I. urban pause
sitting in traffic
the sun glints
off strangers’ cars
II. urban solitude
the city surrounds
my skin and bones
yet I am alone
III. urban sprawl
houses stand
where a desert
once filled my view
IV. urban garden
picking garden beans
a motorcycle
roars down the road
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Image: New York Movie – Edward Hopper, 1939, WikiArt.org
Words: senryu, haiku, c.b.w. 2016
Part of the 2016 April Poem A Day Challenge (via Poetic Asides on Writer’s Digest) for the April 7 prompt: urban (blank).
C.B. Wentworth 