Poems by Theme

Outsiders

unfamiliar city

from Silvia Wendt
I love to be...More ...

Seventh Street

by Jean Toomer
Money burns the pocket, pocket hurts,...More ...

City Life

by Wang Qian
Occasionally,... More ...

(Dis)connections

The Magic of Cities

by Claudia Siemon
Not always... More ...

The City

by Grace Cavalieri
This is an occupied country, this city,...More ...

We Stand on a Lofty Peak, Sonnet Sixteen

by Feng Zhi
Side by side on a lofty peak...More ...

Beginnings

In Transit

by Matthias Kneip
When a foreigner... More ...

The Corner of Hester and Mulberry

by Davi Walders
Just before Thanksgiving. An odd,... More ...

Let Spring Start from Kaohsiung

by Yu Kwang-chung
Let spring start from Kaohsiung City...More ...

Returnings

Arrival

by Ingrid Schulz
get aboard... More ...

A New-Fashioned Song

by Traci O'Dea
No more walks in the ‘hood...More ...

Black Map

by Bei Dao
in the end, cold crows piece together... More ...

Transitions

migrants exchange market

by Martina Sens
Change past... More ...

Émigré

by W.S. Merwin
You will find it is... More ...

Night in Taipei

by Ji Xian
There is a touch of autumn chill this summer night...More ...

Awakenings

Blackout

from Vanja Simeonova
The city is having a heart attack...More ...

Swamp

by Kim Roberts
The Lincoln sinks into the Potomac... More ...

Taipei 101

by Luo Chiao Wei
This gigantic spear, piercing the heart of the earth...More ...