Poems about Britain and being British
#Britain
Poems about Britain and British culture, history, politics and lifestyle. Poems about England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and cities and islands within Britain. Also, poetry about British poets and famous British people.
_feral
Poem Published
1st Sep 2023 4:53pm
1st Sep 2023 4:53pm
vulnerability
you might see
western pier
like a ghost
standing still
i thought about
how she stands
tall and proud
letting waves
take another
scrap from
her hollow
form,
perhaps you
may not see
the beauty
in all of it
because
that's all
we'll ever
be to you
another
wreckage
standing
amongst
the waves.
western pier
like a ghost
standing still
i thought about
how she stands
tall and proud
letting waves
take another
scrap from
her hollow
form,
perhaps you
may not see
the beauty
in all of it
because
that's all
we'll ever
be to you
another
wreckage
standing
amongst
the waves.
#Britain
#symbolism
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ciaran_sterling
Poem Published
26th Aug 2023 9:40am
26th Aug 2023 9:40am
The 46
Siblings on the bus, a lively scene
With laughter, chatter and joyful beam.
Together as travel, side by side,
Miles apart, yet heart to heart tied.
As we look out through the window,
The world passes us by like a show,
The bustling streets, the people and cars.
Melodies of life float in like stars.
With laughter, chatter and joyful beam.
Together as travel, side by side,
Miles apart, yet heart to heart tied.
As we look out through the window,
The world passes us by like a show,
The bustling streets, the people and cars.
Melodies of life float in like stars.
#brother
#sister
#family #Britain
#family #Britain
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
18th Jun 2023 5:08pm
18th Jun 2023 5:08pm
The Demise Of Delgado
He was a talented actor who died fifty years ago.
He was British and his name was Roger Delgado.
He starred in eight episodes of Doctor Who as The Master.
He was an evil Time Lord and on one episode, he pretended to be a Pastor.
His life ended fifty years ago today at the age of fifty-five.
His role as The Master ended because he didn't survive.
When he perished, it was something that certainly wasn't foreseen.
He died because the car he was in drove off the road into a ravine.
Delgado was the original actor to portray The Master.
When he starred...
He was British and his name was Roger Delgado.
He starred in eight episodes of Doctor Who as The Master.
He was an evil Time Lord and on one episode, he pretended to be a Pastor.
His life ended fifty years ago today at the age of fifty-five.
His role as The Master ended because he didn't survive.
When he perished, it was something that certainly wasn't foreseen.
He died because the car he was in drove off the road into a ravine.
Delgado was the original actor to portray The Master.
When he starred...
#death
#anniversary
#Britain #nonfiction
#Britain #nonfiction
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Wafflenose
Ellie
Ellie
Poem Published
20th Apr 2023 10:38pm
20th Apr 2023 10:38pm
HRH Queen Elizabeth II
For seventy years she reigned with dignity and class—
from an era remembered by few;
for a time frame unimaginable to most of us.
Duty and commitment to her country and realms
remained uppermost in her life.
Throughout generations,
governments, prime ministers,
peacetime and war;
recessions and prosperity,
her presence was constant.
and the world seems strange without her.
Whatever your views on the Monarchy
and whether the wealthy unelected
should become Head of State
by a happy accident of birth;
now that she's gone,...
from an era remembered by few;
for a time frame unimaginable to most of us.
Duty and commitment to her country and realms
remained uppermost in her life.
Throughout generations,
governments, prime ministers,
peacetime and war;
recessions and prosperity,
her presence was constant.
and the world seems strange without her.
Whatever your views on the Monarchy
and whether the wealthy unelected
should become Head of State
by a happy accident of birth;
now that she's gone,...
#Britain
#NaPoWriMo2023
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dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
16th Mar 2023 00:00am
16th Mar 2023 00:00am
it was great, britain ..
a lucky old sod if you were born in
the nineteen fifties meant that you never had to fight in a war,
you spent your childhood in the
‘sixties and in the seventies you were still in your twenties. what more .. ?
the nineteen fifties meant that you never had to fight in a war,
you spent your childhood in the
‘sixties and in the seventies you were still in your twenties. what more .. ?
#Britain
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ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
9th Mar 2023 11:49pm
9th Mar 2023 11:49pm
Spring
The sky bites a chunk off the Sun,
as if it were a quince and
the juice dripped down
its beard covered chin
- it's called raindrops,
they leak into crevices,
every split on every piece
of generative earth,
where the earthworms thrive,
where the roots stretch anxious fingers
out to fetch the run off,
out to drink what's left.
The sky bites a chunk off the Sun
and so the seed 'comes the seedling
and the quince tree starts to grow.
as if it were a quince and
the juice dripped down
its beard covered chin
- it's called raindrops,
they leak into crevices,
every split on every piece
of generative earth,
where the earthworms thrive,
where the roots stretch anxious fingers
out to fetch the run off,
out to drink what's left.
The sky bites a chunk off the Sun
and so the seed 'comes the seedling
and the quince tree starts to grow.
#trees
#nature
#Britain
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
18th Feb 2023 3:36pm
18th Feb 2023 3:36pm
The Late Jacqueline Hill
She starred in "Doctor Who" and "Blood Money".
She died thirty years ago today at the age of 63.
When she starred in those Doctor Who episodes, she starred with William Hartnell and Tom Baker.
She lost her battle with cancer thirty years ago today and she went to Heaven and met her maker.
She also starred in "Tales Of The Unexpected", "The Comedy Man" and "No Hiding Place".
People were sad thirty years ago because she was no longer a member of the human race.
It's always sad when such a talented person dies.
All of her fans mourned because of her demise.
She died thirty years ago today at the age of 63.
When she starred in those Doctor Who episodes, she starred with William Hartnell and Tom Baker.
She lost her battle with cancer thirty years ago today and she went to Heaven and met her maker.
She also starred in "Tales Of The Unexpected", "The Comedy Man" and "No Hiding Place".
People were sad thirty years ago because she was no longer a member of the human race.
It's always sad when such a talented person dies.
All of her fans mourned because of her demise.
#death
#anniversary
#Britain #nonfiction
#Britain #nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
18th Jan 2023 6:56pm
18th Jan 2023 6:56pm
On The Buses
On The Buses is a British sitcom. It is one of the very best Britcoms that has ever been made. It aired from 1969 to 1973 and seventy-four episodes were made. Three movies were also made about this show. They are titled "On The Buses", "Mutiny On The Buses" and "Holiday On The Buses". Sadly, all of the cast members of that sitcom are deceased.
Reg Varney starred as Stan Butler. He died on November 16, 2008 after having a chest infection. He was ninety-two years old. Varney was in his fifties when he started starring in "On The Buses", but he wore make-up to make him look like he...
Reg Varney starred as Stan Butler. He died on November 16, 2008 after having a chest infection. He was ninety-two years old. Varney was in his fifties when he started starring in "On The Buses", but he wore make-up to make him look like he...
#Britain
#nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
29th Dec 2022 4:56pm
29th Dec 2022 4:56pm
Bernard's Birthday
You were a talented British actor but sadly, not anymore.
If you hadn't died, today you would've turned ninety-four.
You starred in an episode of "Fawlty Towers" and "Dalziel and Pascoe".
Forty-four years ago, you starred in "The Adventures Of Picasso".
You starred in an episode of "Last Of The Summer Wine".
You starred in an episode of "Mogul" and "Space: 1999".
You starred in a short lived British sitcom titled "Cuffy".
After living a long life, you died at the age of ninety-three.
When you starred in Fawlty Towers, you beat up John Cleese. ...
If you hadn't died, today you would've turned ninety-four.
You starred in an episode of "Fawlty Towers" and "Dalziel and Pascoe".
Forty-four years ago, you starred in "The Adventures Of Picasso".
You starred in an episode of "Last Of The Summer Wine".
You starred in an episode of "Mogul" and "Space: 1999".
You starred in a short lived British sitcom titled "Cuffy".
After living a long life, you died at the age of ninety-three.
When you starred in Fawlty Towers, you beat up John Cleese. ...
#death
#birthday
#Britain #nonfiction
#Britain #nonfiction
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
11th Dec 2022 1:16pm
11th Dec 2022 1:16pm
The 30th Anniversary Of Michael Robbins' Death
You starred in "The Visitation" which was an episode of Doctor Who.
Your life ended thirty years ago today on December the 11th of 1992.
You died two weeks before Christmas Day.
You were sixty-two when you passed away.
You were a very talented British actor but your death ended your career.
Time sure does fly, it doesn't seem like you've been dead for thirty years.
You starred in every season of "On The Buses" except for the final season.
I don't know why you decided to quit but you must have had a good reason.
You guest-starred in "One Foot In...
Your life ended thirty years ago today on December the 11th of 1992.
You died two weeks before Christmas Day.
You were sixty-two when you passed away.
You were a very talented British actor but your death ended your career.
Time sure does fly, it doesn't seem like you've been dead for thirty years.
You starred in every season of "On The Buses" except for the final season.
I don't know why you decided to quit but you must have had a good reason.
You guest-starred in "One Foot In...
#death
#anniversary
#Britain #nonfiction
#Britain #nonfiction
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ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
6th Dec 2022 9:12pm
6th Dec 2022 9:12pm
The Ferrers
I need to take myself off the lead -
to roam as if my home is as unimportant
as a dogs breed when they bound
then paw at my feet.
I need to take these soles
and smith them for walking,
to beat wings like pheasants
grown from chick,
aching in the hedgerows,
little concept, little sense,
but no one minds,
no, no one cares.
I need the flush in my velvet cheeks,
cob stained to the sleeves,
a tree that I claim
is the most Godly I've seen
yet to undress - full of sweat
to a shower quite warm, ...
to roam as if my home is as unimportant
as a dogs breed when they bound
then paw at my feet.
I need to take these soles
and smith them for walking,
to beat wings like pheasants
grown from chick,
aching in the hedgerows,
little concept, little sense,
but no one minds,
no, no one cares.
I need the flush in my velvet cheeks,
cob stained to the sleeves,
a tree that I claim
is the most Godly I've seen
yet to undress - full of sweat
to a shower quite warm, ...
#identity
#confessional
#Britain
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ImperfectedStone
The Gardener
The Gardener
Poem Published
5th Dec 2022 7:58pm
5th Dec 2022 7:58pm
Biblical Winter
Winter stuff
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iii.
And when the Moon
eats herself in Nazareth
and leaves the sky with one
and only one bright star
we will walk the way of Romans.
Gregory will go rewriting
all of pagan truth
in white, the Saxon beat
losing heat for God,
sins upon the torches,
psalms upon our palms,
we will walk toward one,
just one and holy light
who touches every tree,
anoints our fresh Bethlehem
and when the book
has become The Book
we will know our fortune
not in the earth beneath our...
-
iii.
And when the Moon
eats herself in Nazareth
and leaves the sky with one
and only one bright star
we will walk the way of Romans.
Gregory will go rewriting
all of pagan truth
in white, the Saxon beat
losing heat for God,
sins upon the torches,
psalms upon our palms,
we will walk toward one,
just one and holy light
who touches every tree,
anoints our fresh Bethlehem
and when the book
has become The Book
we will know our fortune
not in the earth beneath our...
#identity
#religion
#faith
#historical
#Britain
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