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About This Poem
TheOfficialDovey reflects on growing up and navigating New York City’s rhythm through the motion of transit.
About This Poem In “Big City,” TheOfficialDovey offers a brief yet powerful meditation on growing up in New York City. Using repetition and minimalist language, the poem mirrors the rhythms of daily life—walking, riding, striving—within an urban landscape that never slows down. Blending poetic structure with street-level realism, Dovey captures the quiet determination of navigating city life as a young artist. The piece draws inspiration from the legacy of Langston Hughes while speaking in the voice of a modern-day New Yorker coming of age through motion, grit, and dreams.
big city
by theofficialdovey
big city
Weather
We walk—
This big city
We drive cars
Take the transit
Round and round
This big city
Somehow
We gotta get around
This big city
Some way
We’ll find our way
Through this big city—
The big apple
big city
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About This Poem
TheOfficialDovey reflects on growing up and navigating New York City’s rhythm through the motion of transit.
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