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History London Poems

These History London poems are examples of London poems about History. These are the best examples of London History poems written by international poets.


LONDON 1605
LONDON 1605

It’s
Guy Fawkes
And the foiled
Gunpowder plot
We will remember
November Fifth
Bonfire night
Each year
Bang!
...

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Categories: england, history, london,



London To Work
Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner,
That's how the song goes.

I am proud of this city,
And it has been sung about in many a ditty.

Each day...

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© Mark West  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: london, career, city, endurance, food,

Coronation Day
A 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...

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Categories: london, today,

Premium Member London Bridge
To wake beneath a bridge, absurd
Understanding not a single word
Of language lacking meter, grammar
An ageing cuckolds pleading stammer

Sunrise denied sweet fogs corona
Beneath this bridge in...

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Categories: london, life, river,

London Bridge
Engulfing England's every city and town
Is the news "London bridge is down."
A reign worth the lifetimes of most
A part of heritage and history is lost
But...

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Categories: london, england, grief,



Premium Member Mary Smith, a Famous Knocker-Upper
Mary Smith, a famous knocker-upper
in London's East End,
Shot dried peas with her pea shooter.
At workers windows
to wake them up
to get to work on time
Every morning
Mary...

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Categories: london, england, funny, history, humorous,

Grim Reaper
I will never understand why some act as if they are the Grim Reaper. 

If you know thy story, you know that the Reaper does...

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© Rita Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: london, america, confusion, england, history,

Premium Member Henry and Anne
Anne Boleyn Condemned 
  Declared England's Floozy 
Grotesque Henry Imposed Justice
King's Law Meted
Nobles Obediently Praised
  Queen's Reasonless Subjugation
Testosterone Unequivocally Vindictive   ...

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Categories: history, london,

The Penny-Toy Man
He has always lived here.
Scarred in his tenement jail and
locked within the dreams of
forgotten children.

He has always walked here.
In lane and yard, he strolls and
sings...

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Categories: dark, fear, history, london,

Whitechapel, London 1888
Wanton women of Whitechapel
Desperate and destitute
Weakened from want
Shrunken stomachs barren of bread
Dying from disease in dingy dosshouses
Selling themselves on the streets for shillings
to buy beer,...

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Categories: death, england, history, london,

Premium Member Royal
Reining in jet-black steed;
Rangle for her falcon.
Repugnant mudslinging, 
Risible in content,
Rankled those in the know.
Recent loss of soulmate; 
Ravens smudge the teal sky.
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GLOSSARY 
Queen Elizabeth...

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Categories: culture, grief, history, london,

There For Me
Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Categories: london, 12th grade, character, hope,

Flakes of History:Mudlarking
4/4/20
Impoverished children hunting for household items.
has shifted into
Ordinary people reliving antiquity.
as well as
A vacation destination.
Thames river in London possesses layers 
of buried time.

What will be...

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Categories: london, 7th grade,

Swinging Chavs
The only good chav is one swinging from a rope
Strung about his long skinny neck
Chocking the bastard to death slowly
Thus ending his petty little life...

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Categories: london, allegory, appreciation, art, crazy,

St Paul's Cathedral
A solitary wren perches on a perfect arch
And warbles a pitiful tune 
A domed silhouette is cast against the moon
The faded cerulean crown

Pillar upon pillar,...

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Categories: london, endurance, england, extended metaphor,


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