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Readers' Poems

readers poetry

Wainwright – The shaper of lives

Sundae Morning

POEM: Life After Corona

Astrid Middleton, the bard of Barlick. Photo by Alex Cowland

I Am Standing

POEM: The Rivers Aire and Worth

Tracing Paper for Toilet Roll in 1964

POEM: Bolton Bobby Dazzler

Astrid Middleton, the bard of Barlick. Photo by Alex Cowland

Blind poet writes entire book ‘My Vision in Words’ using just her iPhone

Yorkshire Prose Remembrance Day

Yorkshire Prose’s incredibly heartfelt poem for the fallen will leave you speechless

POETRY The Old Garden Gate –
a remembrance poem

The Lancashire Salvager

The Men Who Killed the Dinosaurs

D-Day

Boots 2

Poem by Martin Walker

POEM: Eau Naturelle (or Nel Buffo)

Gods own county

POEM: God’s Own County

mill

POEM: Up North by John Williams of Colne

Mitchell Street Memories

POEM: Mitchell Street Memories by Steven Taylor from Bury

Ian Mcmillan

A Teapot As Big As The Moon | Village Halls Week

poem A knight to remember

A ‘Knight’ to remember

poetry I wish I could Eat a Cake

I Wish I could Eat a Cake

poetry Mother knew the rules

Mother Knew the Rules

pennines

Pennines

Poetry Milestones

Milestones

Anti smacking poem

Anti-smack

poetry Life is a Dream

Life is a dream

poetry Wrens

Wrens

Dreams

Dream

Keith Hill

POETRY: Pennine Walk by Keith Hill

Kevin Fitzpatrick

POETRY: Pie Eyed by Kevin Fitzpatrick

Where exactly is the North?

POETRY: Where exactly is the North?

private thoughts

POETRY: Private Thoughts (King, Country and ‘Mam’)

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