The homeless man under the bridge had eyes that bled
And woke each night from his humble bed
He had no poetry or rhyme,
No joy, no consequence or crime,
He wanted only food and bed,
And spoke of Albion with fear and dread.
He held a placard with words that read:-
ENGLAND IS A PLACE OF WOE AND DREAD,
A COUNTRY OF NO LAW OR GRACE
ENGLAND IS A DREADFUL PLACE.
The Poet asked his name, and the homeless man said:-
“I am the Rage in Albion, I have no name,
For I am England’s burden, and I am England’s shame,
Mark my visage
Mark my frown
I am the Rage in Albion
I rise when the sun goes down,
And when the single mother weeps on the other side of town
There will be Rage in Albion when the sun goes down.”
The Homeless man under the bridge held a placard that read:-
ENGLAND IS A PLACE OF WOE AND DREAD,
A COUNTRY OF NO LAW OR GRACE
ENGLAND IS A DREADFUL PLACE.
Again, the Poet asked his name, and the homeless man said:-
“I am the Rage in Albion, Poet do not weep
I lay wake at night whilst Albion is asleep,
My eyes once blue are now blood red,
I am the Rage in Albion, the living who are dead,
And when the Poet weeps with sadness on the other side of Town
There will be Rage in Albion when the sun goes down.”
The Homeless man under the bridge held a placard that read:-
ENGLAND IS A PLACE OF WOE AND DREAD,
A COUNTRY OF NO LAW OR GRACE
ENGLAND IS A DREADFUL PLACE.
He looked me in the eye and said;
“Poet, do not weep,
I only rise when Albion is asleep,
My burdens they are many but my heart is strong
And I roam in the night for the days are too long
Mark my visage
Mark my frown
I am the Rage in Albion
I rise when the sun goes down,
And when a little child goes hungry on the other side of town
There will be Rage in Albion when the sun goes down.”
The Homeless man under the bridge held a placard that read:-
ENGLAND IS A PLACE OF WOE AND DREAD,
A COUNTRY OF NO LAW OR GRACE
ENGLAND IS A DREADFUL PLACE.
Cecelia Peters is a poet, and will be one of the judges for The Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition
You can enter the Royal Berkshire Poetry Competition 11 here:
The RBPC’11 runs from the 1st of May to the 15th July 2011.
The Poetry Raw night
The Winners will be announced at The Poetry Raw night, where we read out the poems and entertain you with live, original music, there will also be an ‘open mic’ finale to the evening.
The Poetry Raw night is Thursday the 4th August, 2011
SAVE THE DATE: 8pm, in the basement of the Firestation Arts Centre 8pm onwards, there’s a bar
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