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Cockney Poems - Poems about Cockney


Death of a Cockney Rebel
You played Judy Teen, became our Top of the Pops, strumming Spanish strings in that epic bowler hat, somehow breaking every code. ...

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Categories: cockney, death, music,
Form: Tanka
Premium Member A Cockney Rhyme
I was haulin' a heavy load Up the frog an' toad, When down poured the pleasure an' pain To my dismay. Once home I received an' invitation To a good ol' gay an' hearty! I was promised plenty o' laughs, Box o' toys an' lots of give an' take. An' this was to last Til day's a dawning! What will I take? Can't go empty...

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Categories: cockney, humor,
Form: Rhyme



The Perplexities of Brexit From a Cockney Point of View
Sovrinty’s a grand ole gent, But sovrinty don’t pay the rent. I got six kids’ moufs to feed. Sqeezin’ stones don’t make ‘em bleed. Theresa gal sure went and blew it, But oo blimmin’ else is there to ’ do it? Oo else is there to clear the fog? Wot’s your take, mate? That toff, Reese-Mogg? Oo ever duzzit, do it fast! ‘ow long’s...

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Categories: cockney, anxiety, humorous, political,
Form: Burlesque
Jellied Eels and Pie 'N' Mash
Jellied eels and pie n mash. East London Fair, and that’s a fact. The Dockers hands, and the pearly kings. Their romance gone, the truth it stings. The Bow Bells ring, they sound out loud. Cockney chests, they puff out proud. Not much left of old world London town. Inside office blocks our city drowns. The rhyming slang, used to confound. It hid the...

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Categories: cockney, england, imagery, london,
Form: Rhyme
Cockney Geezer
I was born within the sound of Bow bells in the east end of London, this makes me a true cockney, I own a cock and sparrow down by the shake and shiver, I sell april showers, I duke of kent my pope in rome, I owe my landlady a lot of bread and...

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Categories: cockney, england, humor, identity, london,
Form: Narrative



Cockney
A cockney from over the water Had a wife and a tasty young daughter They would lead him a dance And he stood not a chance Cos they both never did what they oughta...

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Categories: cockney, daughter, funny, wife
Form: Limerick
Cockney Slang #2
My basin of gravy has the worst raspberry tart... My baby has the worst farts(translation) My man's ian beale blotto, so 'es intercity is spent... translation: My man's real drunk, so he's spent his money....

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Categories: cockney, funny
Form: Light Verse
Cockney Slang
I right fancy an itchy ring 'Ope it's itchy teeth in my ivory band to calm the hunger in my mathew kelly. I right fancy an isle of skye, to help the inspector and tickle my Irish rose. I bring my intercity due to inflashun, innit?!! Translation: I desire to go to Burger King hope it's beef in my hand to calm the...

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Categories: cockney, adventuredesire,
Form: Light Verse
Premium Member Cockney Visions
Light structures of colour- in a painted mist Ekphrasis after Turner...

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Categories: cockney, art,
Form: Lanterne

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