NEW YORK POETRY DOT COM
Featuring New York Poetry and Events

BREAKING NEWS:  Steven Robert Heine launches NEW YORK  POETRY .COM This site will feature poetry contests and information about poetry events in New York. It is intended to bring New York poetry to the World!

I hope to use this site to bring recognition and prestige to New York poets and poetry. If you have poetry news or events, contact me at:

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BREAKING NEWS!

Here is a new site we think you will enjoy:

Beauty of NYC Poems

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TALENT WANTED: Andre is  currently in the process of hosting poetry readings on Long Island.  The location  is in Uniondale, NY across from Nassau Coliseum. We would like to make this a regular event. If you are interested in participating please contact Andre at:   bigdre627@yahoo.com


NEW YORK POETRY LINKS:

 

Beauty of NYC Poems

 

The Bowery Poetry Club

 

The New York Quarterly - Poetry Magazine

 

Harlem Renaissance

 

Welcome to Poets House

 

The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church

 

Unterberg Poetry Center

 

Poetry therapy. org

 

Writer's Unlimited

 

Albany poets

 

The New York Public Library


NEW YORK UNIVERSITIES

 

Ithaca

 

Long Island University

 

Metropolitan College of New York

 

Hebrew University

 

Manhattan College

 

Welcome to Cornell University

 

New York University

 

Saint Josephs College

 


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POEMS BY STEVEN ROBERT HEINE

A WEDDING POEM

 

This day you shall rejoice together,

for in your hearts love's spirit flows.

 

Stand tall and proud and walk together,

as through the years your young love grows.

 

The silver moment, locked in time,

when you would somehow meet...

 

has caused your souls to cry with joy,

and raised you to your feet.

 

Take now the cup of God's provision,

and drink richly through eternity.

 

For in His Plan from time's beginning....

your love was meant to be.

© copyright 2002 by Steven Robert Heine.

AMERICA

In Humbletown a flag still flies.

Floating proudly in the breeze.

 

And down below the farm folk toil

in fields that roll like lush green seas.

 

A builders hammer pounds the air,

as a church is raised from virgin wood.

 

Three children play, not far away

in a park built where a shack had stood.

 

An old man looks out from his porch

exclaiming with a heavy sigh:

 

"America, America

long may your proud flag fly."

© copyright 2003by Steven Robert Heine

DAWN

 

I count the moments till I see you,

but always they are too many.

 

In years long lost, I starved for love,

but never had I any.

 

The daughters of the darkened moon,

played painful games that left me cold.

 

But honest eyes of rarest warmth,

have healed my wounds with love untold.

 

I see your smile as sunset bursts,

upon the deep blue sky.

 

With courage born to soar the stars...

I shed my gloom and fly!

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

 

HAPPY NEW YEARS

In every year

if a man is lucky,

 

he'll meet two or three people

who become true friends.

 

And he'll set new places

at his table of feasting

 

as he celebrates

when at last the year ends.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

DREAMER

Look far away

for a little while,

and tell me the dreams

that you see.

From the fountain of love

that flows from your heart,

great things will soon come to be.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

A REQUEST

You cannot see

the silver seeds,

my restless soul hunts after.

But hold me now,

inspire me

with love and pain and laughter.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine.

OASIS

You were first

to fill my glass.

 

Sparkling love

you freely shared.

 

Thousands passed

my wretched way.

 

But none till you,

reached down and cared.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

SUNSHINE

 

You are in my heart

and there to stay.

Like the sunshine

you warm me,

in a special way.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

MARGE

There came one cool, crisp Halloween,

a princess I had never known.

Who led me to a World I had not yet seen,

but long had hungered to be shown.

Her eyes were like the Autumn moon,

her voice like the Autumn air,

and I feared my dream would end too soon,

as I drew her close and held her there.

 

Like tiny, precious drops of gold

were the moments that we shared.

Embraces were exchanged and secrets told,

but real love was never dared.

For she was destined to become but a memory

and I knew I'd soon have to go.

So I told her that she'd always be a part of me...

and she always will, I know.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

MEDAL OF LAUGHTER

If I've made you happy then I've won,

a victory over sorrow done.

If knowing me has made you laugh,

then raise a toast in my behalf.

Everything that I could do, to make your load lighter for you...

I did enthusiastically, that fondly you'd remember me.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

A DEEP LONGING

I wish you weren't so far away,

so horribly, terribly far.

I want very much

to share your laughter...

but far away... you are!

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

ONCE A RACEHORSE

Once a racehorse born in time,

to fight against the mocking hordes.

Cursed to plow a farmer's field,

he rose to meet the race of Lords.

 

Beside the multitudes he stood,

stumbling, shaking at the first.

Determined ever in his quest,

his legs leaped forth with one great burst!

 

A thousand knights stood on their toes

to watch him duel the pious kings.

And then they wrapped him in the joy

that victory over hunger brings.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

THE LOST KING

Frog eyes, mud pies and days gone by.

When I was a boy each day brought new joy

and I never knew how to cry.

Up a strawberry hill I'd climb for the thrill

and pronounce myself a king.

I'd wave my hand across the land

and command the earth to sing.

And the earth would obey and the plants would sway

and rubies would appear at my feet.

Then I'd smile with pride, feeling hungry inside

and choose a strawberry to eat.

But those days flew past and I grew old fast

and now live in crumbling health.

Though I still recall being king of all

and living in infinite wealth.

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine

LILIES

Writing, I think is for younger men.

Whose eyes see more hope than mine.

Whose pens float freely through the night,

like cups overflowing with wine.

Writing is for dreamers, whose dreams like roses bloom.

Who hold the hearts of the World in their hands

as they sit alone in their room.

Writing is for less freer men,

who have never been chained by defeat.

Unscarred by love and courageous by habit,

they conquer each hurdle they meet.

Writing is for less wise men, who have never known great pain.

Believing in beauty as much as themselves,

they create again... and again!

So the lilies of the field do blossom in the spring.

Falling gently to the earth when they've given everything!

© copyright 2003 by Steven Robert Heine


NEW YORK POETRY.COM

BREAKING NEWS!

We would like to invite you to our upcoming exhibition Overtures, showcasing poetry-inspired paintings by artist Jules Gotay.

Jules Gotay’s cartoon-like images and indiscriminate mix of topics emulate his interpretation of poetry explained through the visual. Color is not restricted to the boundaries of the image; it coexists on the canvas as floating color or a separate entity. The appeal of Gotay’s color brings reminiscent feelings of childhood, as if the canvas were a black tablet with some kind of rainbow reveal. The abstract placement of the images on the canvas is commenting on Gotay’s poetic voice. The canvas truly displays the ideas he has in his own _expression and his interest in modern and contemporary poetry. He paints every thought down with no hesitation for rhyme or reason and adds a little humor. What he creates on a canvas is similar to a poet poring thoughts onto a piece of paper. He delves into the relationship between language and perception. Interpretation is for the individual and the individual alone.

 To view Gotay's work, please visit

Agora-gallery Link

Overtures runs November 14 - December 5 in Agora Gallery's  Chelsea location at  530 West 25th Street . The reception takes place Thursday, November 16, 6-8 PM.  The exhibition is free and open to the public.. 

Amanda Aaron

Public Relations Department

Agora Gallery

 530 West 25th Street, in Chelsea , New York

www.Agora-Gallery.com

 

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This is a limited offer. We will review requests and send as many poetry books as we are able. Books are both hardbound and paperback. Not all requests can be filled.


 

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302 Collected Poems by

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A WINTER'S HARVEST

AUTUMN MAGIC

SPRING RAIN

OF SUMMERS LOST

A SECRET SEASON

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COUNTY FAIR POETRY CONTESTS

 

If your State or County Fair does not have a poetry contest, ask them to start one. Tell them you or your poetry association will be glad to help manage it.

 

Here are some sample rules:

 

HOW TO SET UP A POETRY CONTEST

 

1) All entries must be matted.

 

2) No entries may use wood frames, glass in frames or metal. (Glass gets easily broken at a fair and can be dangerous. Wooden frames are difficult to hang).

 

3) The fair is not responsible for copyright protection of each poem.

 

4) All poems must be original.

 

5) All poems must have a secure means of hanging on the mat.

 

6) All poems must have at least a size 14 font. (Poems written too small cannot be read when they are displayed).

 

KEEP CLASSES OF POETRY SIMPLE!  Poetry displays at Fairs are designed to draw people to poetry that many not have a knowledge of poetry.

 

Sample classes, learned from years of displays.

 

  • Rhymed.  12 to 32 lines.

  • Free Verse. 12 to 32 lines.

  • Children's Poetry.

  • Teen Poetry.

  • Fair Theme Poem, 8 to 24 lines.

  • Short Poem, 2 - 8 lines. (can include haiku)

  • Artistic Form. (poem put into artwork).

Why not sponsor a cash award for your fair to give out in your name


NORTH EASTERN DIVISION

 Massachusetts Poetry Dot Com

New Hampshire Poetry Dot Com

 New York Poetry Dot Com

 New Jersey Poetry Dot Com

 Pennsylvania Poetry Dot Com


COUNTY FAIRS DESERVE THANKS!  Several county fairs on the in the United States have added poetry to their exhibits. Poets now have many more places to exhibit their work and get it read. If your county fair doesn't have a poetry contest, tell them to contact us  and we will help them to set one up. For a detailed article on how to set up county fair poetry contests, visit

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"If you have family, tell them you love them every day. You never know when you might not get another chance." srh

 

"In Eternity we are young!" srh


John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life"

“Keep me safe, O God, for in you I take refuge. I said to the Lord, 'You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.'” —Psalm 16:1-2

Romans 8:28 "and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God and who are the called according to His purpose".

Psalms 37  "Delight yourself in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart."