Shropshire Poems - Poems about Shropshire

...The sun has brung out a low spinescene against the brush housing thrush and pheasants My father moves as death, silhouetted A proper Shropshire lad I hang my neck In shame and solidarity. The ......Read the rest...

...In shot snap seconds, everything changed. The horror was sudden - a shatter-shower of bullets bouncing off rock. The picnic I'd laid so carefully blew apart - black olives tossed into the air l......Read the rest...

...David Jones, the best rat catcher Shropshire has ever had must take some criticism for young Molly turning bad. Even though his daughter found rich co-incidentals, no credit could be taken by rat ......Read the rest...

...Aladdin rubbed an English lamp And found the genie rather damp He made a wish For chips & fish With a pint in a nudist camp......Read the rest...

...The Clockhouse's A. E. Housman Suite at Halloween Alfred Edward Housman's apparition Recites "A quieter place than Clun(ton) Where doomsday may thunder and lighten"* A E......Read the rest...

...Folks in Old Coppice have been heard to say, Sometimes a swirling evening mist comes down, And glimpsed as in a waking dream they may See wraith-like figures wandering on the lawn In silent conve......Read the rest...

...Blue Cheese There is Cheshire, Red Leicester, Emmental and Brie, Double Gloucester and Edam, a delight for all to see, Stilton, Caerphilly, or Cheddar mature and mild, Lots of subtle flavours t......Read the rest...

...Mikey is an Invictus man, Gets many medals in archery, Sporty and keen he continues, From his previous Army career. In the Queens Dragoons Guards, Whilst training he got stuck, fell, From......Read the rest...

...Proud stands the solitary chestnut to embrace each coming year memories cowed deep in the bark memories of yesteryear Few share the old trees secrets so few can pass that way but every step tha......Read the rest...

...IRONBRIDGE SHROPSHIRE River Severn’s now a fishing spot. Two centuries ago it was not. The cradle of industrial revolution Rocked fastest here - Iron construction Arching proud - ......Read the rest...