The Nov 2024 workshop run by Julie Stevens included a Brian Bilston poem - America is a Gun, his poem listed what various countries are known for and each verse compared them to America. My version contrasts some English cities I've visited, compared to how I feel about where I was born.
York, undoubted cultural heritage and England’s oldest City they might claim
Stoke on Trent known as The Potteries, where Wedgwood is a famous name
Bristol, has a history of social comment, predating Banksy’s fame
All well and good but London is my home
Nottingham, Sherwood Forest, Robin Hood and the centre of making lace
Birmingham has a chocolate museum and more canals than a famous place
Peterborough, where Mary Queen of Scots had her initial burial space
All well and good but London is my home
Liverpool a football City, both divided and unified in being Red and Blue
Newcastle proud with special passion, a separate Geordie Nation, is the locals view
Manchester with the history of United and now the achievements of City too
All well and good but London is my home
Cambridge with renowned academics, as well as the punts of course
Oxford another seat of learning, and the mysteries solved by Morse
Cities all around the country, to visit when I choose to roam
All well and good but wherever I am, London is my home
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