Poetic Openings : John Betjeman to John Betjeman
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : Myfanwy :
First Line : Kind o’er the kinderbank leans my Myfanwy,
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : On A Portrait Of A Deaf Man :
First Line : The kind old face, the egg-shaped head,
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : Seaside Golf :
First Line : How straight it flew, how long it flew,
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : Senex :
First Line : Oh would I could subdue the flesh
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : Slough :
First Line : Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough!
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : South London Sketch :
First Line : From Bermondsey to Wandsworth
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : Sun And Fun :
First Line : I walked into the night-club in the morning;
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : The Cottage Hospital :
First Line : At the end of a long-walled garden in a red provincial town,
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : The Hon. Sec. :
First Line : The flag that hung half-mast today
Poet : John Betjeman :
Poem : The Irish Unionist's Farewell To Greta Hellastrom In 1922 :
First Line : Golden haired and golden hearted
