Tag: New York City

• Poem: A March Day in NYC, 2020

  Inspired by Coronavirus sweeping into New York City and by the song, “I Can’t See New York from Tori Amos’ Scarlett’s Walk. Seeing what Scarlett sawopen eyes, open jaw,My core is fluttering fast in white covered turbulence.Winding, I wince and wince,free-falling through the big vast. Down from the cloudy side,fogginess citywide,I’m flushed in virulent air. […]

  marinarena

  June 23, 2020

  Blogging, Poetry, Writing

  coronavirus, coronavirus poetry, covid inspired, covid poetry, New York, New York City, NYC, poetry

• Conversation on L.A. to a N.Y. Transplant

    The pace is slower, “chill” or “laidback”, as we say. Relax a little. Get back to your wheels. Metro gets ya ’round but is decent at best. Cabbies exist here- just in downtown and Westwood, though you can’t hail them- “What the hell!”, you say. I know… …and then there’s the pizza It ain’t […]

  marinarena

  January 8, 2015

  Poetry, Travel

  America, CA, Cali, California, cities, city, colloquialism, funny, LA, Los Angeles, New York, New York City, NY, poem, poetry, transplant