South Chingford Poetry

  Welcome to the South Chingford Poetry Blog! If this is you first visit, then you may wish to  view the preamble  first, to see how and why the blog was developed. If you have visited before, you may prefer to  proceed directly to the list of poems  available for reading. An Acrostic Poetry Competition was held in association with the VE80 celebrations in 2025. Acrostic poems are indicated in red in the list of poems. Some people prefer to listen to poems being read out to them, rather than reading them, so recordings have been added in some cases (the links are at the beginning). Navigation through the blog is entirely via hyperlinks, which in general appear as blue text. Just click on these to follow where they lead (on a computer, the cursor shape changes to a hand when you hover over a link). At the end of each poem, there is a "RETURN TO LIST OF POEMS" hyperlink, which facilitates moving from reading or listening to one poem, to another. Thank you to all t...

  I am the age of a deck of cards From ace to king four times I feel this age each single day Having now changed my climes.   I am the age of weeks in a year I'm not sure if I care I stopped enjoying getting old When life stopped being fair.   I am the age of Shakespeare, dead, If you believe the tale Supposed to teach the kids, and yet My mind just draws a pale.   I am the age of just past pass, I ought to have some fun Should, yes, but I don't even know What day the bin men come.   I am the age of Tellurium But God, my head's not strong Teenagers are all just mad And we don't get along.   I am the age of little white keys That play a sharpless tune I never learned that ‘til just now; Wasted all of June.   I am the age of a kids’ cartoon I wouldn't understand The jokes are childish, stupid, wrong, And half of them, just bland.   I am the age of a Mexican phone Whate’er that m...

I have always loved dogs, since I was a child L iving all my life with dogs around O bviously dogs are such good companions, love to be with people, play and have cuddles V ery often even snuggle up together on the bed E ach of them was special, four little doggies Sandy, Freddy, Lardy, and Podge L ardy and Podge were fluffy; Sandy and Podge were short-haired O f all of them, Lardy was the greediest puppy, V ery often running off and finding bones, and Freddy did too E ach had their own character, but Sandy and Podge had those sad looking eyes D espite his allergies to grass and to dust, Podge still loved to run outdoors O f course, to care for dogs is a big responsibility, to feed them, bath them, clear up their mess G oing for walks, of course, an important part of every day S ometimes off to dog training to keep them all in line S adly these four are now gone; of course I think of them a lot O nly now I’m waiting to have more dogs to love M y life is brighter when dogs are around U...

E lizabeth – our queen for 70 years, L iving her life with Christian fears I n an ever-changing world. Z ealously leading us all, A nchored by her unshakeable B elief that God was helping and guiding her. E pitome of style, tolerance and grace. T rustworthy leader of every one of her subjects. H er vow to serve us ruled her to her very last day. R eaching out to, and unifying E very corner of the world. G odliness and kindness, not greed, her message. I n this ever-changing world N o other leader has been so steadfast for so long. A n outstanding role model for world peace and harmony. God Save the Queen Tessa Feaster – Sept. 2022 All acrostic poem titles appear in red in the poetry list RETURN TO LIST OF POEMS