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Bristol Poems - Poems about Bristol

The UK was never innocent just cowardly

...The uk is guilty too
Stop hiding behind America 
You were involved too
It's time for you to take the stand
Reveal the blood on your hands 
Accountability is calling your name 
America can't tak...
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Categories: bristol, discrimination, history, prejudice, race,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberPart 1 Bonding

...Today, guys is all about bonding
Relying on your partner for support
We’ll split you into groups to begin with
Then you will give us your name and a brief summary of yourself
Keep it light. What ...
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Categories: bristol, emotions, humor, woman,
Form: Free verse



Baryon in Moknoccie

...She told us stories.
I remember the
 one were
she said that her 
great grand father
started a smokehouse
business were
he cured pork and
sold beef and turkeys
in the city and at
resturants....
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Categories: bristol, creation, film, guitar, inspirational
Form: Bio

The Aviators' Alphabet

...A is for Airspeed who graduated from Oxford
   B is for Bristol with their whispering giants
C is for Convair and Canadair also
   B recalls Boulton-Paul who built many Defiants.

D for De Havil...
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Categories: bristol, conflict, flying, history, howl,
Form: Abecedarian

Wooden Nickels and Silver Prawns

...Accent De Capo



He loves a great secret. 
His job often meant that he
would prepare people
for things due to them.
He handled millionaire
 Tristeier Didier's inheritance.
She was a waitre...
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Categories: bristol, adventure, baby, encouraging, engagement,
Form: Ballad



An English Moment

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Passing through Western-super-Mare.
I saw her again,
she was adjusting a window display
in a small antique shop.

I thought,
shall I wave to get her attention,
or go in,
just to remind her ...
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Categories: bristol, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe George Inn

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January years ago, confused far away I was with the cold.
Landed in Bristol on a snowy  airport, as snowed were the meadows and frosted my mind.
A trip to say hello and goodbye to a b...
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Categories: bristol, adventure, blessing, emotions, england,
Form: Haibun

Premium MemberEnglish Yellow Rose

...Born and raised in the middle of Bristol,
a yellow rose grew up strong but wistful.
In the middle of an English garden she grew up.
Amongst the grass, not far from a country club.
Soon in life sh...
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Categories: bristol, best friend, birth, blessing,
Form: Rhyme

I Heart My Stool Chart

...I have to admit I’ve got a confession
About my unhealthy obsession
Other kids love pop stars with all their heart
For me it’s the Bristol Stool chart

There’s seven different types of poo
With ...
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Categories: bristol, childhood, feelings, fun, giggle,
Form: Rhyme

Too Distant Woods

...My soul started yearning
And my feet grew all restless
To see the old hometown
And the place I was born.

Out back of my old house   
Sweet nature was waiting,
The woods of my youth
Were call...
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Categories: bristol, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberRiver Avon

...Strolling by the River Avon, I found somebody,
     Strolling to nowhere, I found a person.
I looked at the river, I followed the water.
     I saw somebody walking to Bath.
He was my old friend ...
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Categories: bristol, 2nd grade, adventure, allegory,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberWrongful Arrest

...She barged through the doors of the bank with her gun
And shot the security guard just for fun
She fired her gun and yelled “Down on the floor,
I’ve shot me one man, I could shoot a few more!”

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Categories: bristol, innocence,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberPutin's Fallsky

...Everybody's bashing Putin week!
                                                Putin's Fallsky
                                   While Putin is doing the Kazatsky
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Categories: bristol, appreciation, art, celebrity, character,
Form: Limerick

The Good Ship Venus Updated

...The Captain had a penny whistle 
Which he wore around his neck
And he played it every morning
As the crew danced on the deck.
Sometimes it was a Hornpipe
Sometimes a Palais Glide
As the crew da...
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Categories: bristol, fantasy, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberG L Trestrail and Co Ltd

...
A rising sun in the east does appear
  from St. Augustine to St. Clair,
to loose me from sleep’s tranquil hold
  and dreams of serendipities of old -
to rise again the boy I was long ago
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Categories: bristol, nostalgia,
Form: Couplet

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