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Work London Poems

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


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,



Dont Look Back
Take my advice: Forget hither:
Like a smitten plant you'll wither!
Know I thou, shalt make it thither;
If thou can'st, then, not here either:
For who would'st work...

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Categories: london, change, humanity, places, wisdom,

Premium Member Our Bot Marks the Spot
In our palace lives a bot
    Quite a finicky task it has got

  Thrice daily removes every single spot
  ...

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Categories: celebrity, drink, london, technology,

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,

Soul
If you have not gotten to know my soul. 
Then you know nothing of my scars & my soul. 
So save the egotistical compliments to...

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© Rita Lopez  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: london, america, anger, black african



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 Thoughts At the Relegation Table
Citizens were upset 
With the Honey Hornets set 
They played dance songs 
But it was all wrong 
Records being abused 
Scratching them when used 
Stingers...

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Categories: london, england, fate, football, games,

Premium Member Victorian Poverty In London
Victorian Poverty In London.
.
Slumming it in adverse poverty
In Victorian London’s  
Limehouse White Chapel and Bethnal Green 
Dingy doss houses packed to the brim
Narrow dirty...

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© Peter Dome  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: london, community, conflict, poverty,

Premium Member Chelsea Alive After Round Number Five
After doing my author duties 
Got to the pub for a futbol beauty 
Liverpool Chelsea in a duel under the lights 
Should go down to...

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Categories: blue, england, food, london,

Whitechapel You Must Watch For Me
Whitechapel, you must watch for me.
Your streets unlit, they are dark and dreary.
Those ladies of night go passing by.
I’ve chosen my victim, the one to...

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Categories: london, dark, death, england, evil,

London Bridge: Here I Come - Or Not Hah
California, California, oh pretty, sunny California
Well, farewell for now till I leave far too sunny Arizona

Boredom kingdom overruled me substantially,
So I talked my sister's ears...

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Categories: london, beautiful, cute, happiness, nature,

Mrs Lovett's Pie Shop
Six legs. A crusty shell. I try to smash them but they're quick. You see, sir, 'roaches make the pie more thick. Why did you...

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Categories: london, fantasy, horror, humorous, imagery,

From Gandam To London All Sing Your Glory
Oh dear merciful Father of Heaven, our God,
Devotion brings faith, for knowledge we nod.
A little clay lamp in remote village gives light,
Street light shines in...

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Categories: london, feelings, inspirational, life, light,

Wimpole Street, Part 5 of 7
The Barretts of Wimpole Street

Imagine you’re a woman, with a mind
as trained, acute and fertile as exists.
Imagine that your erudite, refined
creations top each year’s best-seller...

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Categories: london, , cute,

The Keeper of the Heads
The smell is a fine one;
The death of a traitor
is always sweet

I feel the pulse of the cheers
echo through the city
when the mighty fall
or the...

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Categories: character, history, london,


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