London Poems - Examples of all types of london poetry to share and read. This list of new poems is composed of the works of modern poets on PoetrySoup. Read
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Echoes of LondonPlease enter,
What is with your 'box of toys' (noise)?
Accusations and slander,
'Get on with it, lad.' In the streets of London,
Spreading your propaganda, 'Days a-dawning' (morning).
One's been saying one has nothing to offer,
'Dustbin lids,' 'early hours.'...
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Categories:
growth, hope, london, self,
Form: Free verse
The RageThe sound of hooting and shouting behind the steering wheel sends a cascade of traffic crawling down the street while two men arguing about time started a heated debate in front of the gate. None...
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Categories:
london, anger, creation, garden, growth,
Form: Narrative
Coronation DayA Cinderella chariot,
Eight horses in the lead;
Two heavy looking crowns that seemed
Uncomfortable, indeed.
A scepter and an ermine robe,
An orchestra and choir,
With all that pomp and heraldry
Intended to inspire.
The royal family on board,
Except the ones...
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Categories:
london, today,
Form: Rhyme
Coronation for a King(Charles Philip Arthur George - 14 November 1948)
I had a cousin called Charles, said Aunty Olive.
Nice young man. That's him on our TV.
That's not Cousin: it's King, said Aunty Lucy. It's King Charles.
Now watch it...
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Categories:
age, celebrity, eulogy, london,
Form: Free verse
Coronation Consternation Some people like it a lot:
Royalty and all that rot.
My lineage, U.K. be,
But I do not bend the knee....
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Categories:
london, celebration, discrimination, england, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
My Favorite AlleyI always expect to hear singing from the balconies
there is only the chatter of other enthusiastic diners
in the thin alley where we consume outside in summer
Scars, my favorite restaurant with a welcoming owner
we are greeted...
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Categories:
london,
Form: Free verse
Our Bot Marks the Spot
In our palace lives a bot
Quite a finicky task it has got
Thrice daily removes every single spot
from the royal server -- the '10-2-4'...
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Categories:
celebrity, drink, london, technology,
Form: Light Verse
FearFear is my friend
And that's why fear is not in me
I was introduced into fear at an early age
And that if I allow it to consume me
It would be a never-ending cage
Feeling...
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Categories:
london, abuse, america, england, fear,
Form: Free verse
WatcherEyes in the grass
Stalking me as I walk pass
Will they kill me or leave me be
Either way I'll be set free...
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Categories:
africa, america, england, london,
Form: Free verse
souvenirsfour pebbles ...
from brighton shore -
the souvenirs in pandemic
-- Souvenirs of Silence, Soman Gouda...
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Categories:
allegory, beach, deep, london,
Form: Haiku
London 2010London collapses
trains, planes, and automobiles
trapped and flash-frozen emplace
Christmas lights still bright
If one ventured through the night
ghost carolers in the mews
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Categories:
christmas, england, environment, london,
Form: Sedoka
Blue RoseWhat hath crossed my path
A Rose with no thorns and no wrath
But a beautiful bud indeed
Satisfying my every need
Nay a hyacinth nor a caryopteris
But a beautiful blue rose I can not resist...
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Categories:
london, beautiful, england, first love,
Form: Rhyme
The Ballad Of A Break Up SongYesterday, all I wanted was to sing you a song
Is there anything wrong?
Yes, in fact there is
Our relationship biz
Has started to fizz
Could you just let...
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Categories:
london, age, america, break up,
Form: Rhyme
BreedZafar tun nay meray baap ko kuta kaha hai..
Mein tujhay kaisay maaf karun??
Masala pata kia hai,
Tun nay kuta kyun kaha,
Ye koi issue nahi hai,
Asal masala ye hai,
Tun nay breed to bataya hi nahi,
Chal ab bata...
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Categories:
london, abuse, animal, dog, games,
Form: Didactic
The Clock Tower
"The chime of the
bell, The time it
would tell."
"The shine of the
clock tower, and
the sound it would
dwell."
"The shrine of the
needles of its
inviting spell."
"The divine of its
surface, which...
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Categories:
london, appreciation, beautiful, happy, heaven,
Form: Rhyme
Specific Types of London Poems
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