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Toffs Poems - Poems about Toffs

Premium Member BALLAD OF ELEANOR RIGBY
...Her Mam did for the rich Wool toffs, days chocka block with chores. Her fella was a plazzy gent— A few jars opened doors. A proper jarg johnny he used; he thought hi’self r......

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Categories: toffs, music,
Form: Ballad
ale and horses
...Ale and horses There was only one brewery in our hometown covering the whole district on flat-bed wagons with 50 horses to get work as a driver was a sought-after occupation when crates had been......

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Categories: toffs, best friend, blessing, business,
Form: Blank verse



Games Not Straight
...Games not straight Toffs on horses still killing foxes. Boris parties while we put nans in boxes. Chancellor won’t pay his rate. I tell you now, the games not straight . Palace pay......

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Categories: toffs, political,
Form: Rhyme
Who Am I
...I knew my ancestry and my dad was a joiner, But verged on disowning my mum for labour, Not married in history yet throbbing with spark, Love, truth, kindness fibered the gelled dark. A stunner......

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Categories: toffs, christian, death, emotions, history,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member Not Hand In Glove
...I love Mittens; they're so warm and cosy. When harsh winds blow, that makes cheeks rosy Thick woollen mittens do the trick These are the hand warmers my hands pick. Just slip your hand inside t......

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Categories: toffs, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme



It Could Be True
...It could be true I often wonder if there is a secret plot. If the virus was human-made to reduce the number of people living in poverty, and the old? The minorities who live in inadequate col......

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Categories: toffs, america, analogy, angst, anti
Form: Blank verse
Cup Final Christmas Day 1914
...I read about a game of football, wondered whether it was real, Did they really pause the fighting, For some festive time to steal? Enemies the toffs invented, all were simply duty bound, Will to w......

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Categories: toffs, christmas, war,
Form: Rhyme
The Home Office
...When do we knock off? Home offices, not for toffs, I stagger to the desktop, Yikes, another job! Guess it won't take me long, Piss off my phone, should be my song, We can afford gas for cars ve......

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Categories: toffs, addiction, allusion, endurance, motivation,
Form: Free verse
Brexit Sonnet 46 - a Brexit Gift
...Brexit Sonnet No. 46 ‘A Brexit Gift’ What larks! A Brexit gift with double bow, A tale of two shires with border slung between. As cameras flash, a cashing stream doth flow To feed and nour......

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Categories: toffs, political,
Form: Sonnet
Grandpa, Il Furioso
...My granddaughter loves me, that's all I need to know. I will let the toffs and profs who came my way now go. For all their disparagement why should I have the slightest care? My ......

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Categories: toffs, anger, granddaughter,
Form: Couplet
What the Butler Heard
...What the Butler Heard Extract from a memoir Lord Illustrious Penge of Lampwicker Hall, Welcomed local Toffs, to his Name-Dropper ball. Noses upturned with a touch of conceit, Hob-Knobbing with......

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Categories: toffs, character, england, humor, satire,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member The Party Pooper
...A party of toffs all so snotty was crashed by a yokel so naughty. After passing much gas, this guy with no class took a dump left unflushed in the potty. (for those who may not know:......

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Categories: toffs, humorous,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Trenchant Wench From the Unromantic Midlands
...TRENCHANT WENCH FROM THE UNROMANTIC MIDLANDS In the pub, I serve out the pints My comely bosom gives a hint of home And what men are escaping from – dreary sex With housewives who scour the s......

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Categories: toffs, humorous, identity, image,
Form: Sonnet
Politics - Time To Change
...Privately educated, privileged backgrounds .……no problem per se …….…but ......we're led by these plum in mouth toffs by the troughful.…... their snouts in the pockets of the electorate, creaming the ......

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Categories: toffs, political,
Form: Prose
Royal Ascot
...Ladies dress up, looking their best Pretty clothes chosen just to impress Perfumed and pretty the ladies in high heels Their menfolk look keen and prepare to do deals It’s Ladies Day, at Ascot, a......

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Categories: toffs, horse, race,
Form: Couplet

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