Waiting at the bus stopa bobble hat fellow rumbles along
sharp turns behind me - hello -
but reaches up to the wall
grabs an apple 80 percent intact
and hobbles away again
a few seconds later he's back again
turns behind me, bends low
and picks up the soggy, abandoned
box of donuts
two inside remaining
successful mission
he wobbles away...
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Categories:
england, food, london, simple,
Form: Free verse
Antiquity
If we'd lived in olden days
days of yore
the golden days
and I were a troubadour
I'd serenade you with my lute
unless I had a flute to toot
or go more than the extra mile
and sing a song to make you smile
not with the end of a lance
would I beg my lady's favour
but gallantly request a dance
mayhaps a carol...
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Categories:
england, fun, history, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Britannia Rule
As an Englishman's home
is his castle,
I abide in my own abode
part and parcel,
but as I'm always being told,
by the trouble and strife
(Cockney for 'wife'),
how to behave
in my own house,
whenever the rules I waive,
I must ask, I have to say,
"Why am I not Lord
of all that which I survey?"
...
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Categories:
england, home, how i
Form: Rhyme
Lessons from ShakespeareLessons from Shakespeare
Here’s a song of tragedies
Four plays from bygone times
Shakespeare did the penmanship
For these heroic crimes.
Hamlet was a stately prince
King Lear a royal dad
Othello was a noble man
Macbeth was just plain bad.
From these stories we can learn
That great men can have flaws
And even in this century
We all can crash and burn.
Come...
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Categories:
england,
Form: Lyric
How long must he wait?How perversely exciting it used to be, in
the months after you made your decision
to abandon this hopeless situation
meaning [rueful laughter] the UK, not so much
the shattered bones of you and me
I was still hanging on, a faithful puppy
getting up early and heading out to Heathrow
to provide the welcome committee
and then I went straight to work?...
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Categories:
england, history, jealousy, lost
Form: Free verse
Two pumps a revolution and a squirtI really would like to sit down and drink a beer with a cigarette
All I want is to choose for myself
But we can't do this and we can't do that
I think they're really trying to steal all our fun
They call this England, I call it a surveillance state prison.
Where the drunk drinks yet damns drugs...
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Categories:
angst, england, humanity, society,
Form: Narrative
The Handsomest Young Man in EnglandI stood
in front
of my class
and cried
biscuits
over you
squirting out
my elegant tears
like fish eggs
while you
took selfies
in a muscle shirt
that read
'Don't be such a mermaid'...
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Categories:
class, cry, england, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Samuel Johnson, Happiness and Wine
As happiness now, Johnson thunk,
Requires that a fellow be drunk,
Pursuing the happy,
A literate chappy,
So happy became that he stunk....
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Categories:
drink, england, happiness, history,
Form: Limerick
The Rendition that stole my HeartI sat in the audience listening to celebrity gossip
My heart was not there because I had nothing to share
The crowd kept streaming in and suddenly my heart began
To sing ;in a few seconds the theatre was full and suddenly I found myself standing center stage staring at three thousand people in front of me,...
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Categories:
england, america, anniversary, appreciation, blessing,
Form: Narrative
Prentis HancockA talented man has died and he's gone for eternity.
Prentis Hancock has died at the age of eighty-three.
This great man came into this world in 1942.
He starred in "Space: 1999" and "Doctor Who".
Millions are mourning because his life came to an end.
They are all sorry because they will never see him again.
He was a very...
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Categories:
celebrity, death, england, goodbye,
Form: Rhyme
Mountains of HopeTake me to the mountain of hope
Where I can find a place to replenish my soul
Take me to the mountain near the sea
where I can spend quiet time with thee
I want to breathe fresh air again and
Rejuvenate the youthful years with my friend
I want to walk upon sturdy rocks and scream
Across the...
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Categories:
england, absence, america, appreciation, betrayal,
Form: Narrative
YearsThe years passes quickly and my heart kept holding on to something profound and an age old practice refused to leave the town; my heart cannot say goodbye for upon it your destiny lies.
Morning cracks the notorious code and spill the beans all over the road and since then the dreams stall in the...
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Categories:
england, absence, america, books, confidence,
Form: Narrative
Categories:
beautiful, bird, england, imagery,
Form: Haiku
Symphony of the SoulWrite a song for me and let my soul sing
Write a song for me and join in the rhythm
Play the harp and the flute and take me back
Take me back to the days of my youth
When life was green and I used to hang out by the stream
And roam the hills and mountain
And at...
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Categories:
england, adventure, america, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Prose
This Sceptred Isle
In 1773 the sun never set
on the British Empire so goes the story
now the 'Teatime Islands'
crumbs of Great Britain’s former glory
but as the moon rose over the White Cliffs of Dover
standing guard at the Gateway to England
ramparts the enemy to forestall
if the ravens left the Tower of London
the kingdom itself then would fall
and Britain would...
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Categories:
animal, england, humorous, raven,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of England Poems
Definition | What is England in Poetry?
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