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Barnsley Poems - Poems about Barnsley

Paul Beadnall My Testimony SHORT VERSION
...PAUL BEADNALL TESTIMONY. FEAR TO FAITH TO FREEDOM. I was brought up on a rough council estate 1 of 6 kids, Mam and Dad from ungodly backgrounds there was no love plenty of arguing and fighting, w......

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Categories: barnsley, analogy, angel, art, beautiful,
Form: Free verse
Pastiche
...It was the last order rush All full of fun and chat. As the door swung wide All turned to look at what. He wore his hat pulled low He wore his dark hair long And his spurs jingle jangled Lik......

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Categories: barnsley, humor,
Form: Rhyme



If
...If? The population of China? All shouted Bang together ?Would the Earth tremble? Would it affect the weather?? Would? The clouds surge to heaven? Would birds cease to sing ?Would it rain ......

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Categories: barnsley, environment, fantasy, humor, imagery,
Form: Rhyme
Frivolity Finale
...Finally leaving the stage after Twenty seven encore calls A huge sense of elation as The last curtain finally falls. There’s all the media interviews That she has yet to face Then perhaps sh......

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Categories: barnsley, art, celebrity, culture, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Frivolity, Performance
...There’s an air of excitement Amongst most cultured of Spain Centred around a little hamlet On the Andalusian Plain. They are arriving by the plane load, Helicopter, and even limousine For the......

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Categories: barnsley, art, culture, dance, humor,
Form: Rhyme



Frivolity
...She wore a singlet and a tutu, Ballet pumps and slide in hair And she practiced rigorously With concentrated care; But frankly her dancing skill Was rather one of dross, Her Dying Swan resembl......

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Categories: barnsley, art, dance, humor, success,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Glistening In the Night
...So I got lights on the hills in my view tonight. Glistening little lights from this window of mine on high. I can see the movement of vehicles on the motorway. Beyond that moving line my hills di......

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Categories: barnsley, appreciation, beautiful, imagery, light,
Form: Free verse
Epitaph
...sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley one of the last of a now dead trade famed for his skill and precision where ever saggers had been made forced to redundancy’s scrap heap by world wide......

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Categories: barnsley, dedication, eulogy, humor, obituary,
Form: Rhyme
Epitaph
...sagger maker’s bottom knocker from barnsley one of the last of a now dead trade famed for his skill and precision where ever saggers were made forced to redundancies scrap heap because of lack o......

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Categories: barnsley, death, eulogy, humor, memorial,
Form: Rhyme
Pastiche
...It was the last order rush All full of fun and chat. As the door swung wide All turned to look at what. He wore his hat pulled low He wore his dark hair long And his spurs jingle jangled Lik......

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Categories: barnsley, crazy, fun, giggle, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
Serendipity the Second
...He caught his bus to Barnsley Thinking he’d be there soon But the driver took a wrong turn And they landed on the moon Where the King of the Selenes A most delightful host Served them Lunar H......

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Categories: barnsley, fantasy, funny, humor, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member A Summer Garden In Barnsley
...I sit in quiet and see the sunlight speckling through a magnolia tree. I close my eyes and hear the buzzing song of a honey bee. I listen to the tunes of the starlings and blackbirds choir. I see ......

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Categories: barnsley, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, feelings,
Form: Free verse
Snowdonia Walks
...I have from craggy Tryfyn gazed, precariously crossed crib goch, to amaze, looked down from Snowdon, through the mist and the haze, Walked all the hills, enjoying the scene, the view is inspi......

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Categories: barnsley, imagery, mountains,
Form: Verse
Ian Sagar
...At the age of 17 Ian broke his back, In a motorbike accident, had rehab, He then worked for a w/c company, Who showed him w/c basketball fab. For 3 years he played in the club, Of the She......

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Categories: barnsley, basketball, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme
Susan Gilroy
...Having taught GCSE’s, A-level’s and degrees, Sue switched to primary teaching with a PGCE, And won the Yorkshire/Lincs Sportsperson twice, Was given the MBE for her services to charity. She’s......

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Categories: barnsley, sports, strength,
Form: Rhyme

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