Least Read Poems About Britain
#Britain
Northern_Soul
-Missy-
-Missy-
Poem Published
Yesterday 11:56am
Yesterday 11:56am
Hymn to King Penda
bent in two, your crooked crown
speaks of distance between
land and sky
of Mercia burning alive
drummed by the feet of Saxons
who proclaimed a different name
beat you with that one true God
unfamiliar to a heathen tongue
and so, I think of you fondly
as I sit beneath a tree in England
your bones quaking in familiar mud
tangled with tree roots, those boggy oaks
that rot slowly—
life becoming death
death becoming eternity
and I note the gold cross
they branded you with
becomes sand running ...
speaks of distance between
land and sky
of Mercia burning alive
drummed by the feet of Saxons
who proclaimed a different name
beat you with that one true God
unfamiliar to a heathen tongue
and so, I think of you fondly
as I sit beneath a tree in England
your bones quaking in familiar mud
tangled with tree roots, those boggy oaks
that rot slowly—
life becoming death
death becoming eternity
and I note the gold cross
they branded you with
becomes sand running ...
#Britain
#pagan
#religion
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
-Missy-
Poem Published
23rd Apr 2024 10:35am
23rd Apr 2024 10:35am
Hymn to Trees
Black boots leave a bus
as I watch it trundle off
into English dust
I pass through a kissing gate
walk past the orchard full
of Beltane blossom
up a dirt track towards
a meadow full of buttercups
and red clover.
There she stands
Bella, my oak tree
on her own in the midst
of a lone field
she who stands with ribbons
tied into her spindles
markers of every prayer
every thought
every wish ever uttered.
I sit here sometimes
crouching to reach a crawl-space...
as I watch it trundle off
into English dust
I pass through a kissing gate
walk past the orchard full
of Beltane blossom
up a dirt track towards
a meadow full of buttercups
and red clover.
There she stands
Bella, my oak tree
on her own in the midst
of a lone field
she who stands with ribbons
tied into her spindles
markers of every prayer
every thought
every wish ever uttered.
I sit here sometimes
crouching to reach a crawl-space...
#Britain
#forest
#pagan
#prayer
#trees
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randyjohnson
Poem Published
26th Feb 2024 6:36pm
26th Feb 2024 6:36pm
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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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
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Northern_Soul
-Missy-
-Missy-
Poem Published
19th Apr 2024 8:58pm
19th Apr 2024 8:58pm
Hymn to Druids
That Midsummer evening
I crossed Salisbury Plain on foot
thousands of people
bag checks
sniffer dogs
they blurred into the background
as I saw them there—
the great sarsens, sentry in the Earth
yoked to one another, some toppled
I pressed desperate palms against them
and soaked in all I’d imagined
in every documentary
every school book
felt those blue stones reverberate
as women in red sang melodies
harmonising with the sunset
and the darkness...
I crossed Salisbury Plain on foot
thousands of people
bag checks
sniffer dogs
they blurred into the background
as I saw them there—
the great sarsens, sentry in the Earth
yoked to one another, some toppled
I pressed desperate palms against them
and soaked in all I’d imagined
in every documentary
every school book
felt those blue stones reverberate
as women in red sang melodies
harmonising with the sunset
and the darkness...
#Britain
#pagan
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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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