A city is poetic

I mean there's the obvious - it's got nuances and moments of beauty that are only appreciated with one looks closely enough and chooses to focus on such moments or such nuances.

But E.B. White put it so well:

"A poem compresses much in a small space and adds music, thus heightening its meaning. The city is like poetry; it compresses all life, all races and breeds into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines."

He's talking, of course, of New York City and to me, NYC is the epitome of American cities.

Yet all cities have their own poetry and it's beautiful to see.

The city, whose poetry is the most apparent for me, is Tokyo. It's got the fusion of nature and city - where the plants don't look like they're choked by the waste and smog of the city. Walking around Tokyo, listening to Nujabes and all of a sudden, I realize his music makes a lot more sense.

And it's beautiful.