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Short Gateshead Poems

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


Shadow Town
SHADOW    TOWN


A shadow town with only a past
Abandon hope all  ye  who cross
The black iron bridge over the smell of the Tyne
Tyres hiss on the wet road as they pass
And leave me here in the dark
Murky rain dirty roads 
November in  Gateshead   
In the shadow of gloriously dirty Newcastle

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Note

Anyone who had the misfortune to live in Gateshead  in 
the 1970s  will understand the feelings in this verse....

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Categories: gateshead, places,
Form: Imagism




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