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Korean Concrete Jungle Blues 39 lines In Korea where I live Most people live in large apartment towers In suburban neighborhoods And many work in concrete office towers. This is a Pan Asian phenomenon As old neighborhoods are taken over Turned in soulless monster apartment And office towers Linked together by subways, buses And freeways. Now I live in one And find it is not as bad As I had thought. I have a nice view Of the city towers In my Suburban town. There are over 300 resturants Within a short walk And surprisingly people Walk about the neighborhood. It is not the cold soulless Steel concrete jungle I had imagined at all. There are even lots of trees In between the buildings And new neighborhoods Are being build With mixed used towers And urban sustainability concepts. But I miss the old neighborhoods With their alley ways Traditional markets And old down home feel. NEW PROMPT Get inspired by this excerpt from this poem: "City Sorrow" by Bandit's Mama (76) "...The concrete and steel of this city Shelter not the things that I love. Buildings lean over me, weight without pity. They stifle the breath of my soul...." The poem, "City Sorrow" was written by one of the first Moderators on this site, Bandit's Mama . She died in the attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11, 21 years ago tomorrow. Please write a poem or short story inspired by her words. You select the title. And please select "Tribute" as one of your genres. |