kaupunki, град, 市, 町, mesto, lavil, stad, город, város, град, เมือง, şehir,
مدينة, belt, ქალაქი, πό, λη, mji, יר, 도시, cidade, city, ville, stadt, ciudad, citta, urbe………
..today it is all about going urban with our poetry…
Cities have always fascinated me, I’ve been to Venice, London, Hamburg, Paris, Munich, Sydney, Berlin, Barcelona, Zürich, Lucerne, Berne, Heidelberg…and yes Rome…I fell in love with Rome..
Each city has an atmosphere of her own, some kind of vibrant energy and a specific character. Today we want you to take us on a trip around the world, to the city where you lost your heart, were born, fell in love, spent the most beautiful or most ugly time in your life…no matter if it’s a small or a mega city, if it’s a true or invented story.
It could be a city you have never visited but stands for the state of mind you’re in at the moment. It can be a love poem, fun poem or political rant, it may rhyme or not, you may rap us through your favorite spots or paint your city in pastell colors with a tender brush.. let’s have some urban fun together!
- Write a city poem or a poem inspired by one of my Rome pictures
- Post it on your blog
- Click the Mr. Linky button below, and in the new window that opens up input your name and direct url of the poem.
- Visit others who have taken the challenge.
- Have fun..!
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right up my alley claudia…love the city…and writing about it as well…hope everyone has a great time…will hang around for a bit then have to get over to a picnic..have a great saturday all…
I do love Rome. I’ll have to see if I can carve out time for a fresh write. My Italian poem was linked to an earlier event. It is time for me to write something new.
welcome to this weeks poetics prompt…hope you’re having fun and looking forward to read your city poems…
Wonderful post! Here’s an NYC haiku:
Excited tourists
stop and stare, awed by Times Square –
forget they have feet.
smiles…happens easily…
haha and then we all get back up or run over…smiles. nice to see you mad kane…
Grew up in a BIG city but I’m not built for them, much as I love the museums and art and cool places to eat and mixes of people and cultures. So mine will probably not be a love poem. But there is always something to say about a city. An excellent prompt, Claudia, and I’m betting yours is about Rome–just a wild guess. ;_)
Be back soon to link something, and read.
haha – how did you know…? smiles
oh its about a little more than Rome, fanning myself over here in the corner…smiles.
fanning myself over here as well after reading yours…smiles
oh – and it took us a while but our team page is up now… “d’Team”…you find it right above the header… so sneak in and tell ’em how wonderful they look…smiles
did you know Tash had a fan club too? trying to order my tshirt now…
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What a great prompt, Claudia — I grew in Chicago but have been a long, long time. Still, I think of Rome after midnight, and falliing angels fill my mind …
I linked to a previous poem about Cairo but I wrote the next ‘installment’ today and left instructions at the top for people who read the post in early August. For those of you that didn’t read the first installment feel free to stop anywhere and comment if you’d like (it will eventually be an epic so it’s getting lengthy 🙂 Great prompt and thanks again for giving us all a place to congregate and exchange ideas!
Thanks for the prompt Claudia – Rome is a lovely city and you’ve done a great job capturing it’s charm in your photographs – just a little offering but glad to be amongst it again 🙂
Better late than never! Even I didn’t know I had a fan club, so yeah…a tshirt would be really cool! I have received fan mail…but that’s a story for another day 😉 The page looks awesome, and am so proud to be able to help…but there’s a poem waiting to be written…and this Country bumpkins’ gotta go deep to write about a city! lol Be making the reading rounds soon as well, can’t wait!
so if there is a natasha head fanclub, i’m the first to join…smiles
now see, i’m sitting here in the pub and what i hear is the hoarse scratching sound of pens on parchment…is this you writing city poems…? smiles
but honestly….i need some sleep and will start the reading tomorrow morning…
Well, I just had to participate in this one. Having grown up in a big city, I’m not too fond of them. But some truly are pretty special. Good prompt Claudia.
smiles. your verse was wonderful myrna…
yep – it def. hit the core..
Always lived in a rural area, but I find cities fascinating. Thank you for the prompt
Nice prompt, I live in a rural area but find cities intriquing
Thanks Claudia for hosting. My post is up ~
Join me for a party on the Halifax Waterfront! lol We need a time warp though….those parties were a long time ago! Linked up and off to read 🙂
I’d already written two new pieces today Claudia, thought I was done and then I read your prompt and couldn’t resist delving into my memories of Florence in 2005. So looking forward to my return trip in October. Lasciare il poesia fluire ~ let the poetry flow.
Cool Prompt Claudia. I definitely hope to visit Rome in near future. For now ,here is a poem about the little ones in my city Johannesburg.
been away at a picnic…jumping back in hear there is some good stuff…be around soon…
Looking forward to tasting the cities and toasting the writers who live there… Mine’s about a city I’ve lived in for 19 years…Dubai… Cheers all !
I…could…write…a…book…
-joshuA
Clouds,
‘Set the town on fire’ you say. Well, a little reference to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 in mine. Thanks for hosting.
Hank
ha yes – let’s set the town on fire with our poetry…will jump over to read soon..
and i see you read my ghazal carefully…smiles…clouds
hello claudia, you want rome, i give you rome:)
hi claudia, i tried to delete the link at mr linky which i had seen possible but could not do it here. could you please remove my link for me. thank you claudia, and i apologise for troubling you.
hello again claudia, this is my poem for dVerse poetics-going urban.
roma oh roma
come play with me
by tiber
two and a half thousand years
i waited for you
i hiked seven hills
i ate spaghetti, i chewed on gnocchi
roma oh roma
come play with me
drop your empire
forget your mediterranean
from dome to dome
from steps to steps
from fountain to fountain
i be cleopatra
you be anthony
roma oh roma
come play with me
hey oceangirl – removed the linky for you..
Came on by as well, but my city one went all to hell..haha
Awesome, thanks!
kaupunki, град, 市, 町, mesto, lavil, stad, город, város, град, เมือง, şehir,
مدينة, belt, ქალაქი, πό, λη, mji, יר, 도시, cidade, city, ville, stadt, ciudad, citta, urbe………
Hi! Claudia…
I’m assuming that all Of these words are…“city” in different languages?!?
Claudia, all Of your fotos are uber!
Thanks, for sharing!
deedee 😉
Claudia, this is such a great idea. I have a few in Albanian for Salonika and this is the first in English. I hope I have done justice to the love I have for this wonderful city.
Thanks for a great inspiration. It brought back memories of going to school and living in NYC. I am definitely not a city person but I can respect it’s culture and museums.
It was a wonderful experience.
glad to join you all this weekend…
so many cities…I couldn’t decide…
went with my gut…
and the storngest impression…
here goes.
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Mine is definitely an urban sigh, though not about Rome!
loved your gritty sanatra blues city song…
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what a fun prompt. couldn’t help writing about the city whose images still haunt me to this day. but also the city that has left me with one of the greatest gifts of my life.
blessings!
steph
Hey Claudia and fellow poets,
What a fun prompt!!! I’ve been busy demonstrating here in IL and mothering… I can’t believe I’m missing this too… maybe I’ll be able to sit at my computer later.
Have fun and I really can’t wait to read Thursday’s and Prompt’s poems!
(I know I still owe you cookies from last week…) 🙂
ha nice – i like that you seem to demonstrate all the time…been visiting israel a few years ago and it for sure is a political and cultural melting pot…now bring on the cookies and lets have a cup of coffee together…smiles
great poems out on the trail…i’m enjoying the round-the-world trip, looking at the romantic, ugly, steel-blanc and frightening sides of city life…
good morning everyone…getting some cpffee and ready to enjoy some poetry
New York, the underloved city…my city. Thanks for giving me this showcase to honor my home town. Yeah, I love Rome, Paris, Barcelona…but NY is family!
Orange-purple jazz tones….hmmmm…
mmm…i love your city…
it had to be Rome.. :))
Thanks Claudia your pictures are wonderful but alas I used another of a city I’m familiar with, although my submission could maybe be about any city in the UK .
look forward to exploring the world through the great writers submission this week …thanks again !
Just a fun one this time!
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My response to this prompt was to write about a city I would not want to be in.
In and out this weekend – I’ll try to read as I can. I have a figure skating “event” this afternoon across the METROPLEX as we call this rambling set of towns that have melded together into a sprawling mess here in North Central Texas. It’s about an hour and 15 minutes away – I know shocking to think that could all be one city to you in the UK and possibly other places. I DID NOT write about DFW here or about that vertical accelerator NYC – no my spiritual home is London. In my heart, I’m always there in good times or even erupting summers. It’s not only the place, it’s hearing the language that thrills me and makes me smile. I’m posting a poem I wrote too late to be read for James Rainsford’s photo prompt of South Wimbledon Tube Station. I love the tube stations. They’re so distinctively English – so absolutely London. See you guys as time allows.
Worked Friday and Saturday, and just catching up on my favorite sites. How interesting to read about all these wonderful places! Coming in a bit late posting on this, but adding my ‘two cents’ on one of my favorite cities.
smiles. we will take your change anytime…had to work yesterday myself…
Thanks For the Urban Prompt today. Also .I like to add I can’t seem to leave comments on some google accounts. I can’t understand why, sorry.
Oh no! I’m too late AGAIN. Busy life … and maybe it’s to do with Southern Hemisphere and time difference too, though you’d think that should work in my favour. Anyway, if anyone happens to notice this, the link to my city poem is http://passionatecrone.blogspot.com/2011/08/venice.html
I am late too. Here is my try. I am only 5 hours behind SP too.
but it was a little slow going for me. At least this day!
Well I didn’t get my post in as I was away at the cottage. I couldn’t think much of a place I been although I have been to many a place. I fault it necessary to write about a photo I saw in the Globe and Mail this weekend.
http://thezenofgavin.blogspot.com/2011/08/american-girl-in-italy.html