Long Midlands Poems

Suffolk day Wednesday 21st of June 2017
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet

There is going to be a Suffolk Day, I heard the news I did today!
On BBC radio...

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After we turned from Africa we first lived in Cornwell and I got a job learning to be a riding instructor with Heather Hunt she was a tough lady to work for but her training...

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A Lincolnshire lass was she
        in youth and bloom revealing,
and upon us all God smiled
when unto this world a child
       was born...

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And so we traveled very, very high,
Our destination seemingly to reach 
The gathering mist and 
Dreary grey sky.
The path rather track that we took,
Could have been misunderstood,
For a stairway to heaven. 

Are you going right...

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In the heart of the city, where legends embark.
Stands the famous old stadium, they call Villa Park.
A club full of honours, with a history so rich.
I'm proud when I see Aston Villa on the pitch.

From...

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So sorry to see you go Mo

Tally ho & bravo but must let you know

Not being weird...you had a bigger beard 

Face more hirsute to boot than even WG Grace.


Gleaming beaming grin..streaming through thick and...

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last night, on the phone, albeit in South Africa
uncle Harry - now 82 - repeated what my dad said
(My dad, Harry's older brother, late since 2005)
Recalled for us the days on the farm
Before the dreaded...

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Near the shire long about the twisting bend
Mabely holds her skinny frame inside, in tight 
On higher ground above the United Kingdom
The mare moves slower, almost to a stop
To a whisper in the dark so...

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Dark skies lurked to press upon 'em
To Autumn they succumbed
Trying to change was superfluous
By twilight, the hills were overcome

Fingertips of trees reached upward
Hoping to prick the clouds
Windy spirits then flew upward
It was heartfelt and profound

A...

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I’m back from the aborted time
Where mother earth’s womb foiled me an innocent prime
A crime precipitated with tears of revenge on my carefree mondaine,
Again I’ve come, ushered by thunderstorms and hurricanes
 
Descending with spleen of...

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This Is Who I Am
My first name is Belle, that’s a sobriquet *
My feelings are being anon is best.

Empathetic, helpful, Inquisitive 
Keen on humour, poetry and music.

From a band of sisters, there's five in all
Imagine...

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It came in the night, a crescent smile 
Slit across the midlands of its face, 
The foe of a thousand nights to once again battle
A mind unsettled and heaving, drifting 
Towards the edges of sleep;...

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Colored checkered patterns
Dashing vibrant colors
Hand woven cloth strips
Dazzling geometric shapes.

Characterized weft designs
Vivid eye appealing texture
Ghana’s national cloth
Royals favorite outfit.

From coast of western Africa
An indigenous local brand
Handed from Ages to Ages
Maiden style left intact.

Renowned across borders
for...

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Rupert Lang set out from London,
it was ten minutes to eight.
He meant to travel to the Midlands
to be with his dad in hospital 
in Birmingham. Weather forecast: 
chance of rain.

Peter Smith drove down from Penrith,
he...

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Rupert Lang set out from London,
it was ten minutes to eight.
He meant to travel to the Midlands
to be with his dad in hospital 
in Birmingham. Weather forecast: 
chance of rain.

Peter Smith drove down from Penrith,
he...

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Robert Lang set out from London,
it was ten minutes to eight.
He meant to travel to the Midlands
to be with his dad in hospital 
in Birmingham. Weather forecast: 
chance of rain.

Peter Smith drove down from Penrith,
he...

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Emma contracted a virus in Australia, 
When she was on a gap year, aged 18, 
Which paralysed her legs. Her future
Job was unchanged: a PE teacher mean. 

She took up the sport sitting volleyball,
Which she...

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TRENCHANT WENCH FROM THE UNROMANTIC MIDLANDS


In the pub, I serve out the pints
My comely bosom gives a hint of home
And what men are escaping from – dreary sex
With housewives who scour the sink with vigour

Trim...

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Liam is a qualified green keeper at a golf club, 
Attended Mill Vale Middle and Queensbury Upper, 
He’s from Dunstable and gained a degree, hub, 
From Dunstable College in Business clever. 

Born on the 17th...

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Honesty is our soul
Our work is coking coal
Midst coarse iron foundries
And steel mill boundaries
We live, love, and labor
Sing, dance, and play tabor...!

Though coal dust pollution,
Finds little dilution
We in England's Midlands
Sleep and wake on coal sands
Bobowler,...

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We sleep in the same bed
but we were apart
was it  the age difference
or that you lived in Beckenham
you told me of your addictions
tobacco and wine
You seemingly  had no friends
just access to your Dads...

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Phil is a Welshman from Cardiff, basketball,
Who plays for the club the Sheffield Steelers,
On the 2nd February 1994 he was born tall,
And wears vest 11 for TeamGB, has feelers.

His classification is 3.0, he’s experienced,
‘Cos he...

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