Best Devizes Poems

I know men, young and old, from Devizes
Who are wolves in surprising disguises
Sometimes girls are as bad
But it’s often the lad
Who, for whoring, has shelves...

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In Devizes, during Carnival, we have a Confetti Battle...

We dance in town, as bright confetti falls
Upon our hallowed ground, we move as one
The old and...

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Devizes, Wiltshire; New Year's Eve

The cyclist sees, in the edge of her eye
Fireworks flash in the distant beyond
Ghostly swans on the dark of the pond
The...

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A lighter view of the Devizes Neighbourhood Plan 
referendum on Thursday 17th September

My alarm clock shouts at me with noisy voice
“Wake up!  It’s Thursday...

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I met a little man up on The Green
On New Year’s Eve, and he was two foot two
With quite the reddest nose I’ve ever seen
And...

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I’m all out for In, Boys, I’m all out for In
I’ll not consign dear Europe to the bonfire or the bin
We’ve fought too many flippin’...

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I picked up on a line posted by Gail From Devizes in another place and my mind wandered... 


Shoulds, Coulds and Woulds.   
A...

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On the deaths of Major John Cairns Bartholomew, of Wadworthshire, and a much loved Devizes tree...

Beneath a grey and monumental sky 
In wild confetti clouds...

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(the bells of St.John the Baptist, Devizes, go Pete Tong)
 
Sunday, summer, church bells chiming
Ringing patterns, sounding light
Ancient forms of echo, rhyming
Complex rhythms, bounded, tight
Resounding...

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On the subject of road works in the Market Place, Devizes, England

Stuff’s happening in the Market Place
To really make folk cuss 
Why isn’t there a...

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I went past them tonight. There was like ten
Or maybe twelve. Few girls, but mostly boys
It's dark outside, but mild enough for men
To go out...

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Mells' Bells.

Not far from a little town in Somerset called Wells
there's a quiet little village, that's name is Mells
the wild garlic grows in abundance there,...

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A personal view of the Devizes Neighbourhood Plan
and the referendum on Thursday at the Town Hall

All careful plans of men may fail and fall
And falter,...

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On the opening of a one stop teddy shop in Devizes; Moonraker Bears on Sidmouth Street.  The legend of the Moonrakers relates to smugglers...

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Has Summer gone? Oh God, she was divine
Those crazy kisses, that incessant heat
Last seen by The Red Lion on the street
And off to Swindon on...

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