Devizes Poems - Poems about Devizes

Christmas lights flicker a till receipt flutters by The Castle Hotel © Gail Foster 25th December 2022...

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I met a little man up on The Green On New Year’s Eve, and he was two foot two With quite the reddest nose I’ve ever seen And eyes as bright as summer skies are blue ‘What brings you here?’ I said. He laughed and lit A pipe, inhaled a lot and blew a cloud Of smoke that drifted up where...

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The votes of the folk of The Vize Be all Tory, well there's a surprise The hills are all blue With a loud tally hoo What's to do? I don't know but one tries © Gail Foster 5th May 2017...

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In Devizes, during Carnival, we have a Confetti Battle... We dance in town, as bright confetti falls Upon our hallowed ground, we move as one The old and young among the market stalls All blessed by Ceres and the setting sun We move as one, we laugh, we catch the light In coloured flickers deep within our eyes A cloud of...

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I know men, young and old, from Devizes Who are wolves in surprising disguises Sometimes girls are as bad But it’s often the lad Who, for whoring, has shelves full of prizes Pretty Trowbridge girls, all in a row There will always be one that’s a ho And some may like a lay But not all of them, hey Just maybe the ones that...

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