Short London Poems
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Puritan poet John Milton
a scrivenor's son from London
He made a mark with Paradise Lost
going blind was an early cost
Coleridge a poet of renown
his name circulated London town
Also a bit of a critic
success if he gave your verse a tick
Elsa Lanchester
was from London not from Manchester.
My thoughts about her are a sin,
and I love the dimple on her chin.
Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame
versifying was another game
Poems of satire of his day
coming to London to have his say
In London, a current affair
Is chilling the hot summer air
An old folio
Reveals polio
Is adding new woes to healthcare!
Humourist Gerrard Hoffnung
from Berlin to London so homespun
He created his musical cartoon
to give spoofs&jokes some room
Longing
for respect,
loved for who she realy was,
not who she appeared
to be
Mayilyn-Forever Blonde-open this fall in London
LONDON 1605
It’s
Guy Fawkes
And the foiled
Gunpowder plot
We will remember
November Fifth
Bonfire night
Each year
Bang!
Crossing the London Bridge by trike,
I observed a head upon a pike.
So, I politely doffed my cap
and returned home to take my nap.
A girl in Soho named Millie
Was hanging around for Willy
John Dough came along
But something was wrong -
Trust Millie to Piccadilly!
There was a lass in Chinatown
Who sold her shadow for a crown
The buyer said,
"We must be wed!
Its pouring rain and you could drown!"
graffiti stares
and retro drips
beneath the
shoreditch sky
like those who watch
- between their sips
the world and
us go by.
Now, for the first time, the inside story
of Meghan Markle's fall from glory
She would not eat her Twinkie
with a raised-up pinkie
Melania called in the dog
But Donald misheard her call, "Hog"
He went to the table
To tweet a new fable
And found that he lived in a fog
London's expensive new bread
Hokkaido Milk Loaf they said
but for ready sliced
a tenth of the price
I'll have Blackpool Milk Roll instead!
once a pilot from london
always carried an onion
but when he would speak
his flight crews would freak
so now he brings a bourbon.
this big building
is eating women
they all enter voulentarely
hoping to buy
something to make them beautiful
London November 22. nov. 2016
Automatic doors
let in people
and draughts automatically
As the darkness grows
the faces in the window
become more real
Kim James
8/1/96
There was a boy called Matthew
Who decided to go to London in a balloon
And his Uncle wanted him to come soon
But the silly boy landed on the Moon
just dots upon
the greenwich sky
swinging london
from the air
with eyes wide shut
and riding high
across the thames
'where tourists dare'.
London fog is well renowned.
Tourists flock in droves to see it.
Time permitting, the Big Ben.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
There once was a poet from London,
Whose verses often veered t’word a pun,
He suffered the asthma,
Had anemic plasma,
So paper and ink summed up his fun
His first Thanksgiving
Without London,
That amazing queen,
He still refreshes
Her water bowl
Every morning
And remains
So grateful
For everything.
A lady from Rentz thought it neat
Hoping in London the prince to meet
He passed her that day
Looking the other way
She'll have to go back to Rentz and repeat
When you tell your truth.
You have nothing to be anxious about.
There is peace in telling the truth, even if others don't accept it & completely shun you out.