Best British Poems
Below are the all-time best British poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of british poems written by PoetrySoup members
A Love Letter To My Friends of IndiaWhen I think of India, I think of dark eyed beauties,
their foreheads painted with decorative red dots,
and I see them moving deliciously in beautiful bright...
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Categories:
british, community, friend,
Form:
Prose
On My Mother PassingON MY MOTHER’S PASSING
i wanted to keep my mother physically with me
but it would be like trying to hold the sun
like in life she still...
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Categories:
british, cheer up, mother, mother
Form:
Narrative
Musings of Love“You try to be faithful
And sometimes you're cruel.
You are mine. Then, you leave.
Without you, I can't cope."
Rumi
in the kingdom of love,
nothing is simple,
not even musings,
so...
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Categories:
british, love,
Form:
Carpe Diem
Under the SurfaceMind cannot comprehend, it finds it strange,
when ignorance reigns in human exchange.
Wonder if some people will ever change,
or wish to remain in the firing range.
I...
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Categories:
british, anti bullying, judgement, political,
Form:
Sonnet
Jallianwala BaghThe occupation of India began, with the East India company
And prospered across large swathes of Indian territory
Then the British Crown took control, bringing military might
And...
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Categories:
british, death, england, garden, history,
Form:
Narrative
My Addingham(The memories are simple, living the feeling significant)
After conquering Beamsley Beacon due Southwest,
Rombald’s moor stood, while for centuries
within the valley the minute dwellings
of grey stone,...
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Categories:
british, nostalgia,
Form:
Free verse
GraceOliver and Grace were planning to wed
At a church in Dublin on Easter day
They put on hold and chose to fight instead
For the fight for...
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Categories:
british, ireland, love, war,
Form:
Sonnet
Categories:
british, butterfly, nature, nostalgia, seasons,
Form:
Concrete
The Domino Effect - Selfish SelfiePlease do not touch
Just read the signs dotted around the gallery display
So you take a selfie ...
What harm can it do?
Your camera shutter
clicks
clicks
clicks
as...
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Categories:
british, technology,
Form:
Free verse
Manchester AttackYet another incident has happened today
When will these terrorists go away
Manchester this time at a concert
Some taken to early some really hurt
Thier war now affecting...
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Categories:
british, child, conflict, together, tribute,
Form:
Free verse
Make Do and MendMake Do and Mend,
Years ago we had jobs
We had fun and money in our pocket
Things were much better then
Once you could go out the door
And...
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Categories:
british, community,
Form:
Verse
Blàr Chùil Lodair - the Battle of Culloden16th April 1746
The day a country ceased to exist
British Army, Hanoverian scum
Defeated our Jacobite's
Scotland is on the run
Our Tartans banished, bagpipes no more
To lead...
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Categories:
british, political, warmen,
Form:
Rhyme
BeausoleilWe loved the land
We tilled the earth, under sun we toiled
We pledged our souls, to nature’s whim
The King of France none to pleased
We took the...
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Categories:
british, history, philosophy,
Form:
Light Verse
I AmI am a face hiding behind a computer screen
I am maybe the one you search for in your dream
I am compassionate and for other’s I...
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Categories:
british, me,
Form:
Rhyme
An Excavation
Children as young as three years old,
Killed for not doing as they’re told,
Forced to forget their culture...
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Categories:
british, abuse, children, death, school,
Form:
Rhyme