Poems About Britain Seeking Honest Critique
#Britain
Northern_Soul
Poem Published
2nd Apr 2024 9:36am
2nd Apr 2024 9:36am
Hymn to Cernunnos
I threw up in the alley
shortly after leaving the car.
It was a mixture of things—
the smell of the place for one,
how my stomach lurched
the second I turned a corner
to see that old market cross
standing in the square
and there it was
the old flat rented out
in somebody else’s name,
the carpet shop quite gone
replaced with books
and barbers.
I looked up at the window.
Where [x] happened.
That thing.
I still can’t speak its...
shortly after leaving the car.
It was a mixture of things—
the smell of the place for one,
how my stomach lurched
the second I turned a corner
to see that old market cross
standing in the square
and there it was
the old flat rented out
in somebody else’s name,
the carpet shop quite gone
replaced with books
and barbers.
I looked up at the window.
Where [x] happened.
That thing.
I still can’t speak its...
#pagan
#Britain
#DomesticViolence
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2 Comments
Northern_Soul
Poem Published
1st Apr 2024 8:43am
1st Apr 2024 8:43am
The lighting of the flame
I walk barefoot
calling to the heart
of Brigantes land
listen to the crow of moorland
shiver those dark, dead bones
… do you hear me, old ones
is your howl the feral fire
that stokes this Pagan blood
.
.
.
hail to the watchtowers,
the cardinal directions
hail to the sun, moon
and all her stars
hail to my beloved England
as she unfurls before me
singing the song of place,
the indigenous birthright
of alchemy—
stoke your fires deep within
...
calling to the heart
of Brigantes land
listen to the crow of moorland
shiver those dark, dead bones
… do you hear me, old ones
is your howl the feral fire
that stokes this Pagan blood
.
.
.
hail to the watchtowers,
the cardinal directions
hail to the sun, moon
and all her stars
hail to my beloved England
as she unfurls before me
singing the song of place,
the indigenous birthright
of alchemy—
stoke your fires deep within
...
#pagan
#Britain
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2 Comments
Northern_Soul
Poem Published
17th Mar 2024 11:45am
17th Mar 2024 11:45am
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...
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...
#grief
#LifeStruggles
#ghosts
#despair
#Britain
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13 Comments
Northern_Soul
Poem Published
2nd Mar 2024 6:58pm
2nd Mar 2024 6:58pm
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.
...
#Britain
#poverty
#FreeVerse
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6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Feb 2024 7:43pm
12th Feb 2024 7:43pm
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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2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Feb 2024 7:32pm
12th Feb 2024 7:32pm
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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12 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Feb 2024 11:27am
12th Feb 2024 11:27am
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
186 reads
10 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Feb 2024 11:22am
12th Feb 2024 11:22am
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
157 reads
7 Comments
dartford
Paul S...
Paul S...
Poem Published
10th Dec 2023 00:23am
10th Dec 2023 00:23am
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
117 reads
2 Comments
Louisamay
JaneyBean
JaneyBean
Poem Published
26th Nov 2023 4:51pm
26th Nov 2023 4:51pm
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
200 reads
4 Comments
Carpe_Noctem
Poem Published
28th Sep 2023 6:31pm
28th Sep 2023 6:31pm
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
#greed
#Britain
#poverty
#PopCulture
171 reads
2 Comments
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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