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
Part 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
...
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
The George Inn
...
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
English 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
River 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
Wrongful 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
Putin'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
G 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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