Midlands Poems - Poems about Midlands

So sorry to see you go Mo

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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..strea...

A Charmed Life part 2

...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 was excellent I went on t...

Up the Villa

...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.
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CHALLENGING DRIVE

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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 sta...

Black Country Communion

...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 l...

Ode To Kente

...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 favo...

Suzanne

...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 t...

Let There Be Limericks: Two For Halloween 2022

...Dinner Date or Date for Dinner?
When the harvest moon is full and bright,
And the wolf bane blooms on an autumn night,
If the guy whose kiss used to make you swoon
Starts to lick his lips ...

Audrey Bowden

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

Red flower of the Midlands -
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This Is Who I Am

...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 mu...

Autumn Light In Derbyshire

...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...

Mabely Rides To Town To Find a Man

...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 d...

Uncle Harry Mothilal

...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 ...

Of Sleep's Defeat

...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...

Suffolk Day

...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!
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