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.
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
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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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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
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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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3 Comments
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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3 Comments
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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