in, trusting
Last Line: Sister! He wailed, as I sank deep into the ground.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; Elevators; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


EPITAPH FOR ANY NEW YORKER, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I, who all my life had hurried
Last Line: "take your eternity,"" he said."
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): New York City; Patience; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ESSAY: ON THE WORLD AS WILL OR WILL NOT, by ELENI SIKELIANOS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Accident, come / from the side of the walk I forgot
Subject(s): Essays; New York City; Taxis; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


EVACUATION OF NEW YORK BY THE BRITISH, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: They come! They come! The heroes come
Last Line: "the toast is, 'freedom's favorite son, / health, peace, and joy to washington"
Subject(s): American Revolution;new York City; "manhattan;new York, New York;the Big Apple;


EVENING: NEW YORK, by SARA TEASDALE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Blue dust of evening over my city
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FACES, by LOLA RIDGE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A late snow beats
Last Line: With some ungainly dolls.
Alternate Author Name(s): Lawson, David, Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FAR AWAY, by JANE MILLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There is weeping as is customary and good
Last Line: Lover no children no poetry
Subject(s): Cities; Grief; New York City; Urban Life; Sorrow; Sadness; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FEBRUARY, by JAMES SCHUYLER    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: A chimney, breathing a little smoke
Subject(s): Winter; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FEBRUARY EVENING IN NEW YORK, by DENISE LEVERTOV    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As the stores close, a winter light
Subject(s): New York City; Evening; Winter; Aging; Conduct Of Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Sunset; Twilight


FISH IN CHAINS, by JANE MILLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Along the hudson across manhattan to the triborough
Last Line: It nearly rained that's what people had to say
Subject(s): Cities; Courtship; Love - Beginnings; Love - Unrequited; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FLOWERS OF MANHATTAN, by CHARLIE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: ... Early morning petal-strewn sidewalks of manhattan
Last Line: Makes a fist and throws punches at the air. Love’s no secret now
Subject(s): Flowers; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FOUR WINDOWS, by KAREN SWENSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Near grandma's tree-sconced house in brooklyn
Last Line: My fact - touches me so quick, quick as life.
Subject(s): Life; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FREELY ESPOUSING, by JAMES SCHUYLER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: A commingling sky
Subject(s): Popular Culture - United States; Social Commentaries; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


FROM A HIGH WINDOW , by SARA TEASDALE            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: From a high window, this december night
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


GEORGE MEREDITH TO MISS DIXON (JUNE 9, 1892), by HENRY W. KING    Poem Text                    
First Line: From box hill, dorking, so the heading reads
Last Line: Wrought by the glowing letters of his name.
Subject(s): Meredith, George (1828-1909); New York City; Novels & Novelists; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


GHAZALS: 30, by JAMES HARRISON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am walked on a leash by my dog and am water
Last Line: An apple, the fat off the lamb, raw and coreless.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): New York City; Poetry & Poets; Singing & Singers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Songs


GIANT NIGHT, by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Awake in a giant night
Last Line: Just like what is here one minute and not the next.
Subject(s): Christmas; December; Family Life; Holidays; New York City; Nativity, The; Relatives; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


GIVE ME THE SPLENDID SILENT SUN, by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Give me the splendid silent sun with all his beams full-dazzling
Last Line: Manhattan faces and eyes forever for me.
Subject(s): New York City; Sun; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


GREAT IS DIANA OF THE MANNAHATTOES!, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Northward! Northward! Goddess of the tower
Last Line: The smoke of sacrifice!
Subject(s): Hudson River; Native Americans; New York City; Ships & Shipping; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HAZARDS, by FAIRFAX DOWNEY    Poem Text                    
First Line: Whenever I walk in a new york street
Last Line: The driving is safer there after it's dark.
Subject(s): Automobiles; Driving & Drivers; New York City; Cars; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HENRY MOORE'S STATUE AT LINCOLN CENTER, by KAREN SWENSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: After listening to durufle's requiem
Last Line: Of shapes which refuse to explain.
Subject(s): Moore, Henry (1898-1986); New York City; Statues; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HOSPITAL WINDOW, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: At gauzy dusk, thin haze like cigarette smoke
Subject(s): Hospitals; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HOTEL ST. LOUIS, NEW YORK CITY, FALL 1969, by GREGORY ORR    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When I went inside, the manager said, `you don't want to live
Last Line: Sunday mornings, a bright orange football helmet that glowed like the sun.
Subject(s): Hotels; New York City; Survival; Inns; Innskeepers; Motels; Boarding Houses; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HOW COME?, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm in new york covered by a layer of soap foam
Last Line: Who will die of soap foam
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


HOW SPRING CAME TO NEW YORK, by HERMANN HAGEDORN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Between the windy dusk, and the first pale light
Last Line: "the millions woke, tingling, and whispered, ""spring!"
Subject(s): New York City; Spring; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO FAMILIAR AMERICAN TREES, by CHARLIE SMITH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I don't get it about the natural world
Subject(s): New York City; Trees; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


IN LOWER NEW YORK, by MARIANNA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis            
First Line: Stand here with me. The throngs dissolve away
Last Line: When the calm darkness bids them rest again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Van Rensselaer, Mrs. Schuyler
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


IN NEW YORK, by CLIFFORD BAX    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I stood with men upon the crowded curb
Subject(s): New York City; Grief; Mankind; Crowds; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Sorrow; Sadness; Human Race


IN NEW YORK, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Within the modern world, deformed and vast
Last Line: The monstrous secret that propels the stars.
Subject(s): Calvary; Life, Modern; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


IN NEW YORK: 1. ON SUNDAY MORNING, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Far, far from here the church bells ring
Last Line: As she prays for her child.
Subject(s): Bells; New York City; Religion; Sun; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Theology


IN NEW YORK: 2. THE SONG YOU LOVE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When I have sung the sweet songs and the sad
Last Line: Restless with words it could not sing.
Subject(s): New York City; Singing & Singers; Soul; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


IN NEW YORK: 3. WEARINESS, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I sometimes think thou art my secret love
Last Line: Then give, beseech thee, give me sleep.
Subject(s): Dreams; Kisses; Life; Love; New York City; Nightmares; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


IN THE VILLAGE, by DEREK WALCOTT    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I came up out of the subway and there were
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN: 52. WINTER SKETCHES, by CHARLES REZNIKOFF    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now that black ground and bushes
Subject(s): Winter; Snow; New York City; Subways; Landscape; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


JOHN MCGRAW, by WILLIAM A. PHELON    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'd like to play in old new york,
Last Line: "and that's his only law!"
Subject(s): Athletes; Baseball; Mcgraw, John (1873-1934); New York City; Sports; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


JOTTINGS OF NEW YORK; A DESCRIPTIVE POEM, by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh mighty city of new york! You are wonderful to behold
Last Line: For bonnie dundee, my heart it felt as light as a cork.
Subject(s): Dundee, Scotland; New York City; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


KITTY'S SUMMERING, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Have you seen e'er a sign of my kitty?
Last Line: On the south side of washington square.
Subject(s): Longing; New York City; Summer; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LEAVING MY ROOMMATES IN NEW YORK, by RUTH STONE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Snow falls upon snow fastening its delicate hooks
Last Line: To the subliminal sounds of ermines living in the lath.
Subject(s): Homeless; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LILACS IN THE CITY, by WILLIAM BRIAN HOOKER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Amid the rush and fever of the street
Last Line: God's answer to the wisdom of this world.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hooker, Brian
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilacs; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LILIES IN NEW YORK, by MARK DOTY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A drawing: smudged shadow, deep worked areas of graphite
Last Line: Open. And who could hope to draw that?
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LOEW'S BRIDGE: A BROADWAY IDYL, by MARY TUCKER LAMBERT    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: For hours I stood upon the bridge
Last Line: "I leave thee love and hope."
Alternate Author Name(s): Tucker, Mary Eliza Perine
Subject(s): Bridges; Broadway, New York City; Loew, Charles E.; New York City; Wall Street, New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LOVE IN A BUS, by THOMAS MCGRATH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It was born in perhaps the holland tunnel
Last Line: Human, impermanent and permanently good
Subject(s): Chicago; Love; New York City; Prostitution; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Harlots; Whores; Brothels


LOVE POEM FOR THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LIBRARY, by DAVID IGNATOW            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: With my eyes turned to the sky
Subject(s): Librarians & Libraries; New York City; Library; Librarians; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


LOWER NEW YORK- A STORM, by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: White wing'd below the darkling clouds
Last Line: To all but greed and gain?
Alternate Author Name(s): Marquis, Don
Subject(s): New York City; Storms; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MACARONI, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tis made of the flour of wheat, so they say
Last Line: And don't you forget the chianti!
Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Food & Eating; Italian Americans; New York City; Pasta; Restaurants; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Spaghetti; Lasagna; Noodles; Macaroni; Cafes; Diners


MAIDEN LANE, by LOUISE MORGAN SILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: Down maiden lane, where clover grew
Last Line: And let us stroll down maiden lane.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANAHATTA, by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My city's fit and noble name resumed
Last Line: Coming, going, hurrying sea waves.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN, by PAUL MARIANI            Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thirty years, and the six-inch scar still there
Subject(s): New York City; Religion; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Theology


MANHATTAN CITY; A PICTURE, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fair mistress of a warlike state
Last Line: And nova-scotia only claims.
Subject(s): American Revolution; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN ELEGY, by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I left behind a mother, father
Last Line: New york, my city of adults
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN ISLAND POEM, by GREGORY ORR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Thin river woman with a concrete star
Last Line: At night I am a jar of fireflies dying.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN NEW YEAR, by KATE CRICHTON GREDLER    Poem Text                    
First Line: The whistles blow and through the city street
Last Line: The new year enters at a cottage door.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; New York City; Night Clubs; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN THIRTIES FLASH, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Long stone streets inanimate, repetitive machine crash cookie-cutting
Subject(s): New York City; United States; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; America


MANHATTAN, 1609, by EDWIN MARKHAM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where now the bells of trinity are heard
Last Line: Up went the flag of holland like a flame!
Subject(s): New York City; Sea Voyages; Tourists; United States - History; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANHATTAN: 14, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When, sick of all the sorrow and distress
Last Line: "the jealous city, whispering always -- ""home!"
Variant Title(s): The City
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MANNAHATTA, by WALT WHITMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was asking for something specific and perfect for my city
Last Line: City nested in bays! My city!
Subject(s): Architecture & Architects; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MEETING YOU AT THE PIERS, by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I should like to describe amerika to you
Subject(s): United States; New York City; Immigrants; Kafka, Franz (1883-1924); America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration


MELPOMENE IN MANHATTAN, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As she walked she would look back
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


METROPOLITAN NIGHTMARE, by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It rained quite a lot, that spring. You woke in the morning
Last Line: He pried fom the insect's jaws the bright crumb of steel
Subject(s): New York City; Termites; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MILK, by EILEEN MYLES    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I flew into new york
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MONTGOMERY'S RETURN, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How black the barge of trailing pall
Last Line: Montgomery came home.
Subject(s): Fame; Homecoming; Hudson River; Love; Montgomery, Richard (1738-1775); New York City; Reputation; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MOONRISE ON MANHATTAN; FOR LOUIS H. WETMORE, by THOMAS WALSH    Poem Text                    
First Line: Out in the harbour, silence and the moon
Last Line: In coronation on manhattan's shore.
Alternate Author Name(s): Gill, Roderick; Strange, Garrett
Subject(s): Cities; Moon; New York City; Night; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Bedtime


MOTOWN, ARSENAL OF DEMOCRACY, by MARGE PIERCY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Fog used to bloom off the distant river
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MUSIC, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If I rest for a moment near the equestrian
Subject(s): Americans; New York City; United States; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; America


MY CITY, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When I come down to sleep death's endless night
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


MY SAD SELF, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sometimes when my eyes are red
Subject(s): New York City; Self; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


N.Y., by EZRA POUND    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: My city, my beloved, my white! Ah, slender
Last Line: And thou shalt live for ever.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE, by CHESTER FIRKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Somewhere beneath the thundering city's pave
Last Line: His solemn and triumphant requiem
Subject(s): Cemeteries; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); New York City; Graveyards; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE [SEPTEMBER 22, 1776], by FRANCIS MILES FINCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To drum-beat and heart-beat
Last Line: The name of hale shall burn!
Subject(s): American Revolution; Freedom; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); New York City; Patriotism; Liberty; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NATHAN HALE, SEPTEMBER 22, 1776, by JOHN MACMULLEN    Poem Text                    
First Line: Come all alumni gather round
Last Line: Amidst the patriot band.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Capital Punishment; Hale, Nathan (1755-1776); Memory; New York City; Patriotism; Hanging; Executions; Death Penalty; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by FLORENCE WILKINSON EVANS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Into the violet vastness of shoreless and moaning / twilight
Last Line: The infinite hulk of the ship of my city pushes her course unreturning.
Alternate Author Name(s): Wilkinson, Florence
Subject(s): New York City; Sea Voyages; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


NEW YORK, by EDWARD FIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: I live in a beautiful place, a city
Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The city is cutting a way
Last Line: Twill be a great place when it's done!
Subject(s): New York City; Patriotism; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by RICHARD HOVEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The low line of the walls that lie outspread
Last Line: O torrent of the living down broadway!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by PETER JOHNSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Night, new york all gussied up. So
Last Line: "arms or legs,"" she says, ""even if he were a stump"
Subject(s): New York City; Love; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by MARIE LUHRS    Poem Text                    
First Line: New york is not so different from the ocean
Last Line: A sea of granite worthy of a god.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by DONALD ROBERT PERRY MARQUIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: She is hot to the sea that crouches beside
Last Line: The beat of the heart of a world.
Alternate Author Name(s): Marquis, Don
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by CLYDE ROBERTSON    Poem Text                    
First Line: Tramp, tramp, a moiling, toiling tread
Last Line: A towering wilderness of steel and stone.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by EDWIN DAVIES SCHOONMAKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Sea - rimmed and teeming with millions poured out on
Last Line: Till the new day quenches the lamps and flares over tyre.
Subject(s): Cities; Immigrants; Labor & Laborers; Mysticism; New York City; Urban Life; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Work; Workers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK, by WENDELL PHILLIPS STAFFORD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O titan daughter crouching by the sea
Last Line: As april mornings overflow the skies!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK AT NIGHT, by AMY LOWELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A near horizon whose sharp jags
Last Line: Instead the glaring, man-filled city groans below!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK AT NOON, by HORTENSE KING FLEXNER    Poem Text                    
First Line: The city burrows toward the shade
Last Line: On the silver-bristled swine.
Subject(s): Geography; New York City; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


NEW YORK CITY, by MAXWELL BODENHEIM    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: New york, it would be easy to revile
Last Line: Offers a soul to your reluctant dirt.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK IN SUNSET, by WILLIAM ELLERY LEONARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The island city of dominion stands
Last Line: And hers the fame of babylon and tyre.
Subject(s): Islands; New York City; Seashore; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Beach; Coast; Shore


NEW YORK MAP COMPANY (1), by JOHN YAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Acton town manufacturing
Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK SUBWAY, by HILDA MORLEY    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The beauty of people in the subway
Alternate Author Name(s): Auerbach, Hilda; Wolpe, Stefan, Mrs.
Subject(s): Subway; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORK; A NOCTURNE, by FLORENCE EARLE COATES    Poem Text                    
First Line: Down-gazing, I behold
Last Line: Let there be light!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NEW YORKERS, by EDWARD FIELD    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Everywhere else in the country, if someone asks,
Alternate Author Name(s): Elliot, Bruce
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


NIGHT IN NEW YORK, by GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Haunted by unknown feet
Last Line: And behold, it is day!
Subject(s): New York City; Night; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Bedtime


NIGHT MOVEMENT - NEW YORK, by CARL SANDBURG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In the night, when the sea winds take the city in their arms
Subject(s): New York City; Night; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Bedtime


NOTHING TO WEAR', by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Miss flora mcflimsey, of madison square
Last Line: Wear!
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; New York City; Women; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


O CITY, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: City / o my delilght! Nourishment to the fat
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


OF BEING NUMEROUS, 3, by GEORGE OPPEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: The emotions are engaged
Subject(s): Language; New York City; Words; Vocabulary; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


OF BEING NYMEROUS, 4, by GEORGE OPPEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: For the people of that flow
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


OF CITY FLOWERS; ON READING CERTAIN POEMS IN PRAISE OF NEW YORK, by SHAEMAS O'SHEEL    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: My city! How the younger poets mock
Last Line: My grief alone, thou knowest, will be real.
Alternate Author Name(s): Shield, Shaemus; O Sheel, Seamus
Subject(s): New York City; Praise; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


OF HER GLORIOUS MADNESS, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The city's mad: through her prodigious veins
Last Line: They ask to take the veil, and be a nun!
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


OMNI-ALBERT MURRAY, by ELIZABETH ALEXANDER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: (three four) the ancestors are humming: write a poem, girl
Subject(s): African Americans; Ellington, Edward Kennedy ('duke'); New York City; Negroes; American Blacks; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON 52ND STREET, by PHILIP LEVINE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Down sat bud, raised his hands
Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Night Clubs; Jazz; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON A MANHATTAN ROOF, by ANNETTE WILCOX    Poem Text                    
First Line: I've been on a sea voyage
Last Line: Of car and voice and feet.
Subject(s): Cities; Life; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON A SUBWAY EXPRESS, by CHESTER FIRKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: I who have lost the stars, the sod
Last Line: Is this wild ride -- with god.
Subject(s): New York City; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON THE CITY ENCROACHMENTS ON THE RIVER HUDSON, 1800, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Where hudson, once, in all his pride
Last Line: And time restore him all you take.
Subject(s): Hudson River; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON THE DEMOLITION OF FORT GEORGE, 1790, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: As giants once, in hopes to rise
Last Line: And plant her seat of commerce here.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON THE PASSING OF THE LAST FIRE HORSE FROM MANHATTAN ISLAND, by KENNETH SLADE ALLING    Poem Text                    
First Line: I remember the cleared streets, the strange suspense
Last Line: They came, and they are gone, and unreturning.
Subject(s): Animals; Firefighters; Horses; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ON THE PLAZA, by BLISS CARMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: One august day I sat beside
Last Line: A personality was there!
Subject(s): New York City; Parks; Streets; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Avenues


PARIS DAY, by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I've had it here craving for new york city every day
Last Line: Let's go back immediately!
Subject(s): Berrigan, Ted (1934-1983); New York City; Writing & Writers; Berrigan, Edmund Joseph; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


PERSONAL POEM, by FRANK O'HARA (1926-1966)    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Now when I walk around at lunchtime
Subject(s): Baraka, Amiri (leroi Jones); Likes & Dislikes; New York City; Poetry & Poets; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY: GAINE'S LIFE, CITY OF NEW YORK, 1783, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To the senate of york
Last Line: Your humble petitioner -- honest -- hugh gaine.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Gaine, Hugh (1726-1807); Municipal Government; New York City; Newspapers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journalism; Journalists


POST IMPRESSIONS: 8, by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I was sitting in mcsorley's. Outside it was new
Alternate Author Name(s): Cummings, E. E.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


PUSH-CART, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If you haven't the push-cart mind
Last Line: To be buried in.
Subject(s): New York City; Peddlers & Peddling; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


QUALITY HILL, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Quality hill! It looked down on the town
Last Line: The motley and medley of quality hill.
Subject(s): New York City; Wealth; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Riches; Fortunes


QUEENS CEMETERY, SETTING SUN, by LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Airport bus from jfk
Subject(s): Cemeteries; New York City; Graveyards; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


RAINY SUNDAY, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The soft, grey garment of the rushing rain
Last Line: The mother throned serene amid the rest.
Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Rain; Streets; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Avenues


READY FOR THE CANNERY, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm tired of phrases chock full of praise
Subject(s): New York City; City & Town Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


RETURN TO NEW YORK, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Far and free o'er the lifting sea, the lapsing wastes and
Last Line: Love that sings, on the sea-wind's wings runs on to greet thee his very own.
Subject(s): Homecoming; New York City; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


ROMAIOS, by WILLAM GAY BALLANTINE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Twas in the crowded avenue; o'erhead
Last Line: To shine resplendent in thy future's crown!
Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Greek Language; New York City; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ROMANCE, by CONRAD AIKEN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The last farewells were said, friends hurried ashore
Last Line: Ere it goes down to darkness, whence it came! . . .
Subject(s): Betrayal; Boats; Death; Happiness; Lies; Love; New York City; Youth; Dead, The; Joy; Delight; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


RONDEAU A LA NEW YORK, by ROBERT GRANT (1852-1940)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A pot of gold! O mistress fair
Last Line: A pot of gold.
Subject(s): Love; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


ROSES IN THE SUBWAY, by DANA BURNET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A wan-cheeked girl with faded eyes
Last Line: My mother ... Stooping down.
Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Steel; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SCUM O' THE EARTH', by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: At the gate of the west I stand
Last Line: In the wealth of the richest bloods of earth.
Subject(s): Freedom; New York City; Patriotism; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Liberty; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SEA-GULLS OF MANHATTAN, by HENRY VAN DYKE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Children of the elemental mother
Last Line: While the river flows to meet the sea!
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): Birds; Gulls; New York City; Seagulls; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SHE IS MORE TO BE PITIED THAN CENSURED, by WILLIAM B. GRAY    Poem Text                    
First Line: At the old concert hall on the bowery
Last Line: No -- he asked for god's mercy and said:
Subject(s): New York City; Pity; Prostitution; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Harlots; Whores; Brothels


SIR HENRY CLINTON'S INVITATION TO THE REFUGEES, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, gentlemen tories, firm, loyal, and true
Last Line: Who are born to be hang'd, will never be shot.
Subject(s): American Revolution; Clinton, Sir Henry (1738-1795); New York City; Refugees; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SKETCHES, by DAVID IGNATOW    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: In new york, bus drivers are the only happy men
Last Line: That reads drink blotto!
Subject(s): Cruelty; New York City; Violence; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SNOW, by ANNE WALDMAN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Snow comes down on new york city
Last Line: You will later eat before it is cooked.
Subject(s): New York City; Snow; Winter; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONG FOR A VENISON DINNER AT MR. BUNYAN'S, by JOSEPH STANSBURY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Friends, push 'round the bottle, and let us be drinking
Last Line: Has strengthened the hands of these upstart pretenders.
Subject(s): Bunyan, John (1628-1688); Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Friendship; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONG-FLOWER AND POPPY: 1. IN NEW YORK, by WILLIAM VAUGHN MOODY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: He plays the deuce with my writing time
Last Line: Nothing is good for long.
Subject(s): New York City; Transience; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Impermanence


SONGS OF NEW YORK: A CITY SUNSET, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A cross the roof-tops of the town
Last Line: Of gladness sped upon its way.
Subject(s): Evening; New York City; Sunset; Twilight; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: BROADWAY, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here surge the ceaseless caravans
Last Line: I wonder who would care?
Subject(s): Broadway, New York City; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: DOWNTOWN, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The sun has gone, and from the ferryboat
Last Line: And breathe a little prayer for them, and sigh.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: NEW BUILDINGS, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The turrets leap higher and higher
Last Line: The woodpeckers of the town.
Subject(s): Buildings & Builders; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: NEXT DOOR, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: We saw the tapers burn
Last Line: And my neighbor grieves -- alone, alone!
Subject(s): Death; New York City; Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE LIGHTS, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ten thousand jewels flash out
Last Line: Till the stars have faded away.
Subject(s): Light; New York City; Tears; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE PARKS, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: There are green islands in the city sea
Last Line: There are green islands in the city sea.
Subject(s): New York City; Parks; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: THE VOICES, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I heard the voice of the city
Last Line: Forever blue is the sky!
Subject(s): New York City; Voices; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: TO A HURDY-GURDY, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Here's to you, brave hurdy-gurdy
Last Line: With but half as brave a heart!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONGS OF NEW YORK: TRAFFIC, by CHARLES HANSON TOWNE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hoof-beats thundering on the paves
Last Line: If only in my dream!)
Subject(s): New York City; Traffic; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNET IN PRAISE OF TACT, by WILLIAM MCFEE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Earth hath not anything to show more fair,' said wordsworth
Last Line: The trolley cars upon the jersey shore.
Subject(s): Loitering; New York City; Police; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 1. NEW YORK AT SUNRISE, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When with her clouds the early dawn illumes
Last Line: I see my city with an enlightened eye.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 2. A POLITICAL 'BOSS', by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Has he no country? Is he of alien breed?
Last Line: I felt the burning garments of thy shame.
Subject(s): New York City; Politics & Government; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 3, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Shame on thee, o manhattan, whom I love!
Last Line: I felt the burning garments of thy shame.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 4. THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: This day into the fields my steps are led
Last Line: But to plunge in the fountain of its living blood.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SONNETS OF SEVEN CITIES: NEW YORK, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Her mouth is carmine and her cheeks too red
Last Line: Faith that endures and loyalty that stays!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SPRING IN THE SUBWAY, by ELSA GILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: In these dim corridors of shattering sound
Last Line: Of cotton buttercups upon her hat.
Subject(s): New York City; Spring; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SPRING NIGHT, by SARA TEASDALE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: The park is filled with night and fog
Last Line: Why am I crying after love?
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Spring; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SPRING STREET BAR, by MEI-MEI BERSSENBRUGGE    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And last night a man came in
Last Line: When there had been a sky, to write about the sky
Subject(s): Bars & Bartenders; New York City; Pubs; Taverns; Saloons; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


STANZAS, by PHILIP FRENEAU    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: To sleep in peace when life is fled
Last Line: And stars behold our bones again.
Subject(s): Corpses; Death; Fort George, Battle Of (1813); Graves; New York City; Skeletons; Cadavers; Dead, The; Tombs; Tombstones; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


STATEN ISLAND FERRY: BACK, by MARIELLA    Poem Text                    
First Line: This is the thing I had not dreamed
Last Line: Who only dreamed to have the sea.
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


STORM ON FIFTH AVENUE, by SIEGFRIED SASSOON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: A sallow waiter brings me six huge oysters
Last Line: O babylon! O carthage! O new york!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


SUBWAY TRACK-WALKERS, by DANA BURNET    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Who are ye hopeless who go with dull faces
Last Line: That I may ride to my true love to-day?
Subject(s): Commuters; New York City; Railroads; Steel; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains


SUMMER: WEST SIDE, by JOHN UPDIKE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: When on the coral-red steps of old brownstones
Last Line: By one more night’s deposit of vigil
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THANKSGIVING, by KENNETH KOCH    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: What's sweeter than at the end of a summer's day
Subject(s): Native Americans; Thanksgiving Day; New York City; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE 'CLERMONT', by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A roar of smoke from the iron stack
Last Line: For all the fleets of the world to follow.
Subject(s): Fulton, Robert (1765-1815); New York City; Rivers; Sea; Ships & Shipping; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Ocean


THE AVENUE BEARING THE INITIAL OF CHRIST INTO THE NEW WORLD, by GALWAY KINNELL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Pcheek pcheek pcheek pcheek pcheek
Subject(s): New York City; United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE BALL, 1789, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The town is at the ball to-night
Last Line: And they ran away together.
Subject(s): Balls; Conventions; New York City; Assemblies; Meetings; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE BOOK LINE; RIVINGTON STREET BRANCH, NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, ye that despair of the land
Last Line: Yet shall rear to the skies!
Subject(s): Future; Legends; Librarians & Libraries; Nations; New York City; Library; Librarians; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE BRIDGE: 7. THE TUNNEL, by HAROLD HART CRANE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Performances, assortments, resumes
Last Line: Gatherest --
Alternate Author Name(s): Crane, Hart
Subject(s): Class Struggle; Imagination; New York City; Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-1849); Subways; Vision; Fancy; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE CHARNEL GROUND, by ALLEN GINSBERG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Http://media.Sas.Upenn.Edu/pennsound/authors/ginsberg/chicago-1959/ginsberg-allen_01_howl_big-table-
Subject(s): Aging; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE CHILDREN, by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In the spring on the pavements of the city
Last Line: With the receding day.
Subject(s): Children; New York City; Childhood; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE CITY, by MARION COUTHOUY SMITH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beside the shining water, serene she sits in state
Last Line: As far across the bay's clear stretch is borne her silver chime.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE CITY, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not mine with infancy's film'd eyes
Last Line: Thy singer here reborn.
Subject(s): Childhood Memories; Home; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE CITY (1925), by CARL RAKOSI    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Under this luxemburg of heaven
Alternate Author Name(s): Rawley, Callmann
Subject(s): New York City; Conduct Of Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE COMPLAINT OF NEW AMSTERDAM, by JACOB STEENDAM    Poem Text                    
First Line: I'm a grandchild of the gods
Last Line: So that prussia she'll disdain.
Subject(s): New York City; U.s. - Dutch Settlements; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE DEVIL'S STEPPING-STONES, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A sky of gold, a sea of blue
Last Line: Long island keeps the devil.
Subject(s): Devil; Legends; Long Island (n.y.); New York City; Sailing & Sailors; Satan; Mephistopheles; Lucifer; Beelzebub; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Seamen; Sails


THE DROWNED MAN: DEATH BETWEEN TWO RIVERS, by THOMAS MCGRATH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Someone moves through the jungle
Last Line: Someone is born with the bright face of your brother
Subject(s): Death; Drowning; New York City; Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE EMPIRE STATE, by LUCY BURGMAN    Poem Text                    
First Line: They tell me of lands that are fairer than
Last Line: And free men are tilling thy soil.
Subject(s): New York City; North, The; Winter; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE ENCHANTED ISLAND; IN ABSENCE, BY ONE WHO RETURNS NO MORE, by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Art thou there, between thy rivers
Last Line: Loosed, my soul shall wing to thee!
Subject(s): Islands; New York City; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


THE FACTORIES, by MARGARET WIDDEMER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I have shut my little sister in from life and light
Last Line: God of life! Creator! It was I! It was I!
Alternate Author Name(s): Schauffler, Mrs. Robert H.
Subject(s): Child Labor; Labor & Laborers; New York City; Work; Workers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE FASHIONS, 1806, by LEWIS BEACH    Poem Text                    
First Line: A lad came down from our town
Last Line: And turn'd them out of door, sir.
Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers; Fashion; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE FLEET, by CHESTER FIRKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Gaunt rocks of death that darkly lay
Last Line: Went forth for peace, or war.
Subject(s): Battleships; Heroism; New York City; War; Heroes; Heroines; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE GREEK QUARTER, by JOHN MYERS O'HARA    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The cryptic letters of the golden tongue
Last Line: The blue Ægean sparkling in the day.
Subject(s): Coffee Houses; Greek Language; Immigrants; New York City; Emigrant; Emigration; Immigration; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE HALL OF FAME, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: A noble fane of marble wall and moonlit ...
Last Line: Entered new names on the roll of fame.
Subject(s): Death; Fame; Halloween; Harlem River, New York; New York City; Dead, The; Reputation; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE LAST OF THE NEW YEAR'S CALLERS, by HENRY CUYLER BUNNER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The door is shut-I think the fine old face
Last Line: In front of the old-time door that's shut.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE LIGHTS OF NEW YORK, by SARA TEASDALE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The lightning spun your garment for the night
Last Line: A fire that neither wind nor rain can dim.
Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE LORCA VARIATIONS (32) 'FIRST NEW YORK POEM', by JEROME ROTHENBERG    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Science & the paradise of labor give hope to those who live
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE MAIN DRAG, by BERTON BRALEY    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'm mightily fond of manhattan
Last Line: Girls!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE MENU, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I beg you come tonight and dine
Last Line: Excepting alfred tennyson.
Variant Title(s): Maecenas Bids His Friend To Dine;another Invitation
Subject(s): Food & Eating; New York City; Parties; Smoking; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Tobacco; Pipes; Cigars; Cigarettes


THE MYSTIFIED QUAKER IN NEW YORK, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Respected wife: by these few lines my whereabouts thee'll learn
Last Line: So I left them in disgust: plain-spoken men like me / with such perverters of our tongue can have no
Subject(s): "friends, Religious Society Of;new York City;speech;" "quakers;manhattan;new York, New York;the Big Apple;oratory;orators;


THE NEW YORK CLUBWOMAN MEDITATES ON HAMLET, by OLIVE TAIT SUTHERLAND    Poem Text                    
First Line: To be on time, or not to be; that is the question
Last Line: Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Subject(s): City Traffic; Clubs (associations); Lateness; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE OLD BREVOORT FARM, by GIDEON JOHN TUCKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: A snug little farm was the old brevoort
Last Line: Eleventh street's not opened through, to this day!
Subject(s): Farm Life; New York City; Agriculture; Farmers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE PALISADES, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Hear an ancient indian legend told in many a
Last Line: "tempest-quelling, stand forever; matchless, changeless, unafraid!"
Subject(s): Evil; Legends; Native Americans; New York City; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE REGIMENT, 1909, by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The traffic clears, and the crowd to the curb shifts to
Last Line: But still the red blood corpuscles shall vitalize the race.
Subject(s): Death; Marching & Marches; Militarism; New York City; Soldiers; Dead, The; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE SHADOWY CITY LOOMS; NEW YORK FROM THE NORTH RIVER, by LLOYD MIFFLIN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: In deepening shades the haunting vision swims
Last Line: Seems a lost star.
Subject(s): New York City; Ships & Shipping; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK, by JAMES W. BLAKE    Poem Text                    
First Line: Down in front of casey's old brown wooden stoop
Last Line: On the sidewalks of new york.
Subject(s): History; New York City; Historians; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE SLEEPING, by LYNN EMANUEL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I have imagined all this
Last Line: Who lay in the dark thinking  roses, roses, roses
Subject(s): Cities; New York City; Rothko, Mark (1903-1970); Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE STONE, by PAUL BLACKBURN    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The stone found me in bright sunlight
Last Line: I liked him
Subject(s): New York City; Stones; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Granite; Rocks


THE SWITCH YARD, by JOHN CURTIS UNDERWOOD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Out of the glimmer of arc lights and spaces of shade
Last Line: Past the tall signal tower holding the void in survey.
Subject(s): New York City; Subways; Wheels; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE TROPICS IN NEW YORK, by CLAUDE MCKAY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: Bananas ripe and green, and ginger root
Last Line: I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.
Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli
Subject(s): Fruit; Nature; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE TRUE NEW YORKER, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: He wears the pride of mighty throngs
Last Line: Will crush them all at last.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE TWELVE-FORTY-FIVE (FOR EDWARD J. WHEELER), by ALFRED JOYCE KILMER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Within the jersey city shed
Last Line: God bless the train that brought me here.
Alternate Author Name(s): Kilmer, Joyce
Subject(s): Gratitude; Home; Love; New Jersey; New York City; Railroads; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains; Journeys; Trips


THE VOICE OF THE CITY, by J. L. SINCLAIR    Poem Text                    
First Line: So this is new york!
Last Line: When do we eat!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THE WEST FORTIES: MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT, by LOUIS EDWARD SISSMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On this hotel, their rumpled royalties
Alternate Author Name(s): Sissman, L. E.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THIS WORLD IS A CONFUSION OF THREE WORLDS, by ROBERT BLY    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dark figures of politics hover in the air
Subject(s): China; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


THREE O'CLOCK: MORNING, by FREDERICK RIDGELY TORRENCE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The jewel-blue electric flowers
Last Line: But time goes out in grey.
Subject(s): New York City; Railroads; Streets; Subways; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Railways; Trains; Avenues


THREE POEMS FOR NEW YORK, by JOSEPHINE MILES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Into oiur brick acropolis returns
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO A NEW YORK SHOP-GIRL DRESSED FOR SUNDAY, by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Today I saw the shop-girl go
Last Line: Surely his angels lay their kiss.
Subject(s): Beauty; Clothing & Dress; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO A POETICAL TRIO IN THE CITY OF GOTHAM, by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Bards of the island city! - where of old
Last Line: "ye shall be blessed with, and not ""damned to fame""!"
Subject(s): Bryant, William Cullen (1794-1878); Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845); Lawson, James (1799-1880); Leggett, William (1801-1839); New York City; Poetry & Poets; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO MYRTILLA OF NEW YORK, by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The rockies, I own, are a beautiful sight
Last Line: There's nothing like you in the west.
Alternate Author Name(s): F. P. A.
Subject(s): New York City; Travel; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Journeys; Trips


TO NEW YORK, AWAKENING, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O city of a thousand towers
Last Line: "man is as mighty as his noblest dream."
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO NEW YORK: 1, by LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: New york! At first I was bewildered by your beauty
Subject(s): Negritude (literary Movement); New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO NEW YORK: 2, by LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now is the time for signs and reckoning, new york! Now is
Subject(s): Negritude (literary Movement); New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TO NEW YORK: 3, by LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: New york! I say new york, let black blood flow into your
Subject(s): Negritude (literary Movement); New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TOM BROWN'S DAY IN GOTHAM, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I'll tell you a story of thomas brown
Last Line: At the old park-gate, the regular shilling!
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TRANTER IN AMERICA, by AUGUST KLEINZAHLER            Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
Subject(s): Tranter, John (b. 1943); New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TURTLES, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Orrick, poet-laureate of st. Louis
Last Line: Is it feet carry them?
Subject(s): New York City; Poetry & Poets; Turtles; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Tortoises


TWO CITIES, by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Girt with the river's silver zone
Last Line: Upon the old foundations, build!
Subject(s): Chicago Fire (1871); Cities; Corruption In Politics; New York City; Urban Life; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TWO RONDEAUX TO NEW YORK: 1. WINTER, by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: I love new york in winter time
Last Line: I love new york!
Subject(s): New York City; Winter; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TWO RONDEAUX TO NEW YORK: 2. SUMMER, by MAY FOLWELL HOISINGTON    Poem Text                    
First Line: New york, I love you - dog-days, too
Last Line: New york, I love you!
Subject(s): New York City; Summer; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TWO SONNETS FROM NEW YORK: QUESTIONS, by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Where in the crowds that blunder through the street
Last Line: Make even blind men serve her high desire?
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


TWO SONNETS FROM NEW YORK: TOWERS, by ADELAIDE NICHOLS BAKER    Poem Text                    
First Line: Something there is in me exults in towers
Last Line: From pennons on the turrets of their time.
Subject(s): New York City; Skyscrapers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


UNDER THE PALISADES, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Light as a leaf on the lifting swell
Last Line: I shall be deathless when ye are naught!
Subject(s): Mountains; Native Americans; Nature; New York City; Hills; Downs (great Britain); Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


URBS CORONATA (SONG FOR THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK), by HENRY VAN DYKE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O youngest of the giant brood
Last Line: And be the city's crown.
Alternate Author Name(s): Civis Americanus
Subject(s): City College Of New York; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


VARICK STREET, by ELIZABETH BISHOP    Poem Text     Poem Explanation     Poet Analysis         Recitation     Poet's Biography
First Line: At night the factories
Last Line: Sell you, of course, my dear, and you'll sell me
Subject(s): Modern Man; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


VILLANELLE (TO A LOVER OF MANHATTAN), by HENRY S. CHURCHILL    Poem Text                    
First Line: O city of astounding towers
Last Line: Thy beauty changes with the hours.
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


VILLANELLE OF CITY AND COUNTRY, by ZOE AKINS    Poem Text                    
First Line: Beneath the arches of the leaves I lie
Last Line: But oh, the towers set in gotham's sky!
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; New York City; Romance; Skyscrapers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


WATERLILY FIRE, by MURIEL RUKEYSER    Poem Text         Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
First Line: Girl grown woman ... Fire... Mother of fire
Subject(s): New York City; Fire; Life; Change; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


WEST 58TH STREET, by MELVILLE CANE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Tonight / from this high window
Last Line: Snarl and prey and devour.
Subject(s): New York City; Taxis; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


WHAT HAS BECOME OF THE GODS, by JOHN GODFREY SAXE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Full often I have heard it said
Last Line: Repeat their old olympic labors.
Subject(s): Mythology - Classical; New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


WINTRY PARIS, by ANONYMOUS    Poem Text                    
First Line: "oh, the dingy winter days"
Last Line: When contrasted with the blues I had in paris
Subject(s): "new York City;paris, France;winter;" "manhattan;new York, New York;the Big Apple;


WITH MY BACK TO CITY HALL, ON YOM KIPPUR, by JORDAN DAVIS    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The gnats love the highway dividers,
Subject(s): New York City; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


WOUTER VAN TWILLER, 1633, by CLINTON SCOLLARD    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: When wouter van twiller sailed over the sea
Last Line: The image of grasping old wouter van twiller.
Subject(s): New York City; U.s. - Dutch Settlements; Van Twiller, Wouter [walter] (1580-1646); Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple


YOUTH, by SAMUEL DUFF MCCOY    Poem Text                    
First Line: You say new york is lovelier than ever?
Last Line: But, oh, how gay it was! What prophecies!
Subject(s): Ethnic Groups - United States; Food & Eating; New York City; Restaurants; Youth; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple; Cafes; Diners