Line 1 is a short phrase or image. Line 2 is another short phrase or image using the same first word as line 1. Lines 3 and 4 starts with the same word used as the last word of line 2. Then, lines 5 and 6 use the last word of line 4. This pattern is followed until line 48. Line 49 uses the last word in 48. Line 50 begins with the last word in line 47. The title is three words long. The title format is the first word of line 3, a preposition or conjunction, and the first word of 47. You can’t use any punctuation. Luckily, these poems don’t need to rhyme. This poetic adventure will either be a lot of fun or leave me frustrated. I will call this Blitz poem City For Balloons. Let’s get our spooky scare on right now.
City For Balloons
Coming home
Coming from New York City
City of opportunity
City that never sleeps
Sleeps in the darkness of night
Sleeps the slumber
Slumber of the righteous
Slumber of the innocent
Innocent of shedding blood
Innocent of suppressing dreams
Dreams of success
Dreams or illusions
Illusions of power
Illusions of wealth
Wealth of unlimited money
Wealth lost and found
Found on every street corner
Found in the pocket of your jeans
Jeans with holes in the legs
Jean back in style
Style to catch the eye
Style to show your worth
Worth more than the illusion
Worth more than spare change
Change your image
Change your name
Name you were born with
Name you no longer need
Need that makes you desperate
Need mingled with greed
Greed for high living
Greed never satisfied
Satisfied by the glitz and glamor
Satisfied by the high life
Life lived in a high rise
Life lived among the weeds
Weeds growing through sidewalk cracks
Weeds sprouting amidst the splendor
Splendor of electric lights
Splendor of a Manhattan view
View of the restless wanders
View of the towers and buildings
Buildings decked out for the holidays
Buildings sheltering the parade
Parade of animated characters
Parade of floating balloons
Balloons hovering above the city
Balloons above the city that never sleeps
City
Sleeps
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i think this is a telling, poetic precis of the city.
I, that is (hard to tell sometimes when typing).
Thank you.