An American City

by Carl Scharwath / May 31st, 2015

Author’s Note: I wrote this poem after the events in Baltimore.

The city slowly
withers and dies.
While the living
flow angry
in open streets.
To a new renaissance.
floating down the river
like a colorful leaf
on splattered sunshine.

Carl Scharwath's work has appeared internationally with over eighty publications selecting his poetry, short stories, essays or art photography. He won the National Poetry Contest award on behalf of Writers One Flight Up. His first poetry book “Journey To Become Forgotten” was published by Kind of a Hurricane Press. Read other articles by Carl.

This article was posted on Sunday, May 31st, 2015 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.