Glass Steel and Stone - Architecture of the World

We'd like to thank the dozens of people who entered the 2004 Urban Poetry Contest.

Most of all, we'd like to thank Ciara King for her untitled poem, which has been named the winner.

The winning poem, and the runners-up are displayed below, and your constructive comments are welcome.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2005 Urban Poetry Contest.
Click here for more information.

Title

Author (sort)

Location (sort)

A Walk Through Benin	Osemwengie Williams I. Oviasuyi	Benin
April on Sunset	Jack Bowman	Altadena, California
Blackout, Two Thousand Three	Sharon Lynn Griffiths	New York, New York
Chicago	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
City Life	Ashlee Wisdom	Bronx, New York
City Stars	Ed Roberts	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Concrete	Christopher Kendalls	Dayton, Ohio
Dark Ride - for Times Square, beatified	Sharon Lynn Griffiths	New York, New York
Fingerprints	Tifffany T. Allen	Athens, Georgia
From Brainscan 90	Aldo Tambellini	New York, New York
Ghetto Walk	Reginald Sweet	Albany, Georgia
Harlem	Evangeline Avlonitis	New York, New York
Heat Attack	Esther L. Hurwitz	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Hollywood	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
Home for Christmas	Lencio Dominic Rodrigues	Dubai
Justice	Taycha Wolfries	Springfield, Virgiinia
Lessons From the Urban Woods	Sharon Lynn Griffiths	New York, New York
Like a Moth to Flame	Sharon Lynn Griffiths	New York, New York
Los Angeles	Brandon Ford	Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, The Dream Utopia: Dream of Headphones	Mitchell Bordelon	Houston, Texas
Lump in a Gut (about Cardiff, Wales)	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
Manhattan Bridge (inspired by the bridge while under construction)	Evangeline Avlonitis	New York, New York
Mannahatta	Sharon Lynn Griffiths	New York, New York
Prague, 2003	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
Remember Me	Deanna Crouse	Sun Valley, California
Run-on (about Cardiff, Wales)	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
Self-Portrait as a House	Christine Hamm	New York, New York
Spring in NY on 57th Street	Evangeline Avlonitis	New York, New York
St. Mary's St., Cardiff, 2:03 AM	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales
The Glen Mar on Garfield	Patricia R. Williamson	Seattle, Washington
The Lion and the Dragon	Cindy Williams	Redditch, England
The Old Iron Horse	Frank J. Hornsby	Harrodsburg, Kentucky
This is Oklahoma	Ed Roberts	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Too Little	Sarith McGregor	Arcadia, California
untitled	Aldo Tambellinialdo Tambellini	New York, New York
untitled	Aldo Tambellini	New York, New York
untitled	Rewaa Yas	Kansas
untitled	Steven Magallanes	Phoenix, Arizona
untitled	Evangeline Avlonitis	New York, New York
untitled	Jovana	unknown
untitled	Janae Banks	High Point, North Carolina
untitled	Ciara King	Chicago, Illinois
untitled	Sara	unknown
untitled	Alfredo Granados, Jr.	Fort Worth, Texas
untitled	Alan J. Higbee	Cleveland, Ohio
untitled	Teeny	Boynton Beach, Florida
untitled	Renee Laflesh	Montville, New Jersey
untitled	Evangeline Avlonitis	New York, New York
White Out (about Cardiff, Wales)	Wills Troubadour	Cardiff, Wales