Short British Poems

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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!
Form: Epulaeryu


Premium Member SAM

Sam is such a fun loving gent,
Ascribing to a Great British accent. 
Missing him and wondering where he went.
fun
Form: Name

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!
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
Form: Limerick

Premium Member A ST PATRICK DAY DIADACTIC

A romano-british Christian
obtained long-lasting recognition
This  apostle to Ireland God did send
an evangelist,easy to comprehend
Form: Clerihew


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!
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.
Form: Clerihew

The British Union Flag

union designed
   saints andrew george and patrick
   three flags intertwined

   The United Kingdom

   George Seal

   7/ 22/ 2015
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
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
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!
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!
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

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
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
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.
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
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.

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
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 !
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!
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!
Form: Limerick

Fox Fact Check

The midnight warning of Paul Revere:
"Liquor up front, poker in the rear!
The British are coming
To do their own plumbing
So ensure you leave a souvenir!"
Form: Limerick

British Sport I Say

We invented cricket and football
And guess what we useless at them all
We loose every game 
Drives the supporters insane
But we good for an after game brawl
Form: Limerick

Singlish

Sri Lanka under the colony of British,
They left,gifting the language English,
Sri Lankans speaking,language Sinhalese,
Some People mixing,speaking Singlish!

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