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Grenfell Poems - Poems about Grenfell


BRITAIN

...Britain
 Why did they fight for our freedom of speech? 
when we as a nation are afraid to speak 
Led by a government that’s corrupt and weak 
the future for our children looks dark and bleak.
 
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Categories: grenfell, abuse, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Political Verse

The Tower

...The Tower

When I look at pictures I begin to cry
I ask questions to myself why oh why
Home should be safe it should be a haven
With walkways you are proud of and steady even paving
The night o...
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Categories: grenfell, grief,
Form: Rhyme



Amalina the Queen of Sheba

...AMALINA: THE QUEEN OF SHEBA

To the Queen of Sheba.
Unraveling of your thesis and your folklore
To devour your whole body in form of study
Zipping the raw facts in the mind's lobby
Trying to di...
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Categories: grenfell, 1st grade, for her,
Form: Free verse

Grenfell Now Stands As a Monument

...Grenfell tower 
ruptures the horizon, 
London's skyline is scarred
like a blackened diplodocus 
or a charred monument
for a laconic London bridge 
still burning

But look, 
linen wraps its i...
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Categories: grenfell, social,
Form: Free verse

High Existence

...High living


High living what does it mean?
Eating caviar or to live on the highest
Flat on a Grenfell tower in London
 without a sprinkling system?
Having lunch at an expensive café
because...
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Categories: grenfell, corruption, courage,
Form: Blank verse



The Night Glenfell

...The Night Glenfell

         A summer solstice candle breezing midst the twilight air  
                                                          Where aloft the dizzying height of storey twenty f...
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Categories: grenfell, natural disasters,
Form: Blank verse

Save and Shame

...Promotion, bonus, we believe good job well done,
we saved money let's give the rich a ton,
aluminium is nearly as good as zinc 
nearly half the price that's how we have to think,
what about resid...
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Categories: grenfell, bereavement, betrayal, corruption, england,
Form: Couplet

Grenfell Revisited

...Granfell tower is a symbol:
a charred monument of loss,
a bombed church's vaulted ceiling.
it is our grief;our heavy cross.

A scarlet tongue licks the ashes.
who unleashed this hydra 's desire...
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Categories: grenfell, allegory,
Form: Ballad

A Tribute To Grenfell Tower

...I am a poet, an artist, a writer
A lover of humanity
This poem I write is about the Grenfell tower story.

Kensington,Kensington
What have you done
Blood stains and tears are scrolled upon your...
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Categories: grenfell, anger, bereavement, betrayal, class,
Form: Free verse

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