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.

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Location

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