Best Westminster Poems


Down In Westminster

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I was  down in Westminster the other night

and there I saw a most horrible sight.

I thought I saw a man without a head.

Cromwell? I asked, or a king long dead?




I then saw a dame with a horrid lurid glance,

not quite the sort you'd be asking for a dance.

If not  Maggy, then who could it be?

I'm very sorry, mate. It's no use asking me,



Three weird sisters were there discussing Brexit.

One said leave it, and another tried to hex it.

 What did I witness? Was this  the 'monster mash,'

 or just politicians as they made an awful hash?




A lanky hooded figure invited me in

with a croaky voice and a sinister grin.

My entry would be easy; of that I had no doubt,

but the problem would then have been: how to get out.

 


Was it all that talk of a 'backdrop'

 that  made me hesitate?

When I got back home eventually,

it was very, very late.

Premium Member Westminster Winds Senryu

        

                          




                          we honor our Queen
                          in Westminster, tears and grief 
                          her crown, not her end





                                 9/16/2022
                                      ~3~

Premium Member Sombrely Upon Westminster Bridge

Earth has not anything to show more dread or drear
And reckless would he be of soul to venture by
A tragic scene  gut-wrenching in its travesty
This city now doth fully its mourning weeds wear

From a shocking afternoon filled with siren blare
Open to violent threats,aimed to terrify
Kids,tourists,passers-by,police and medics cry
In defiance,not broken in the pain soaked air

Never did the sun more glaringly drench and steep,
With her lancing  rays, face,window or reflection
Ne'er saw I,never  ever felt  trauma so deep
River flowing  by,blind to  this vile aggression
Good God!The very House was locked in nightmarish sleep,
All that mighty  city then and there  racked with tension.


Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey,
With all its doors,
Welcomes all,
As church bells implore:
 
Come now England,
And praise thy Lord,
Drop thy shield,
And sheath thy sword,
So that two hands can pray,
Against discord.
 
Inside, the pastor guides his flock,
He alone dares cast the rock:
 
Now, turn thine eyes upon the dead,
And saintly deeds respect,
So that St. Peter at the gates,
Your soul redeems, as he inspects,
Thy actions for misdeeds.
 
Then thou shalt remember,
The beadman at the door,
Telling his rosary, as to implore:
'Can I stay this cold,cold, night,
And rest in thy corridor?' 
 
Then you'd think,
Not twice, but once,
About thy words, and jests, and jaunts,
Against his prescense on thy step,

Before thy Fell,
or rather, leapt.

Premium Member Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey
if only it could speak
ah... the stories

Wish of Passing a Day At Westminster Bridge

Having a wish to wake up very early;
At the time, when people get up barely 
When the entire London will sleep, 
And through the window I will peep. 

I will get out for a walk gently 
And also feel the magical dawn deeply. 
After crossing few miles, with the pleasant feeling of breeze,-
Oh!at last I will reach the Westminster Bridge. 

Ah!then what joyance will rain upon me;
Noone will be there to take share of my glee. 
Gradually, the Sun will rise and brighten the surrounding, 
With the first ray, the River Thames will be glowing. 

The thriving city will start its regular journey, 
But there I will dawdle, because I will be free;-
The serenity of Thames will make me energetic, 
And help me forget the adventures which are sardonic. 

At the end of the day, my feelings will be frail;
It will be thrilling, if I hear the Big Ben's bell. 
Now I am so far away, but I promise 
To make my dream true at Westminster Bridge.
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