This Must Be New York! Poem by Godspower Oshodin

This Must Be New York!

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THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
OF GLAMOROUS CITIES
WITH PERFECT BEAUTIES
OF OLD MEMORIES OF GLORIOUS PEOPLE
OF THRILLING HISTORIES JULTED IN FABLE
OF EMMINENT DIGNITRIES
AND RESPECTED ROYALTIES.
OF HIGH BARONS
AND BONERFIDE WRITERS
OF PROMINENT GOVERNORS
AND ADMIRABLE MINISTERS
OF HANDSOME BOYS
AND BEAUTIFUL LADIES
OF PRUDENT MEN
AND DIPLOMATIC WOMEN.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
BUILDINGS STANDING ON GOLDEN TOWER
BRIDGES OF STEEL FOR LOCOMOTIVE TO COWER
ROAD, SPACIOUS AND AMIABLE
ALL GLITERING LIKE MARBLE.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
FULL OF PROMINENCE
OF PROFUSE RULERSHIP
AND INFLUENCIAL LEADERSHIP
OF RESPECTIVE LORDS
FULL OF WILL TO DYNASTIES.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
WITH STATUE OF LIBERTY
SHOWING SIGNS OF PAST AND PRESENT DESTINY
WITH AWE-INSPIRING SKYSCRAPERS
AND LOOKS OF MEGA CORPORATIONS.
WORDS OF JUSTICE
AND GOOD SECURITIES
WHERE RESPECT IS TRACED
AND PASS UNTO ALL RACE.
EYES OF SPIRITUAL CHURCHES
AND THOUGHTFUL PREACHES.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
WITH THE CALLING OF OLD AGE
AND BLISSFUL LINIAGE.
WITH RICHES FOR ALL TO SEE
AND THEN IT PASS TO THEE.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
CITIES TO ADMIRE
GLORIES TO ACQUIRE
STARDOM THEY DESIRE.
THIS MUST BE NEW YORK!
CERTAINLY, THIS IS NEW YORK

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Carol Rhodes 25 July 2008

Okay, Son, you were right: We were/are fated to share ideas. You see I was born and raised in New York City. Lived in Queens County until I moved to Southern Califfornia by myself. Reading your words, the descriptions, excitement in them, makes me think you may have visited the City. Did you? Because of that upbringing, I am not a friend of big cities, no matter how so-called nice or interesting. The crowds, the withdrawn and separated people on the streets and everywhere else, make for a very lonely restrictive environment, I think. Regardless of my personal slant, you did a beautiful job with this. Carol

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Sandra J. 24 July 2008

I absolutely love this poem!

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