Tyne Poems - Poems about Tyne

...Hakaris HaTov Recognizing the Good, Be aware of what’s already there, Mind that abundance is our spine, Dire news presents a raincloud, Blinding, warping focus of our blessing, Making all seem ......Read the rest...

...At sweet sixteen she'd never been kissed And then she met Miss Kuni Lynn Guist A sweet Valentine Would suit her just fine And Mr. Wright would never be missed......Read the rest...

...CHASING THE SUN Standing on the beach outside the Spanish City at Whitley Bay we would see the PO ferry on the horizon, and the chase was on, legging it like mad down to Tynemouth to catch that da......Read the rest...

...This photo was taken in St James Church Graveyard, Benwell, Newcastle, Tyne & Wear, England, UK, I just thought the tree stump resembled a Gargoyle, hence Gavin got his new name, on the close-......Read the rest...

...The shame was relished when met with wanting eyes How I longed to be held and open up for sexting blighs When every thought I had to have was.. trust for shaming eyes When ever trust I knew t......Read the rest...

...CALL OF THE TYNE The river fog grey-green Hides the silent piers Of bridges which lead To roads unknown. The Tyne’s call of the deep - Fog-horn, long missed And far buried within m......Read the rest...

...In homage to the waters around the UK and all those who sail them... Late at night and early dawn Like clockwork - every day are heard Those dulcet tones “set fair” to warn With poetic, most ......Read the rest...

...TRAM BELL Steep streets everywhere you played, Where your football would roll away forever; And sawdust spilt out of the butcher’s onto the steep sidewalk Among the feet of the tram queu......Read the rest...

...Tyne Cot War Cemetery White head stones in countless rows Soldiers all from the Great War battles Thousands dead now glory served Each one a son and loved one Victoria Cross engraved as he......Read the rest...

...ONLY TWENTY YEARS Who can know the future of twenty years And discount the dim offerings of Gateshead? What 12 year old can imagine The emptiness of prairies in Montana Or smell from fif......Read the rest...

...When poet Tennyson was very young, He was a handsome tiny son, Who loved playing tennis under the sun. When in his teens, Tennyson excelled at his studies So much so that he won the admirati......Read the rest...

...Intrduction -Byron’s Sonnet If I can say the lines that make her mine, and stay from speaking trite words she would hate, but rather play her praise of golden weight, then homage I would make g......Read the rest...

...Introduction.. An excerpt from a speech by Mr Keith Campbell 1969, On the need of a referendum on joining the 'common market' the people are discussing it up and down the land every day, they want......Read the rest...

...ONLY TO THE DOG Dialect abandoned with education and travel Now only speak Geordie to the dog on walks In unguarded moments Awkwardly recalling how the pronunciation goes: No longer an ......Read the rest...

...SUNLESS IN NORTH SHIELDS It’s painful when the sea wind Drives rain into the eyes At the end of Yeoman Street, Where I waited so long for that girl in the yellow raincoat, Who nev......Read the rest...