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Best Glastonbury Poems

Below are the all-time best Glastonbury poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of glastonbury poems written by PoetrySoup members


Glastonbury My Guilty Pleasure
Reminiscing and full of nostalgia 
looking back over the years
A life full of joy and laughter 
though some occasional tears
But no real regrets 
Oh, maybe...

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Categories: glastonbury, flower, happiness, joy, music,
Form: Free verse



The Day We Walked To Glastonbury
That day we followed the ancient byway                  ...

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Categories: glastonbury, life, love, nature, day,
Form: Narrative
2020 Glastonbury Fest
Dancing and singing along with the rest 
With the sun beaming down
It’s Glasto at its very best

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The teatime slot my favourite spot
Iconic performances from idols...

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Categories: glastonbury, inspirational, joy, music, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The Glastonbury Dress
I watch you slowly sink
taking longer than expected.
I imagined Ophelia
flowers drifting over you
floating in the dark water.
Reality is more sordid
and yet still sensual;
your breasts now...

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Categories: glastonbury, anger, betrayal, body, death,
Form: Imagism
Premium Member Throne Groan
Ha ha ha - I am sat on the loo waiting to pass
Whilst reading the funnies I need more gas
Peoples humour is right up my...

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Categories: glastonbury, funny, giggle, humor,
Form: Couplet



Haiku - Senryu Anthology - Just Thinking
haiku – senryu
JUST THINKING
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life... rife...
some strife...
it's reality

not all life is fun
get with reality
heed natures warnings

love thy neighbor
turn the other cheek
let peace prevail

no news today
for my...

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Categories: glastonbury, nature,
Form: Haiku
Church Reluctant, Church Militant
We’ve marched along the watchtower,
And stepped across the wall,
We’ve looked for hearts of gold
And joined the band on the run,
The road we walk is rocky...

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Categories: glastonbury, christian, conflict, destiny, heaven,
Form: Free verse
Bride's Mound: For Kathy Hope
Bride's Mound is a site sacred to the Druids in Glastonbury.
This beautiful Druid funeral was a wonderful way to say farewell to a lovely soul.

Up...

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Categories: glastonbury, beauty, bereavement, community, farewell,
Form: Epitaph
Summer Festivals
The summer brings out a multitude of things
   from blossoming trees to colourful flowers
       onto music festivals,glastonbury...

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Categories: glastonbury, musicmusic, music,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Fortingall Yew
FORTINGALL YEW
 
Is it true; Fortingall Yew, that, our Jesus Christ you knew back in the by gone day
Nay; says Fortingall Yew, rumour was to...

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Categories: glastonbury, allegory, jesus, religious, tree,
Form: Couplet
Old Christmas Day
As the wild wind and roaring waves batter the West Country, 

does the Glastonbury Thorn flower today to be blown at bay? 

Tis it true...

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© Peter Dorr  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: glastonbury, religion,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Wales Is Grape
Wales is Grape
 [Enter the 'Wales' Poetry Contest]
[Done to the Methodist Hymn, "How Great Thou Art"] 

Wales to me is ...
Oh he was born, in...

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Categories: glastonbury, humor,
Form: Lyric
Haiku Micro Anthology
monkeys swing through trees ? 
deforestation... murder
local extinctions

heron feeding young
no doubt grateful for my pond ? 
me... devastated

hedge clipping
all neat and tidy ? 
bird in...

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Categories: glastonbury, nature,
Form: Haiku
Braden's Song
“You may be declared the winner, Papa
—but you never beat the game”

(Grandson: Glastonbury Connecticut: November, 2021)...

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Categories: glastonbury, truth,
Form: Free verse

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