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The English Poems - Poems about The English

Premium Member The English Cuisine
The British have been sailing the world’s seas, creating colonies and enriching themselves, and it’s been going on for centuries. Yet to their shame their cuisine has remained stolidly English – and hardly changed – fish n’ chips, steak and kidney pie – as seen in foods the French call boring and obscene. With so large a fleet of floating luxury...

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Categories: the english, food,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member DECODING a FractioN of the ENGLISH LANgUAgE?
Here is a fraction of half the Examples which I call decoding. Yeah decoding the Inglish language. Hey now hear in this damnation The Inglish dominance is learned And deplorable. All right alright. And just how did You sleap last knight? Ah ha hoho! The knight was gloryous. We the Postering population was quite Quiet. I say the more of...

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Categories: the english, beautiful, black love, clothes,
Form: Alliteration



Premium Member Honoring the English Wombles
Don’t wake him up yet! Shansi said with a snicker. Orinoco needs his sleep, for his soft-hearted ticker! So Great Uncle Bulgaria gave Orinoco fifteen minutes more. But then you have to leave for school, he said. Right out the door! Miss Adelaide will be waiting, and you know she is fine. This school mistress wanted the Wombles there in...

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Categories: the english, technology,
Form: Rhyme
Translations of the Oldest Rhyming Poems In the English Language
Translations of the Oldest English Rhyming Poems The Rhymed Poem aka The Rhyming Poem aka The Riming Poem Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem from the Exeter Book, circa 990 AD loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch (excerpt) He who granted me life created this sun and graciously provided its radiant engine. I was gladdened with glees, bathed in bright hues, deluged with joy’s blossoms, sunshine-infused...

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Categories: the english, england, poems, poetry, poets,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The English Language
There's only 17 words in the english language tendered Most have 153 meanings, each day of those entered Seems some disagree But got proof I decree How many meanings for the simple word “present”...

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Categories: the english, language,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member The English Language Ain'T Easy
If you think the English language is easy to speak, Perhaps you have a thing, or two, to learn. You might say “axed” when you mean “asked” When is it appropriate to say “dang,” “darn,” or “durn?” “Advice” or “advise,” ”accept” or “except,” --a curse Tempted to use “illicit” when you mean “elicit?” Misusing “averse”...

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Categories: the english, language, spoken word, writing,
Form: Didactic
Premium Member Wishing Living By the English Lakes
Over many years of great holidays to the English lakes we would go never a year passed always be there such beauty around, inspired pen to flow Many a time we would think wishing of moving to English lake district so good this would be a dream miles too far the cost far too high, oh if we only could! Dreamt often when...

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Categories: the english, dream, england, water,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member The English Language
There's only about 17 words in the english language Most have 153 meanings, each day of those entered Seems some disagree But got proof I decree How many meanings for the simple word “present” LOL...

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Categories: the english, language,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Rolling the English Premiere Credits
Boys turned into men Acting chivalry needing to defend Thackray who never was Due to the wasp woman wanting buzz Gunners waited for Watford to arrive “Foul!” they did claim in a cry On target goal after the penalty try Followed by one then another Sunday’s mother Agree those went in Later on Arsenal committed an...

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Categories: the english, england, home, london, marriage,
Form: Rhyme
It'Ll Bring ::The English Sonnet Or the Shakespearean Sonnet Or the Elizabethan Sonnet
Simple question was asked but they fumble; What are you going to do with your life? Most of them babble, to speak they struggle; Appears they don't know how to handle strife. Don't have idea for their future day lost their direction that shows confusion. Answer to question is simple if they apply their minds, there can't be illusion. It's to...

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Categories: the english, trust,
Form: Sonnet
The English Channel
Addressing a student looking in the air The teacher asked, "The English Channel is where?" He said, "Well let's see..." "I do watch TV," "But I haven't heard of that channel on there!"...

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Categories: the english, boy, confusion, humor,
Form: Limerick
The English Language
Only read this if you have a good understanding of the English language, because it is all about how word spellings differ but for no particular reason. This write is quite right in that it highlights the height and weight of the great language of English which is no sandwich and not straight forward mate. (This right...

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Categories: the english, smart, words,
Form: I do not know?
Premium Member The English Gent
There was a gentleman from England Who boasted how his land was so grand Big Ben, Scotland Yard The Changing of the Guard It's too bad all the food is so bland!...

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Categories: the english, england, funny, giggle,
Form: Limerick
The English Science Made a Big Discovery At Last
The English science made a big discovery at last:- A girl with very large and solid ears, If wind is blowing straight towards her rear, She get to school of her as twice as fast....

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Categories: the english, school, science,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Keswick In the English Lakes
A picture postcard for all to see sits down in the valley to view a small market town among the lakes real beauty spot always form a queue Hill walkers come from near and far make it their base before they trek it's at base of lovely Derwent Water where you can sail around it's neck So many beautiful fells surround it Blencathra, Catbells,...

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Categories: the english, beauty, england, nature,
Form: Rhyme

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