"kentish" poems
En l’an trentiesme do mon aage
Que toutes mes hontes j’ay beues…
Pipit sate upright in her chair
Some distance from where I was sitting;
Views of the Oxford Colleges
Lay on the table, with the knitting.
Daguerreotypes and silhouettes,
Her grandfather and great great aunts,
Supported on the mantelpiece
An Invitation to the Dance.
. . . . .
I shall not want Honour in Heaven
For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney
And have talk with Coriolanus
And other heroes of that kidney.
I shall not want Capital in Heaven
For I shall meet Sir Alfred Mond.
We two shall lie together, lapt
In a five per cent. Exchequer Bond.
I shall not want Society in Heaven,
Lucretia Borgia shall be my Bride;
Her anecdotes will be more amusing
Than Pipit’s experience could provide.
I shall not want Pipit in Heaven:
Madame Blavatsky will instruct me
In the Seven Sacred Trances;
Piccarda de Donati will conduct me.
. . . . .
But where is the penny world I bought
To eat with Pipit behind the screen?
The red-eyed scavengers are creeping
From Kentish Town and Golder’s Green;
Where are the eagles and the trumpets?
Buried beneath some snow-deep Alps.
Over buttered scones and crumpets
Weeping, weeping multitudes
Droop in a hundred A.B.C.’s
10.6k
We lined the ridge of Senlac hill
The shield wall stood five men deep
In the autumn chill
The came at us on horse and foot
But we were the men of the Sussex weald
Men who would not yealed
Our shields now hacked and broken
Bodies bloodied bruised and sore
But we the housecarles of the English King
Would stand and fight the war
Prince William came with his aray the English crown to take
But we the men of Sussex
Would many French bones break
Alas our shield wall has broken
Kentish men on the right have charged
They sought to cut the Norman line
And so the men of Kent did die
The French now archers did deploy
With bitter arows fired high
Harold, our king, our leige Lord
Took an arrow in his eye
We gathered round his body
We men of the Sussex Weald
Our king was dead, the battle lost
But Sussex men don't yeald
The shield wall now in disaray
Large gaps now opened up
Brave men now die before the spear
From the broadswords vicious cut
And so we died on Senlac ridge
But there were no wounds in our backs
We died for England's glory
Cut down by spear and axe
Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 6:55 PM UTC
Geoffrey Chaucer died last weekend
about six hundred years ago.
One Autumn day muffled drums tapped
out a dying pulse, a knock at
heaven’s gate. I listen for hooves,
the soft thud of an old man’s shoes
on the path outside the ‘grace mansion’
in the corner of the churchyard,
thinking he might just be riding
down to Canterbury again;
but no, hooves and voices are both
silent. No more good wives’ tales
set down between journeys on the
King’s or even Bishop’s business
and reread at evening stops at
some inn along the Kentish road.
I sit a little longer, sad
until the voices of a priest,
a nun, a soldier, an ostler
carry to me upon the breeze
and I know the pleasure you will,
somewhere, sometime, in future years.
Nov 14, 2013
Nov 14, 2013 at 5:43 PM UTC
natasha do a queen or george and you will boon boon shake kentish 27.09.18
natasha i need some rhythm
it will make kentish green
a bit of faith won't get criticism
followed by the bohemian queen.
you make the road mild
happiness from you does bust
under the 1982 canopy its like jesus to a child
this xfactor won't bite the dust.
you are a treasure
like 1986 assembly
give it some under pressure
you will rock 5000 at wembley.
natasha to you i invite
making a song request call
i want something from white light
and its imperative from hammer to fall.
Sep 27, 2018
Sep 27, 2018 at 8:48 AM UTC
No one
not even you
will ever know
beforehand
how things will go.
Practice may make perfect
but perfect is no guarantee
of success.
The council sent a wrecking crew
which is
the sort of thing that council's do
and knocked the brick wall down
because the writing that was on it
didn't fit the image of this
Town
and it could have been
in
Camden
Kentish
or even Highgate Village which
is not technically a town but it
has lots of walls
Walls remind me of ghetto's
no go's
and,
'Halt who goes there?'
But it's just word association
like
council aberration
normal situation
and who pays reparations
to
the future generations
when we've used the whole
world up or washed it all
away?
Mar 23, 2018
Mar 23, 2018 at 5:22 AM UTC
europe and mathematics simple explained 17.06.18
around this will be fuss
poetry and mathematics will intertwine
zero ability to understand is the plus
won't be leaving no european shrine.
we do have to pay continuously
this will effect the way you feel
the figures and amount changing ridiculously
a sour feeling from sweet heart deal.
20 billion is headlining
600 million a week
my cut is 70 percent no underlining
the cost of poetry is bleak.
going to display all sums
buss es will clearly explain
highgate to kentish slums
not highlighting daddy got here on the gravy train.
are you awaiting equation
got to bring you some sadness
its as clear as the poetry invasion
all figures and savings are pure madness.
Jun 17, 2018
Jun 17, 2018 at 8:14 AM UTC
flush east finchley commuter toilet - vile pic included below 25.10.18
thank you for providing
need one in every town
for sure would drop a few for sliding
categorically as always in kentish brown.
not sure if its got a sprinkler
2018 should have all mod cons
what will cover my henry winkler
to young poetry addicts google the fonz.
where goes the smell
i suppose full on air conditioning
can not see no pipes for swell
this bog has hidden features auditioning.
gold bog and not least
all commuters lining up actually
if george was here he would head east
LA toilets are open in finchley.
https://ibb.co/e1edJA
Oct 25, 2018
Oct 25, 2018 at 3:48 PM UTC
CLLR roger robinson kentish town lift 08.07.18
thank you for the observation
let me explain with out being a dodger
please remember HS2 is causing frustration
my lift to you is quiet please roger.
society is not equal
on some we have the tread
make it hard and add to the sequel
less costing to society if dead.
great we have the greenwood
the point is to under use
not popular is government good
attendance showing not needed so no confuse.
as for the accessibility
being trapped on a platform will linger
2018 and understanding has no ability
fighting for disabled people i say TFL pull out finger.
Jul 8, 2018
Jul 8, 2018 at 5:44 AM UTC
global street art by aroe kentish town 15.06.18
have to be very cautious
now entering legal
need help from my mayor to be obnoxious
mr loose must focus the eye that's eagle.
we have a beautiful reception
clear and colourful like a rubiks cube
its the first criminal deception
catching your eye so pick pocketed as leave tube.
now calls for removal
its going to tare kentish apart
this was not given approval
like poetry being no art.
not welcome by camden
the compromise is narrow
just appeared like poetry that's random
i respect and appreciate and credit aroe.
to the artist that's noble
have to wait for decision on greet
will email through to global
they are responsible for art on street.
Jun 15, 2018
Jun 15, 2018 at 6:44 AM UTC