Greetings Everyone from the beautiful city of Orlando, Florida!
Home to Disney World, palm trees, and Jilly, your host for this week’s edition of Poetics.
Not all of us live in cities; some live in towns, medium or small, and others live in villages or hamlets. Many beautiful people reside in the country, a place demarcated by simple crossroads.
However we define the community in which we live, let’s write about a city, town or village that inspires us! It might be the place you live right now, or someplace from your past. Or maybe it is a city or town that you would like to visit or live. It could be real or imaginary; it could be your hometown that no longer looks like it did in your childhood memories.
One of the most famous city poems is Chicago, by Carl Sandburg. Here’s the familiar opening stanza:
“Hog Butcher for the World,
Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,
Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler;
Stormy, husky, brawling,
City of the Big Shoulders:”
Source: Poetry Foundation
Whatever the location, write a poem about your ‘city’ of choice, preferably referencing the name.
Challenge yourself to a little Urban Renewal in your writing.
Have a listen to Huey Lewis & the News for a US tour of cities. It’ll get your blood, and hopefully your fingers, twitching!
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Have fun, y’all!
Hi, Y’all! Welcome to Poetics!! Looking forward to reading some great poetry and serving up inspirational beverages. Might I suggest a Manhattan?
I would love to try it ~ If you are here in Canada, I will offer you Ice Wine from Niagara regions ~
Hi Jilly! What a wonderful prompt for Poetics ~ Thanks for hosting and wishing everyone a good week ~
My pleasure!
Nice prompt, Jilly! Although I rarely get Chicago now-a-days, it can be a beautiful place to live.
Glad to have your words and photos tonight, Frank. Always wonderfully done!
A lovely prompt, Jill, and good evening one and all. I spent most of today helping our the Norwich Puppet Theatre with a workshop for children at the local library where I volunteer. I also made a dragon puppet out of a paper cup and a few other bits and pieces! happy but tired…
So glad you are joining in tonight, Kim! Thank you for sharing the lovely picture of your day – sounds wonderful. Happy Poeming!
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Great prompt. My poem is not quite what I was expecting, but that’s poetry for you!
So glad you are here, Sarah!
Lovely Prompt Jilly. In my mind, I traveled back to my most favorite city in the world. Posting soon…
Hooray! Can’t wait to read 🙂
Hi, Jilly! Great prompt. Sorry I dumped and ran (posted and didn’t comment), but I was on the roster as designated cooker-person. I even did clean-up …mostly! Now to sample the city fare. Cheers!
Hope everyone was well fed, Charley. Nice to see you here!
Bellies stretched taut, belts loosened a notch. Nap time rumbling thunder in the distance. Caffeine swooping in to save us.
Hello everyone! So nice to see you tending bar tonight, Jilly 🙂 But really….I just walked home from the train station here, after being with my daughter for the day, and I am FREEZING! Burrrrr…..I’ll take a hot chocolate please. And where oh where is spring????
One hot chocolate coming right up! (Hate to tell you that spring is down here in Orlando.) 🙂
Grafitti’s not so pretty, neither is my poem tonight…the city can be gritty! Most of our dirty snow disappeared today…mud season here on the farm. Hope some of your poems will renew my moo-ood 🙂
That is wonderfully funny! Heading over to read.
Evening, Poets! Great to see you pubtending, Jilly! Thanks for the awesome prompt!
See everybody on the poetry trail!
Hi Frank! Glad you are here!
Hey, Jilly! Thanks! Glad you’re here, too!
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Hi all, Very new at the wonderful sharing going on here. I have just gone to Linky and hope I have now made the correct connection. Enjoying reading your cities too.
Welcome, Benita!
Leaving the lights on; help yourselves to a glass of Port and I’ll see y’all tomorrow. ~Jilly 🙂
Morning. Late night working last eve so up filled with coffee now and hit the ground running with my cityscape of sorts. Love the prompt. Welcome to the team Jilly.
Glad you found the coffee, Paul, and thank you for the warm welcome! I’ll be around to read a bit later!
Just in the nick of time…another great prompt
Wonderful! Glad you made it in! I look forward to reading.
I snuck in at the end and linked, Jilly, a great prompt! I’m waiting to see what Thursday’s all about and ready to write. I’ll be reading takes this weekend. I was out of town last week so I’m chomping at the bit. Lol! Big hug!
Hooray! So glad you joined in, Bekkie. Can’t wait to read your words. I’ll see you around the Thursday prompt, as well!
Just saw you! Thanks so much, Jilly! Hugs!
Man! I missed it!
No worries! Many more opportunities to join in. Love your writing 🙂