by dc — last modified 24/03/2021 05:04 PM

Bristol Poem

A poem written by children and young people from schools all over Bristol about the city they live in, 2012.

culture nightlife motion shopping music university shit weather park street The Louisiana hipsters happy sad joy rivers massive attack fatherhood

 

Bristol is not the centre of England

Bristol is winter

 

ecstatic distraught surprised embarrassed shocked drugs music scene art culture lush sunshine home outdoors drunk

 

Bristol is not smart or delightful

Bristol is wide awake

 

cider new flat cultures work entertainment city club bridge cars cyclists harbourside boats play safe work outdoors water fountain

 

Bristol is cold and wet

Bristol is shouting

 

drunk people streets lights homeless swell of moving water modern Victorian tunnels rocks core mud needles spraying pennies dogs

 

Bristol is trapped

Bristol is the heart

 

cans wraps shopping trollies guilt gold rivers cloud signs pubs jazz noise traffic people birds museum

 

Bristol is always night

Bristol is humid

 

boats cameras statues buildings feet walking trains schools jobs work home work hard history river raids

 

Bristol is a trip-hop symphony

Bristol is the sunset

 

good food variety support reading good eye rest more money fun more kids sunshine balance music Brunel Cabot

 

Bristol is dawn

Bristol is a vortex of lightning

 

play lots good food more and less sobriety stubbly beard stoned tall funny flirty workier pirate downs watershed

 

Bristol is the sound of a bottle being smashed

Bristol is monotone

 

good hugger cheeky giggly soft voice red big muscles man loving Good grades responsible understanding complicated young mums shopping centres rivers

 

Bristol is the feeling of being astronomically high

Bristol is a pair of rotting painted lungs

 

busy tired joggers caring smoker random anything chilling crying heart spice hippies

 

Bristol is toes

Bristol is indifferent

 

litter crusties colours tinted windows hill green fast cars dealers weed red stripe fried chicken puddles rain litter old market

 

Bristol is confused

Bristol is an eye

 

garden cider recycled ketamine ikea curry nightlife family murder gangster friendly neighbour wind shakes the canes mud covers the city

 

Bristol is an elbow

Bristol is a low drone

 

small nandos water driving train reliable steam coral pumps buses houses live The Bristol Sea

 

Bristol is not nothing

Bristol is a pair of hips

 

valley loud views tramps baby food umbilical chord music pigeons hills gangs seagulls placenta comes from the sea

 

Bristol is an early modern song

Bristol is not Britain

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