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Short British Poems

Short British Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about British by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about British by length and keyword.


Premium Member Oscar-Ku 36 -Tom Jones
amorous playboy
eighteenth century England
British wry humour...

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© Mark Toney  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: british, england, film, humor, poetry, romance,
Form: Haiku



The Eccles
Delicious eccles Pastry delights with apples A British sweet treat.
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Categories: british, food
Form: Haiku
Native British Rant


Politicians abandon native life,
Trouble rising,
Broken lands civil strife. ...

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Categories: british, political,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Cones
Soldiers stand erect. Red and white uniforms guard British motorways.
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© Ken Duddle  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: british, life, people, places, satire, visionary,
Form: Haiku
Hope In Asking Unpopular Questions - Number 2
Colonies in America rebelled - British, French Haiti, why the latter quelled?
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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: british, africa, america, education, hate, history, race, racism,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Best of British Old Style
A savoury kedgeree
Lancashire hotpot
A prime beef wellington pie
With pan haggerty
Spotted-dick pudding
Real ale
Cheers!...

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Categories: british, food, places
Form: Epulaeryu
Jan U Wary
The British sky is seldom blue
And love divine is seldom true
But come on, girl!
Give life a whirl
There'll never be another you!...

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Categories: british, inspirational,
Form: Limerick
Britannia Waives the Rules
The British can not sip their tea
Where tea cups are no longer free
So Bojo proposes
Before a shop closes
Try bra cups temporarily...

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Categories: british, england, humor,
Form: Limerick
Big Ben Blues
I courted a British lady
Whose name was Sadie O'Grady
She took off her drawers
I exclaimed ‘Oh good lord!’
You sure ain’t no LADY, matey!...

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Categories: british, funny,
Form: Limerick
Stephen Fry
Comedian and actor, Stephen Fry,
Brainbox host of quiz QI,
Considered a British comic treasure,
Spent his youth at her majesty's pleasure....

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Categories: british, people,
Form: Clerihew
The British Union Flag
union designed
   saints andrew george and patrick
   three flags intertwined

   The United Kingdom

   George Seal

   7/ 22/ 2015...

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Categories: british, peace,
Form: Haiku
Premium Member Let Time Work Her Magic
For years we fought the British
 Now we're the best of friends

Today, with Russia we are skittish
 An enmity, too, 'twill eventually end...

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Categories: british, friend, friendship, history, hope,
Form: Rhyme
Par Lament
The British love a special dish
Which satisfies their hunger wish
The Times reports
Government sports
Bojo's chips went down with the fish...

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Categories: british, england, humor,
Form: Limerick
Double Rainbow
We've known her since her day of birth
For HRH was down to earth
She heard us all
Until, "Last Call!"
The British got their money's worth!...

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Categories: british, eulogy,
Form: Limerick
Sean's Legacy
When James Bond had Pussy Galore
Moneypenny slammed shut the door
MI's telephones
Broadcast Pussy's moans
Touting British esprit de corps!...

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Categories: british, england,
Form: Limerick
Vanishing British
We wanted our slavery to vanish 
They freed us and went the British 
We lost our freedom and embraced 
It’s within but where is beyond trace...

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Categories: british, freedom,
Form: Free verse
Qijue - Indian Summer
INDIAN SUMMER A British Indian summer Made cold October warmer Lucky were the birds and bees It made all life feel at ease
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Categories: british, october, summer,
Form: Jueju
Premium Member Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Civil disobedience as modus operandi
The British, oh so superior
Ended up on their right royal posterior!

Diana Dalton
13 Nov 2012...

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Categories: british, funny, inspirational, peace, people, political,
Form: Clerihew
Premium Member I Have Vitamin C In Droves
British found oodles of Vitamin C
In a place unknown by you and me.
Rose hip jam
That’s right ma’am.
During World War Two kept children healthy....

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Categories: british, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Butterflies - a Haiku
Butterflies - A Haiku

butterflies fountain
a british, butterflies flies
out of sunflowers

3/6/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2019...

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Categories: british, analogy, appreciation, butterfly, engagement, flower,
Form: Haiku
Crossing River
In the river crossing through India

The British dropped a seed.

In the land of unity in diversity

To cultivate a plant called DIVIDE AND RULE....

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Categories: british, faith, moving on,
Form: Free verse
Henry He Ain'T
There once was a blind British bloke
Whose nose-in-the-air was a joke
He set out to plunder
But found that Down Under
A bounder most likely will croak...

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Categories: british, england,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Best of British
Roast Welsh mutton from Brecon
a Yorkshire pudding
A Melton Mowbray pork pie
Wensleydale cheese straws
Bakewell Tart and cream
Draught Bitter
Beer !...

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Categories: british, food
Form: Epulaeryu
Mass Cure Aid
Tom's facemask sports a charming smile
For Cheerios - that's British style
But Putin's staff
Can't help but laugh
Tom's munching Marmite all the while!...

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Categories: british, humor,
Form: Limerick
Ruth Shall Make You Free
Americans come by the clock
A British lass just hikes her frock
The French love a tongue
The Swedes like well-hung
But Left or Right Thai knows Bangkok!...

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Categories: british, humorous,
Form: Limerick

Book: Shattered Sighs