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Best United Kingdom Poems

Below are the all-time best United Kingdom poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of united kingdom poems written by PoetrySoup members


Peak District United Kingdom
Fingers of light pierced the clouds caressing the moors
with life giving warmth, purples, browns and greens of
heathers mingled, blended, in a union of beauty. Yellow
of...

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Categories: united kingdom, inspirational
Form: Prose Poetry



United Kingdom of Whores
I welcome you to this magic kingdom
Drowned in endorphins and stale perfume
To hide the stench of sweat but not shame
You're free to leave but you...

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Categories: united kingdom, angst, life, social,
Form: Lyric
Premium Member Angels and Demons
"Angels & Demons"




The Soul never sleeps
battered and lonely, the lesson 
Life spent in The Hard Sell

Soft-served you become
melting Insomnia 
mouth sucking a loaded gun

blue ribbonned...

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Categories: united kingdom, abuse, addiction, angel, depression,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Free Falling
"Free Falling"



You have to believe in Magic
to believe in the poetry of You

If you don’t believe in Magic
you are nothing but a black line 

bleeding...

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Categories: united kingdom, christmas, family, journey, life,
Form: Free verse
Coronality Part 1
CORONALITY (1)

Polyneuropathy of a poisonous dark child,
Weapon of mass destruction,
Born to the family called Earth,
Name Corona, last name Virus,
Nickname Covid, aged nineteen (19),
Nationality China, who...

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Categories: united kingdom, death, earth, grief, solitude,
Form: Free verse



Ode To a Rose On a Sunset
A kiss from a rose on a sunset night,
as the clouds dip into the sea.
A kiss from that rose as the waves fall,
over the beach...

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Categories: united kingdom, caregiving, dedication, devotion, happiness,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Backhand
"Backhand"



You have turned me
inside out, cut open
like a tennis ball
I used to beat backhand
along with the racket
hard against the garage wall

To make sense of it...

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Categories: united kingdom, child abuse, mother daughter,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Fraudulent
"Fraudulent"



A writer writes of people 
walking lonely dark streets
begging for bread, shelter and cold without all

like he’s been there
trudging up and downhill knocking on doors...

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Categories: united kingdom, depression, family, friendship, home,
Form: Free verse
Jan a Thon
It's a Jan A Thon
Dancing in our Soup
Dripping out of spoons
Burning up the group

Raking in the Wins
Shaking in our Skins
Must be the Queendom
Of United Kingdom!...

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© Judy Konos  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: united kingdom, girl,
Form: Light Verse
Poets Logged In
Poets logged in
From all across the land
Just to share their writing skills
To every woman and every man

From the United States is Matt
And from India Auro...

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Categories: united kingdom, black-african amerpoets,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Premium Member Poetry Soup Goulash
My love for all on Poetry Soup
like a tasty broth group.

Cook and stir

* 2 pounds lean Lebanon ground
in Dutch oven over medium-high heat,
breaking the Lebanon...

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© Eve Roper  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: united kingdom, inspiration, thank you,
Form: List
Premium Member All For A Smile
I'll take you on a journey
There's places we can see
I picked a few I think you'll like
I hope that you'll agree

Let's watch a blazing sunset
From...

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Categories: united kingdom, for her, i love
Form: Rhyme
The Pipeline
absolutely nothing stops the pipeline.

 

it penetrates all ways of life

all borders, all villages & towns---

the pipeline kills everything in its path if it dare...

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Categories: united kingdom, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Flag- Haiku
standard proudly flown
red white and blue unity
bickering sisters



My Union Jack, United Kingdom
For contest 'Flag Haiku' sponsored by Skat A
July16th 2015...

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© Viv Wigley  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: united kingdom, patriotic,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member The First Whistle
Puffing languidly by blowing the whistle, there came 
the mementos of zig-zag meter gauged companion, 
The first consignment on the railroad track, locomotives shipped from...

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Categories: united kingdom, analogy, farewell, history, remembrance
Form: Free verse

Book: Shattered Sighs