what is this poem trying to say?

Question

It's called "Last night, i saw the city breathinig"
by Andrew Fusek Peters

I read it and it didn't make any sense to me.
can you exxplain what 's going on in this poem
and what's the them of it?? or meaning of life???
but more importantly can you tell me what 's going on and
what's happening? like you konw events.
THANK YOU!
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Last night, i saw the city breathing
great gusts of people,
rushing in and
puffing out
of station's singing mouths

last night, i saw the city laughiing
take-aways got the gigles,
cinemas split thier sdies,
and living rooms completely ceased themselves!

last night, i saw the city dancing
shadows were cheek to cheek with brick walls,
trians wiglged thier hips all over the place,
and the trees
in the breeze,
puton a show for an audience of windows!

last night, i saw the city starving
snakign avenue smacked her lips
and swallowed seven roundabouts!
fat office blocks got stuffed with light
and gloated over empty parking lots.

last night, i saw the city crying.
cracked windows poured falling stars
and the streets were paved with mirrors.

lastnight i saw the city sleeping
roasds night-dreamed
street lamps quietely boasted
whe i grow up, i'm oging to be a star!
and the wind,
like a cat,
snoozed in the nooks of roofs.

Answer 1

first it's talking about the livelyness of the city and how busy it is.
laughing- how happy the people are with the entertainment.
dancing- everything seemed so happy with it's movement.
starving- the poor people are starving and the rich are gloating.
crying- I think its about broken dreams.
sleeping- tomorrow is a new day.
This is just my opinion but it's about all the things that go on in cities, the good and the bad.

Answer 2

What a wonderful poem. I don't think it's "trying to say" anything. It's an image like a painting. Can't you see in your imagaination the city like a giant person laughing and sleeping and breathing? It does tell a lot about what makes a city a healthy and happy place. If I were a terribly clever writer I could probably write another verse about the city being sick and coughing and choking on smoke. And breaking out in crime. Or suffering from a rash of crooked politicians. But as it is it's a lovely image of a living city.

Answer 3

It is comparing a city and the way a city functions to a person. The part where the city is breathing and people are coming and going from the station, that's rush hour in a big city, the part where it is sleeping is the time after midnight- 1am when no one is out on the road much. Just try to picture the description in your mind.

Answer 4

The poet describes the city comparing it to a human being, it experiences human feelings, engages in human activities. Perhaps this is a reflection of the fact that the city is a human construction; its nature is directly the result of the nature of its creators.

Answer 5

It's just saying the city seems alive and it's explaining how it's alive by using humanity like traits