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Best Woodcock Poems

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


Who Was Lizzie Van Zyl
Who was Lizzie Van Zyl?
A small girl stands on Woodcock Bridge
Pointing at her reflection in the water.
The glint from the sun, and a cold wind,
Distorts...

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Categories: woodcock, history, girl, birth, girl,
Form: Free verse



London Journey Fascination
LONDON     JOURNEY    FASCINATION

First time on a mainline LNER   train  *
When you’re  five’s  a...

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Categories: woodcock, traveljourney, london, me, time,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Upon Visiting Gortmore
The new roves are not like the old,
They purvey an unwieldy aspect
To their elderly kindred folk;
Even on this steep hill forms encroach
Upon an edifice grand...

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Categories: woodcock, uplifting,
Form: Pastoral
A Walk In the Woods
The mist hangs low. No panic though,
no cause for distress, just mustard - and cress
adorns the forest floor, no roar, just the soaring 
of woodcock,...

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© John Jones  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: woodcock, remembrance day, war,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Hero of An Hour
Today ignorance uttered words in the court of kings,
as we waited too long for coruscation of brilliancy, 
serendipity smiled on nescient,
and crowned rebellion for one...

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Categories: woodcock, anger, bullying, conflict, hurt,
Form: Clerihew




Book: Shattered Sighs