City of Pawns is a collection of poetry and haiku written over the last few years. Most of the poems are written in free verse style, without rhyme or punctuation. A number have recently appeared in the author's blog "Poesy plus Polemics" at poesypluspolemics.com. Tangential themes of this volume can be found in the conceptual intersections of things urban, political, historic and nostalgic, often drawn from the author's personal experiences. By design, there is no chapter or subject group structure. Rather, these poems are presented eclectically, allowing the reader a wide-ranging experience within even just a few pages, much as they were conceived.