Short Big Ben Poems

Ding dong...,

Bell dings,

From,

Big Ben,

Building!...

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Striking 
Big Ben
The World’s ears to hear 
To say 
Nothing before 
Biological clocks...

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I courted a British lady
Whose name was Sadie O'Grady
She took off her drawers
I exclaimed ‘Oh good lord!’
You sure ain’t no LADY, matey!...

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Daylight savings time was for farmers
But its demise is now on the brink
Whether to keep it or let it go
I wonder what Big Ben workers think?...

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Big Ben is an enormous clock
That has a loud tick-tock
A young man fell off his bike
When he heard that clock strike
As he rode around the block...

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Proctologists need to write when 
A prescription's called for big ben 
But a doctor equipped
With thermometer quipped
An as_hole's walked off with my pen...

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There was a gentleman from England
Who boasted how his land was so grand
Big Ben, Scotland Yard
The Changing of the Guard
It's too bad all the food is so bland!...

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What says London more than this
The Red Telephone Booth can't be missed
On a walking tour
Nothing grabs you more
Says London like Big Ben and the British mist...

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noble sir albert
  perched on his nose
a primitive sundial
  a bird without toes

growth's been phenomenal
  sir albert cooed
as Big Ben came into view
  ten thousand cats mewed...

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The time has come for all good men
To come your senses and leave the den
Start acting like the ladies
Do stuff a little shady
Like over-stuffed bras to attract our “Big Ben”...

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You and I are not the same although,
We breath one air. Yet I still know,
That we could make it work. We,
Fed our frightening spree.
Rather with you then,
Alone again.
As hate nighs,
Big Ben,
Dies....

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What is the human  
perception of time

If measurement stops
and clocks will not chime

Seconds to minutes, 
minutes to hours

Pendulum still
—Big Ben disempowered

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)...

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We know that the English are rightly vexed
Queen Mary we bought; London Bridge annexed
Big Ben's up for bidding
So's the Thames, we aren't kidding
Then London and Leeds and Stonehenge are next

11/23/22...

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The clock on Big Ben will soon 
strike midnight
And the pubs are closed
Where do we go
and what do we do?

England still owns the rock
where Napoleon died

Always is a long time
and the Queen is dead...

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Limerick: Once a fidgety Lady from Greenwich

Once a fidgety Lady from Greenwich
Who couldn’t tell the time from a witch
Asked Big Ben the long hand
Why slower than short  hand
Since at Westm’nster serves as a switch.

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 201...

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Today i bought myself a present

A Bell,
A Bell

To wear around my neck

To remind me to ring yours

Like you ring mine

Ring,
Ring

Wink,
Wink

Hubba,
Hubba

If you know what i mean

Bump into you later Tinkerbell

Love Big Ben...

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The tower’s high with striking chime
its clangor resonates.
With face of time now widely seen
clock’s scene thus viewed dictates.
Its dial white looks free of grime
new cleaning time awaits .
Loud presence yea with polished sheen
our day it regulates...

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Big Ben is a clock tower
Now and then it needs winding up,
so up he goes to the clock
a little man with a big key.

In 2013 Ben underwent a sex change
he is now called the 'Elizabeth Tower'
it's a cultural transgender Icon now.

When the little man winds her up
she goes off.
Sex is timeless....

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MOVIE  NOTEBOOK

Recent  films  of  note  include
FISTFUL OF COMMANDMENTS  
With  Heston  and  Eastwood

THE MAGNIFICENT DWARFS  AND  SNOW WHITE
With  Eli Wallach as Grumpy,  and 
Yul  Brynner as Baldy,   a  kind of white knight

And  the British  biblical  re-make
BIG BEN HUR
That one really caused me to double-take...

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Hurry, hurry, don't miss the ferry
That takes you up to Londonderry
They are having their annual fair
You'll hear them sing Londonderry Air.

Take the trolley up to London town
Where London Bridge is Falling Down
Be sure to listen for old Big Ben
And when you leave come back again.

written August 30, 2021...

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 again, big Ben, 
Airmen, and then, 
wise men
John Glenn
transenne
flagmen
gunmen, pitchmen
Turkmen oilmen
lawmen, brood den
unpen, bullpen 

6/27/19

written by James Edward Lee Sr. 2018©
Written for project North Omaha Writer’s Group assignment 2019©
Copyright © James Edward Lee Sr. | Year Posted 2019...

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No, I can’t believe it happened again!
Surely folks think I stand out like Big Ben
     The Jolly Old Green Giant
     Snarls at me, so defiant
Green hair – and I’m not a comedian

It first occurred just before I was wed
Dyed my blonde hair brown; it turned green instead
     Now the chlorine in the pool
     Made me look like quite a fool
And I’ve no option but to shave my head...

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The clock strikes twelve
On New Year's Eve
Bringing in a brand new year
Does this change the status quo
The answer's no I fear
Unless attitudes are changed
And politicians use of power
A striking clock, won't bring in change
No matter what the hour
Unless we are more caring
And share with one and other
The New Year won't bring in change
It will be the same as any other...

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A sweeter lass could ne’er be found
Sweet Marya Nisa ‘tis she

So we shall go to London town 
By way Le gay Paris’

Eiffel Tower, Paris lights & sound
See and hear it all shall we

Tower Bridge, Big Ben, and Royal Crown
One year, our anniversary 

And if those things weren’t enough to meet the maker’s mark
On the cuff two tickets are the stuff...Taylor Swift in Central Park...

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My computer's my friend
  more so than my pen
With lightning-fast fingers
  thoughts needn't linger

I can change my mind
  with the tap of a key
No need to erase or cross-out
  and that's fine with me

Some long for the days
  of paper and pen
Bobbies on bicycles
  the chimes of Big Ben

So let them long ~
  I'll type my song
to silky-smooth speed
  not written but keyed...

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