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     THE NATIONAL DAY OF ENGLAND april 23

E N G L a Hip Hip Hooray Today

ENGLAND my England
In England on April twenty-third
hurrahs in celebration are to be heard
the cross of St George is unfurled to fly
& the shouts of true patriots loudly cry



My England
Rainsoaked fields,pastel green,
perennial impressions
of country scenes.
Shire counties cramped
and compact,neither temperate,
changeable and in exact.
Seasons merging into one,
winters' mild,summers
of sometime sun.
Ancient,historic and
quaintly modern,
pub-grub,village greens
and cricket squares sodden.

MY ENGLAND who gifted a WORLD a languge

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Kim Rodrigues April 23, 2021 at 9:16 AM Love the imagery, surprising the compact shire counties. Love the last few lines too. Brian Strand April 23, 2021 at 10:59 AM Some larger and remoter than others Kim,but a poem from heartfelt old patriot

Brian Strand April 23, 2021 at 1:03 AM Co-incidentally &appropriate to record in a poetry workshop the 457th birthday anniversary of perhaps the most distinguished of English sonneteers,the versatile William Shakespeare