Northumberland Poems - Poems about Northumberland

...Northumberland poet Basil Bunting had the knack to make words sing His bio colour-filed 'Brigflatts' always gloss never matt......Read the rest...

...Grace Darling Tempest spits upon the gunnels But Grace Darling manhandles the paddles, To rescue the folks of the Forfarshire crash, Stranded on Farne Islands off Northumberland coast. ......Read the rest...

...I’ve spent a lifetime; looking down this same old road And; all the memories that, upon me it has bestowed I watched the children play and grow, as some stayed There were others; who left, marri......Read the rest...

...The Alaskan Oil Pipeline Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’ To North America’s largest oil field, On the North Slope of the Brooks Range; A we......Read the rest...

...Stephen has won gold at three sequential Paralympics, In his event, the club, which you throw with everything, In Atlanta 1996, in Sydney 2000, then in Athens picks, And then in 2008 in Beijing ......Read the rest...

...It is Now Autumn It is now autumn The leaves are changing slowly The air is cooling It is now autumn Time for life to be calmer Summer all over It is now autumn Time to go to sch......Read the rest...

...A grandmother often plays one of the most important roles in a child's life. My grandma was born way out in the Northumberland Strait. Born and raised in a place called Pictou Island; just part of ......Read the rest...

...How could such a man with diminutive stance, be the leader of all the armies of France? A little dictator ruling with a strong arm, he will be exiled to where he can do no harm. This leader is consid......Read the rest...

...Feeling the serenity that knows all its powers Unwinding the mazes not knowing what devours To sprinkle the liquid as each we do walk Inside is the garden where we meet and talk Silence is golden......Read the rest...