Northumbrian Poems - Poems about Northumbrian

...Ech day me cometh tydinges thre "Each Day Three Tidings Come to Me" (anonymous Middle English poem, circa the 13th century AD) loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch Each day I’m ......Read the rest...

...NEWCASTLE - NORTHUMBRIAN CITY Half-English, half-Scot: martial roots in the past, Newcastle - once dark from its coaly drama - A breathless place ever ready for change. ......Read the rest...

...NORTHERN ENGLAND Steep hills and sudden Gouged by ice, and water-formed - This is no civilized landscape gentle With demesne and orchard And sun-kissed downland copses; It is t......Read the rest...

...These steep hills are part of me Where I learned to ride a bike And gazed over the industrial haze And ice-dammed the steep melting streets So the toy boat couldn’t Drift out of control downslope. ......Read the rest...

...June 6th 1944 An Armada masses at Europe's door Five sector landings, 160,000 troops On the following beaches, our hero's would swoop Utah, Omaha, Juno, Sword and Gold Allow me to write, as my s......Read the rest...