Short Derbyshire Poems
Short Derbyshire Poems. Below are examples of the most popular short poems about Derbyshire by PoetrySoup poets. Search short poems about Derbyshire by length and keyword.
Poor Hannah
Hannah Adderley jumped with a wail
from the clifftop at Middleton Dale
but her petticoats cute
made a great parachute
for a soft landing, wow! What a tale!
(Hannah, of Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire, had been jilted at the altar
and although her suicide attempt was a failure she died of natural causes
two years later in 1764)...
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Categories:
derbyshire, goodbye, history, , cute,
Form:
Limerick
Turtle
Turtle
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
Once upon a chef turtle
A slow cooker named Myrtle
Boiled a little turkey
We waited in the middle
Of the curtain in a circle
When the turkey was purple
Shouted Myrtle in a crystal
Turtle ready for a nibble
We sat and bit a little
And were not certain
If we ate turkey or turtle
Then Lucy burped
And said
Gobble gobble
She stired a slurp
The essential Lucy....
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Categories:
derbyshire, crazy, food, giggle, hilarious, myth, pain,
Form:
ABC
Steps
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire
To find a patch of earth
And work it sweatly into
Solid fertile soil
Like finding a girl
Richly you plant a rose
For her a love rose
The one you love
You would feed and
Water it dearly
Like hugs for the one you love
Until you see
A bunch of lovely
Scarlet roses rambling free
Lovely and lively like her.
When you pick a rose
It will surely stab you
Or shall I write
Prick and leave you
Like she did....
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Categories:
derbyshire, appreciation, betrayal, change, character, heartbroken, judgement, people,
Form:
ABC