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Devizes Poems - Poems about Devizes

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Premium Member The White Horse of Cherhill
...I am all over Wiltshire High up on the hills I am immune from fire To tourists I give thrills You can see me from afar By plane, on foot or in a car I am as old as time can be Many people ha......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, animal, appreciation, beautiful, creation,
Form: Free verse



Haiku - Christmas
...Christmas lights flicker a till receipt flutters by The Castle Hotel © Gail Foster 25th December 2022......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, christmas, color, england, image,
Form: Haiku
Epic Wheelies
...I went past them tonight. There was like ten Or maybe twelve. Few girls, but mostly boys It's dark outside, but mild enough for men To go out without coats on. It annoys Some people just to see t......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, adventure, children, freedom, friendship,
Form: Sonnet
I Met a Little Man Up On the Green - a Rhyme For New Year's Eve
...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 sa......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, england, fairy, happy, magic,
Form: Rhyme
The Elusive Danny Kruger
...Why Danny, so cute, but elusive Ornamental and yet unobtrusive Preferring to stay At the end of the day In locations a tad more exclusive Why Danny, you see, while there's cheese In the pond ......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, absence, community, cute, england,
Form: Limerick



Bus Stop Equinox
...Has Summer gone? Oh God, she was divine Those crazy kisses, that incessant heat Last seen by The Red Lion on the street And off to Swindon on the 49 - Another bus is coming, so it’s fine That Au......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, autumn, england, metaphor, nature,
Form: Sonnet
Mells Bells
...Mells' Bells. Not far from a little town in Somerset called Wells there's a quiet little village, that's name is Mells the wild garlic grows in abundance there, and stridently smells But the pe......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, fun,
Form: Free verse
A Limerick Reply To Tom Cunningham's Ref: Jan Allison - This Limerick Below In Fun
...Dear Tom, IN FUN not intentionally trying to stealing Jan's glory. in limerick rhyme, I too can tell a good story! Tom Cunningham, I can! A touch of meanness I am! Come on let's make this li......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, humor,
Form: Limerick
On the Occasion of the Local Elections In Devizes
...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......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, confusion, england, political, satire,
Form: Limerick
The Old Lights of Christmas
...Devizes, Wiltshire; New Year's Eve The cyclist sees, in the edge of her eye Fireworks flash in the distant beyond Ghostly swans on the dark of the pond The old lights of Christmas go glittering......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, christmas, journey, light, new
Form: Rhyme
Confetti, a Devizes Wedding
...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 bless......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, beauty, color, community, culture,
Form: Sonnet
All Out For In, Vote Remain
...I’m all out for In, Boys, I’m all out for In I’ll not consign dear Europe to the bonfire or the bin We’ve fought too many flippin’ wars to call this thing a day And isn’t such division just a litt......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, community, confusion, destiny, england,
Form: Couplet
Here Speaks the Magic Work of Raymond John
...Inspired by the writings of Raymond John Burt... Here speaks the magic work of Raymond John Intrigue in reference, delight in phrase I’m curious as to what, my friend, you’re on That powers you......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, inspiration, magic, myth, psychological,
Form: Sonnet
Bollards In the Market Place
...On the subject of road works in the Market Place, Devizes, England Stuff’s happening in the Market Place To really make folk cuss Why isn’t there a parking space And where’s the chuffin’ bus? ......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, angst, car, change, community,
Form: Rhyme
Blossom Rising
...On the deaths of Major John Cairns Bartholomew, of Wadworthshire, and a much loved Devizes tree... Beneath a grey and monumental sky In wild confetti clouds that dance in air The blossom falls;......Read the rest...
Categories: devizes, death, farewell, mystery, nature,
Form: Epitaph

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