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.
Ode To Misery
I’m a stone in a world of flowers
the curious call of moors,
the old crow language
of wings circling
their ancient dead
peat bodies rotting beneath the weight
of seventies murder. The swaying
New Romantics surrendering to the dark.
I am grey beaches in homeless overcoats,
banshees of Tudor shipwrecks
shaking bone rattles in violent storms.
I am poverty
and steel
and recklessness
an IRA wound on a city wall; coal crowns
of Thatcherite rule haloing unforgiving
stomachs of shoeless...
the curious call of moors,
the old crow language
of wings circling
their ancient dead
peat bodies rotting beneath the weight
of seventies murder. The swaying
New Romantics surrendering to the dark.
I am grey beaches in homeless overcoats,
banshees of Tudor shipwrecks
shaking bone rattles in violent storms.
I am poverty
and steel
and recklessness
an IRA wound on a city wall; coal crowns
of Thatcherite rule haloing unforgiving
stomachs of shoeless...
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#ghosts
#despair
#Britain
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Girl X, Boy Y
They don't
wander with
dirt stained
hands
they spend
hours alone
inside dark
channels
as court
hearings
warp into
stages.
wander with
dirt stained
hands
they spend
hours alone
inside dark
channels
as court
hearings
warp into
stages.
#murder
#violence
#Britain #minimalist
#Britain #minimalist
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It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at
We drive through flats
that are more grime
than home
it’s where we’re at—
at the supermarket
where yellow stickers
dishonour good food
in a way it doesn’t deserve.
There were two food banks
on the way
but it’s exactly
where we’re at
filling a trolley to a tenth
of its capacity until
a stomach reminds
a human how little
the body needs
to survive
.
.
.
I struck gold today.
...
that are more grime
than home
it’s where we’re at—
at the supermarket
where yellow stickers
dishonour good food
in a way it doesn’t deserve.
There were two food banks
on the way
but it’s exactly
where we’re at
filling a trolley to a tenth
of its capacity until
a stomach reminds
a human how little
the body needs
to survive
.
.
.
I struck gold today.
...
#FreeVerse
#Britain
#poverty
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The 20th Anniversary of Russell Hunter's Death
It was two decades ago today when an actor took his final breath.
When he starred in Doctor Who, he starred in "The Robots of Death".
His name was Russell Hunter and he was born in February of 1925.
Next year would've been his 100th birthday if he had survived.
Hunter starred in nineteen episodes of "The Gaffer" and one episode of "Born and Bred".
People in England were sad twenty years ago today because they learned he was dead.
In 1976, he starred in one episode of "Play From A".
He also starred in "Daddy's...
When he starred in Doctor Who, he starred in "The Robots of Death".
His name was Russell Hunter and he was born in February of 1925.
Next year would've been his 100th birthday if he had survived.
Hunter starred in nineteen episodes of "The Gaffer" and one episode of "Born and Bred".
People in England were sad twenty years ago today because they learned he was dead.
In 1976, he starred in one episode of "Play From A".
He also starred in "Daddy's...
#death
#anniversary
#Britain #nonfiction
#Britain #nonfiction
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Hail to England Part 4
1990's & beyond
Admiral Sir Cloudesley
Adorior
Akercocke
Anaal Nathrakh
Anathema
Aphex Twin
Benediction
Benighted Leams
Cancer
Cathedral
Cradle of Filth
December Moon
Deviated Instinct
Electric Wizard
Fellwarden
Fen
Forefather
Hateful Abandon
Hybernoid
Infestation
Instinct
James Hardway
Jesu
Lawnmower Deth
My Dying Bride
Nordland
Paradise Lost
Pitchshifter
Porcupine Tree
Portishead
Reign of Erebus ...
Admiral Sir Cloudesley
Adorior
Akercocke
Anaal Nathrakh
Anathema
Aphex Twin
Benediction
Benighted Leams
Cancer
Cathedral
Cradle of Filth
December Moon
Deviated Instinct
Electric Wizard
Fellwarden
Fen
Forefather
Hateful Abandon
Hybernoid
Infestation
Instinct
James Hardway
Jesu
Lawnmower Deth
My Dying Bride
Nordland
Paradise Lost
Pitchshifter
Porcupine Tree
Portishead
Reign of Erebus ...
#music
#admiration
#Britain
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Hail to England Part 3
1980's
Amebix
Angel Witch
Annihilated
Anti Nowhere League
Antisect
Asia
Atomkraft
Avenger
Axegrinder
Battlezone
Bauhaus
Bitch’s Sin
Blind Fury
Blitzkrieg
Blood Money
Bolt Thrower
Broken Bones
Carcass
Cardiacs
Cerebral Fix
Chameleons, the
Chaos UK
Chateaux
Cloven Hoof
Coil
Crawling Chaos
Cure, the
Current 93
Dark Star
Darkheart
Death in June
Def Leppard
Demon
Demon Pact
Depeche Mode
Desolation Angels ...
Amebix
Angel Witch
Annihilated
Anti Nowhere League
Antisect
Asia
Atomkraft
Avenger
Axegrinder
Battlezone
Bauhaus
Bitch’s Sin
Blind Fury
Blitzkrieg
Blood Money
Bolt Thrower
Broken Bones
Carcass
Cardiacs
Cerebral Fix
Chameleons, the
Chaos UK
Chateaux
Cloven Hoof
Coil
Crawling Chaos
Cure, the
Current 93
Dark Star
Darkheart
Death in June
Def Leppard
Demon
Demon Pact
Depeche Mode
Desolation Angels ...
#music
#admiration
#Britain
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Hail to England Part 2
1970's
Alan Parsons Project
Argent
Armageddon
Atomic Rooster
Babe Ruth
Bad Company
Baker Gurvitz Army
Barclay James Harvest
Black Sabbath
Black Widow
Blackfoot Sue
Brand X
Brian Eno
Buzzcocks, the
Camel
Caravan
Catapilla
Cirkus
Clash, the
Clear Blue Sky
Colosseum
Comus
Crass
Cressida
Czar
Damned, the
Dirty Tricks
Edgar Broughton
Egg
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fall, the
Fields
Fire
Foghat...
Alan Parsons Project
Argent
Armageddon
Atomic Rooster
Babe Ruth
Bad Company
Baker Gurvitz Army
Barclay James Harvest
Black Sabbath
Black Widow
Blackfoot Sue
Brand X
Brian Eno
Buzzcocks, the
Camel
Caravan
Catapilla
Cirkus
Clash, the
Clear Blue Sky
Colosseum
Comus
Crass
Cressida
Czar
Damned, the
Dirty Tricks
Edgar Broughton
Egg
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Fall, the
Fields
Fire
Foghat...
#music
#admiration
#Britain
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Hail to England Part 1
1960's
Andromeda
Animals, the
Art
Arthur Brown
Arzachel
Attack, the
Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation
Beatles, the
Blind Faith
Blodwyn Pig
Cream
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Deviants, the
Donovan
Episode Six
Family
Fleetwood Mac
Free
Gods, the
Graham Bond Organization
Groundhogs, the
Gun
High Tide
Hollies, the
Humble Pie
Jeff Beck Group, the
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Kinks, the
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues, the...
Andromeda
Animals, the
Art
Arthur Brown
Arzachel
Attack, the
Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation
Beatles, the
Blind Faith
Blodwyn Pig
Cream
David Bowie
Deep Purple
Deviants, the
Donovan
Episode Six
Family
Fleetwood Mac
Free
Gods, the
Graham Bond Organization
Groundhogs, the
Gun
High Tide
Hollies, the
Humble Pie
Jeff Beck Group, the
Jethro Tull
King Crimson
Kinks, the
Led Zeppelin
Moody Blues, the...
#music
#admiration
#Britain
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best not talk about it
it’s like brexit has brought
the whole country together,
like some shameful, best not
talk about it, family secret
the whole country together,
like some shameful, best not
talk about it, family secret
#Britain
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Speaking the Lingo
All the bits and bobs
That cross my space
The dilly dalliance sidesteps
Are the key to my truth
The wafting breeze
to decipher my thoughts
And give shape to my language
I’m well jel of your enunciation
Your cut glass echo
We are like chalk and cheese
But the similarities bubble
We have a shared culture
A lovely jubbly hotchpotch
Of history and experiences
That bind us to our motherland
and let us mooch around at leisure
Exploring our love of the slang
Our secret code for where we came from,
a...
That cross my space
The dilly dalliance sidesteps
Are the key to my truth
The wafting breeze
to decipher my thoughts
And give shape to my language
I’m well jel of your enunciation
Your cut glass echo
We are like chalk and cheese
But the similarities bubble
We have a shared culture
A lovely jubbly hotchpotch
Of history and experiences
That bind us to our motherland
and let us mooch around at leisure
Exploring our love of the slang
Our secret code for where we came from,
a...
#PowerOfWords
#Britain
#culture #tradition
#culture #tradition
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Singing is easy when ya drinking
This rain cares not for teardrops
Nor the blood soaked Eire of Irish rebel song(s)
White niggers
Black n tan
Slavery never left
Every race
Knows the thunders roar
Beneath the overlords lash
Ask the indentured servants
Seven year olds
Sweeping chimney
Down claustrophobic mine shaft
Nor the blood soaked Eire of Irish rebel song(s)
White niggers
Black n tan
Slavery never left
Every race
Knows the thunders roar
Beneath the overlords lash
Ask the indentured servants
Seven year olds
Sweeping chimney
Down claustrophobic mine shaft
#corruption
#PopCulture
#greed
#Britain
#poverty
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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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#Britain is curated by Northern_Soul (-Missy-).